Join Alan and Liz tomorrow for Elevenses. At 11am head to Skype for an informal get together, to share experiences and thinking, and enjoy some different company! Find out more here: museumdevelopmentyorkshire.org.uk/event/elevense…

Grayson’s Art Club will see the artist encourage viewers to use their time in isolation to harness their own skill: inews.co.uk/culture/corona…

Ways to stay mentally healthy when working from home: ⏲️ Have a routine 🤳 Stay connected 🏃‍♀️ Keep physically active 🎯 Share your progress 🌤️ Be optimistic 💕 Help others 🎨 Try new things youtube.com/watch?v=p9jEc6… Sir Anthony Seldon

Dutch artist Rachel Ruysch. Flowers in a Glass Vase with a Tulip, 1716 #womensart

#ThrowbackThursday to last year when we were just about to open 'Ruskin, Turner & The Storm Cloud: Watercolours and Drawings'. See the details of the exhibition here > bit.ly/3bp6xgP Did you visit? Tell us your memories of the exhibition!

Day 4 #art from home York Art Gallery is this beautiful yellow #ceramic tea cup and saucer which I bought from York Ceramics Fair several years ago. Miss my favourite cup & saucer made by Harry Davis from the W. A. Ismay collection at CoCA York #MuseumFromHome

We had a great time this morning chatting with people during Elevenses! If you want to join the conversation on Mondays and Thursdays at 11am follow this link for dates and information: museumdevelopmentyorkshire.org.uk/event-category…

Ready for today's #CURATORBATTLE?!💥 We want to know who has the prettiest object of them all? We have this pretty Fluorite - ✨💎 "Transparent wine-purple interpenetrating crystals scattered over a group of snow white quartz crystals"✨💎 Can YOU beat it?! #PrettiestObject

Yorkshire Museum What about this stunning undulating form made of pleated porcelain paperclay with surface printed decoration making it look like a piece of folded fabric! Ceramic mind BLOWN! #PrettiestObject #CuratorBattle

#RethinkCeramics

Day 5 #art from home is my beautiful picture of Burt the Irish Wolfhound from the super talented @GabyLees and on the right a real pic of him York Art Gallery York Museums Trust #museumsfromhome miss Burt!

With so many people working from home I thought we could all use this time to reflect on how heritage is important to us. The challenge is to share a response to each daily prompt over the week and curate your own #museumofme - starting Monday (30th)! More info below:

I am living for all the wonderful ceramics content coming from our fabulous museums and art collections at the moment!! #rethinkceramics

We're still bringing our incredible collection to you whilst we're closed! #MuseumsFromHome Hear Assistant Curator Adam Parker tell you all about this wonderful object from our #Roman collection which records the reconstruction of a Temple to Serapis in #York.

Going to York Theatre Royal and museums again will be a thrill #WhenCoronaVirusIsOver. Meanwhile here’s my theatrical #MuseumFromHome object for the day by Spencer Gore York Art Gallery

Happy #MondayMorning to all! It's a bit dull out there, so let's imagine it's a sunny day in #York in 1746 and we can go for a dip in the river Foss. 🌞 Image: Layerthorpe Postern, York by Michael Angelo Rooker

Andrew Digwood Martyn 🫖 You both may like this link - it shows where our artworks refer to in Yorkshire. Zoom in on the map and it shows you the works on street view! > historypin.org/en/york-museum…

Day 6 #artathome is this lovely vase made by @WhiteRosePots one of our fantastic CoCA York York Art Gallery York Museums Trust YMT Volunteers Team who has been digitising the W. A. Ismay #archive #museumsfromhome

Whilst we're closed we'd like to share with you some recent conservation work we've had done to our collections. This beautiful piece is by Dona Salmon. Work involved temporary stabilisation of the paint structure, the surface grime removed and varnished for future protection.