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York Museums Trust looks after four attractions in the city - York Castle Museum, the Yorkshire Museum, York Art Gallery and York St Mary's, York Art Gallery's contemporary arts venue.

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New Exhibition - 1914: When the World Changed Forever.

Part of a £1.7 million development at York Castle Museum, opens June 2014The terror of total war and its revolutionary impact on life around the world will be the focus of a major exhibition on the First World War at York Castle Museum next year. 1914: When the World Changed Forever will take visitors from the recruitment office to the horrors of the frontline - from the cultural revolution happening at home to the thousands of men defending countries they had never stepped foot in.New technology will be combined with the museum’s extensive military, costume and social history collections,

The Aesthetica Art Prize

An exhibition of shortlisted works from the Aesthetica Art Prize March 8 –  April 28 (Private View: March 7)Innovative and outstanding works of contemporary art will be on show in Yorkin March when the shortlist for the Aesthetica Art Prize is displayed at York St Mary’s – YorkArtGallery’s contemporary art space.Organised by Aesthetica Magazine, an international art and culture publication, the Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in contemporary art from across the world, supporting and bringing the work of contemporary and emerging artists to a wider audience.Photography and

Toy time in York this half term!

Terrific toys and tremendous tiny trains at two York museumsTake a trip back to childhood in York this half term as the city’s two largest museums break open the toy cupboard.The National Railway Museum’s Big Fun with Little Trains and York Castle Museum’s Toy Stories both open in time for the school holiday (February 16).At the National Railway Museum there will be nine days of fun with little locomotives, from children’s pedal trains to rides on indoor and outdoor railways for visitors of all ages. At York Castle Museum the new Toy Stories exhibition will see bikes, models,

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