#OnThisDay in 1190 a massacre of the Jews took place in York. Trapped inside York Castle, many members of the community tragically took their own lives rather than be murdered.

Send us your memories & pics of souvenirs or street parties that could be included in it. Find out more details and how to get involved here: bit.ly/QueensPlatinum…   #QueenElizabethII #PlatinumJubilee #Memories #StreetParty #Celebration #TheBowesMuseum #BarnardCastle

🇬🇧👑 Welcome to #APlatinumJubileeCelebration! Explore the exhibition & walk through a timeline of street parties over the years, find out about the Museum’s Royal connections & see previously unseen footage of Her Majesty The Queen playing as a child. bit.ly/TBMPlatinumJub…

A group of community representatives are leading a new research project exploring how the themes of empire, migration and life in Britain are represented in Discovery Museum' collections, as part of a national pilot with National Museums Scotland & Royal Museums Greenwich bit.ly/3GjcTiB

Our lovely #volunteers have been busy creating a quoits area. Families have already been having fun! It's nice and shady too 🙂Kids in Museums Yorkshire Dales National Park

Last day of advanced first aid training for The Bowes Museum staff 🤕🚑

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Artist & curator Dave Bramston tells us more about the inspiration behind the Journey In Colour exhibition.   #JourneyInColour #TheBowesMuseum #OutstandingCollections #EscapeTheEveryday #BarnardCastle #Teesdale #CountyDurham #ThisIsDurham #July2022

Announcing a new series of dates At Killhope Lead Mining Museum. Our Prospectors Pavillion will be open every day of the summer holidays and I’ll be running activities August 3, 4, 25, 26 & 27. This replaces the earlier announced September dates. With The Rock Showman

So sad to hear about the death of one of the great fashion designers, Issey Miyake. #TBT to #Catwalking and this spectacular dress by the unforgettable designer. #IsseyMiyake #TheBowesMuseum #EscapeTheEveryday #BarnardCastle

Ancient Greek re-display The Bowes Museum

This project never ceases to amaze me! Watching it always reminds me how important collaboration is to go beyond the tangible in heritage making… youtu.be/BgZgmWtSLvE

The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.

Fashion & Textiles Study Area install well underway The Bowes Museum !!!👞👠👟

Flowers at the Queen Mothers Armillary Sphere on the morning of HM Queen Elizabeth II’s Funeral The Bowes Museum 💐

She was groomed by dark-money lobby groups working for Big Tobacco, Big Oil and foreign oligarchs. Now Liz Truss is in office and trashing this country on their behalf.