Insight into sector of historic York
Posted on 6 April 1999
The 'precinct' extends from the Museum Gardens and St Mary's Abbey to the City Art Gallery and includes the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, York City Library, the King's Manor and the Yorkshire Museum. Running from Museum Street to Exhibition Square, the area includes key medieval sites and most of its historic collections and archives.
"This course is highly unusual," said Lesley Booth, co-ordinator of the University's Centre for Continuing Education. "It will include talks by staff from the Yorkshire Museum, the University, the Art Gallery, the Council and the Yorkshire Philosophical Society in a unique and exciting collaboration. This is the first time people from so many organisations have joined together to run a public course."
Topics will include the history of the King's Manor and how it is used now by the University, the collections of the City Art Gallery, the archives held by the Council and the art and archaeology collections of the Yorkshire Museum.
The course, starting on 21 April and finishing on 16 June, will be held in different venues in the 'precinct' from 7 to 9 pm on consecutive Wednesday evenings. All are welcome to register and fees are £31.50 for the whole course, or £4 per session. For further information the public should contact Mary Banbury on York 434620.
The full course is as follows:
- St Mary's Abbey
21 April venue: The Yorkshire Museum
Elizabeth Hartley, Keeper of Archaeology - The Yorkshire Philosophical Society and the Museum Gardens
28 April venue: The Yorkshire Museum
David Antill, Keeper of the Museum GardensPeter Goodchild, Lecturer on Landscapes and Gardens, University of York
John Hampshire, Chairman, Yorkshire Philosophical Society
Jean Lloyd, Yorkshire Philosophical Society - The King's Manor and the University of York
5 May venue: The King's Manor
Dr Christopher Norton, Senior Lecturer in Medieval Studies, University of York - The Yorkshire Museum and its art/archaeology collections
12 May venue: The Yorkshire Museum
Craig Barclay, Keeper of Numismatics and Decorative Arts
Elizabeth Hartley, Keeper of Archaeology - York City Art Gallery and its collections
19 May venue: York City Art Gallery
Richard Green, Curator - The Yorkshire Museum and its science collections
29 May venue: The Yorkshire Museum
Martin Lunn, Honorary Curator of Astronomy
Phillip Manning, Keeper of Geology - York City Archives
2 June venue: City Archives
Rita Freedman, City Archivist - York City Library and its local collection
9 June venue: York City Library
Amanda Howard, Local Studies Librarian - The Final seminar: looking ahead
16 June venue: The Yorkshire Museum
Chairman: Professor Alan Forrest, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of York
Further information: Mary Banbury on York 434620.