Super Scrolls

THE DLI COLLECTION GALLERY: COURAGE, COMRADES, COMMUNITY

11.03.18 to 11.03.21

11 March 2017 - 11 March 2022 , 10:00

The Durham Light Infantry (DLI) has a special place in the story of County Durham. Find out why by ...

Miners: Pitmen, Pride and Prayer

02.07.18 to 15.09.18

Celebrate the mining heritage of County Durham with a fascinating exhibition in the Open Treasure Collections Gallery. Twenty-five years since ...

The Emperor’s New Clothes: Transforming 19th Century Japan

03.07.18 to 09.09.18

An exhibition celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration in Japan

The Meiji Restoration in 1868 was a major turning point ...

Durham Photographic Society exhibition - The Heritage of County Durham

01.08.18 to 31.08.18

The exhibition explores the heritage of County Durham in all its colours and forms. Interpreting 'heritage' in a broad sense, from the ...

North-West Tower Trips

03.08.18 to 29.09.18

Friday 6 April to Saturday 29 September

For the first time, the public will be able to climb the North West ...

Palaeography Summer School

06.08.18 to 17.09.18

Palaeography Summer School

VARIOUS VENUES, PALACE GREEN LIBRARY

Palaeography: Learning to read 17th century handwriting
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Pesky pests

15.08.18

Wednesday, 15 August 2018 , 13:00 to 15:00

Find out how we stop pests from eating the Museum

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Little Dragons

15.08.18 to 19.09.18

Wednesday, 17 January 2018 , 10:00 to 11:00 repeating weekly until 19 September 2018

Little

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Dine InDurham August

16.08.18 to 19.08.18

Look out for the amazing £5, £10 and £15 meal deals in Durham City this weekend. If you’re a fan of food, you’ll be spoilt for choice by what’s on ...

Live InDurham August

16.08.18

From 6pm

Live InDurham is back each month in the City with Connor Thomas and friends. Join us at amazing venues across Durham for an ...

Farmers' and Producers' Market

16.08.18 to 20.12.18

Durham's Farmer's and Producers' Market is on the third Thursday of each month - open from 9am until 4.30pm, or until stock has sold out. ...

National Youth Girls’ Choir

17.08.18

12:30pm - 1pm

The National Youth Girls' Choir will be giving a short performance of 30 minutes, starting at 12.30pm. The performance is ...

Stylist Event

17.08.18 to 18.08.18

11am - 3pm

Belinda Alexander returns to Durham this month working with fashion retailers across the City of offer FREE style ...

Full Moon Market

17.08.18

The Full Moon Streetfood Market is back in the city centre from 4 to 9pm, with great choice of food, fabulous flavours, a guaranteed wonderful ...

Getting to Noh - from 'page to stage': 'Between the Stone

18.08.18

Saturday, 18 August 2018 , 14:00 to 16:00

JAPAN GALLERY, ORIENTAL MUSEUM

What is noh? And

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Lucet Weaving

18.08.18 to 19.08.18

18 August 2018 - 19 August 2018 , 13:00 to 15:00

The Anglo-Saxons made beautiful bracelets using

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Powerful pyramids

18.08.18

Saturday, 18 August 2018 , 13:00 to 15:00

Find out how the Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids

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Crafts InDurham

19.08.18

Together with Durham BID, we're organising six monthly markets, from April to September, to showcase the region's most creative and artistic ...

Vote 100: Amazing Artists

22.08.18

Wednesday, 22 August 2018 , 13:00 to 15:00

Celebrate the centenary of the first British women

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Summer Holiday Fun! Thursday Craft Club- Sticks!

23.08.18

14:00 - 16:00

Come and join us in store every thursday afternoon during the summer holidays for loads of crafty fun! Reuse, recycle, make ...

Bat walk

24.08.18

Friday 24 August at 7:00 PM
Durham Cathedral & the Woodland and Riverbanks

7.00pm

Take a gentle stroll ...

Fabulous fish

24.08.18

Friday, 24 August 2018 , 13:00 to 15:00

See our Japanese fish plate and make your own fabulous fish from a

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Autism friendly activities: fabulous fish

24.08.18

Friday, 24 August 2018 , 10:00 to 12:00

Children with autism, learning or sensory impairments and

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Film Screening and Talk: Rail Truck (2009)

25.08.18

Saturday, 25 August 2018, 2 – 4.15pm, Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, Durham

A coming-of-age story about a Japanese- ...

Tiger who came to tea teddy bears picnic party!

25.08.18

Saturday 25th August 14:00 - Sunday 26th August 16:00

If you go down to the woods today, better watch our for teddy bears and tigers! Join ...

Incredible Cures

25.08.18 to 26.08.18

13:00 to 15:00

There are some silly cures that people used to believe would work. Can you work out what cures what?

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Clever cloggs

25.08.18

Saturday, 25 August 2018 , 13:00 to 15:00

Find out about the Korean Sage King and make a wise owl

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Powerful paper

29.08.18

ORIENTAL MUSEUM

Discover how paper was invented and make a fluttery paper butterfly.

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Summer Holiday Fun! Thurday Craft Club - Dinosaurs!

30.08.18

14:00 - 16:00

Come and join us in store every Thursday afternoon during the summer holidays for loads of crafty fun! Reuse, recycle, make ...

August Photography Evening

30.08.18

Thursday 30 August at 6:30 PM

A special opportunity to spend a summer evening with your camera inside ...

Stained glass window August Photography Evening

30.08.18

Thursday 30 August at 6:30 PM
Durham Cathedral

A special opportunity to spend a summer evening with your ...

Beautiful boats

31.08.18

Friday, 31 August 2018 , 13:00 to 15:00

Make an Ancient Egyptian boat ... and see if it floats.

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Awesome Astronomy

01.09.18

Saturday, 1 September 2018 , 13:00 to 15:00

The people of the ancient Near East were fantastic

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The Comedy Store

02.09.18

With over 35 years’ experience in the business and as the premier name in comedy, The Comedy Store is renowned as a breeding ground for new talent ...

Come and meet the fantastic A A Dhand

08.09.18

Saturday 8th September 11:00 - 14:00

The fantastic A A Dhand will be in store signing copies of his brilliant books - do pop in and meet ...

08.09.18

Saturday, 8 September 2018 , 13:00 to 15:00

Create your own Chinese-inspired scroll and try

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Heritage Open Days 2018

08.09.18 to 09.09.18

Heritage Open Days is England's largest festival of history and culture, every year in September, places across the country throw open their doors ...

Dine InDurham September

13.09.18 to 16.09.18

Look out for the amazing £5, £10 and £15 meal deals in Durham City this weekend. If you’re a fan of food, you’ll be spoilt for choice by what’s on ...

Come and meet the Wonderful Kate Atkinson

13.09.18

Thursday 13th September 13:00 - 14:00

Kate Atkinson is simply one of our most favourite authors and we are thrilled to let you ...

Live InDurham September

13.09.18

From 6pm

Live InDurham is back each month in the City with Connor Thomas and friends. Join us at amazing venues across Durham for an ...

Full Moon Market

14.09.18

The Full Moon Streetfood Market is back in the city centre from 4 to 9pm, with great choice of food, fabulous flavours, a guaranteed wonderful ...

Crazy canopic jars

15.09.18

Saturday, 15 September 2018 , 13:00 to 15:00

Prepare for the afterlife and make your own Ancient Egyptian canopic jar

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Crafts InDurham

16.09.18

Together with Durham BID, we're organising six monthly markets, from April to September, to showcase the region's most creative and artistic ...

Scaling the Heights

21.09.18 to 21.12.18

Bringing mountaineering literature to life

An exhibition by artists Stephen, Margaret and Kate Livingstone working with Dr. Abbie ...

Come & Meet Juliette Forrest

22.09.18

Saturday 22nd September 11:00 - 14:00

Come and meet the lovely Juliette Forrest who will be in store signing copies of Twister!

Vote 100: Colourful queens

22.09.18

Saturday, 22 September 2018 , 13:00 to 15:00

Celebrate the centenary of the first women winning

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Pete Firman

23.09.18

7.30pm

‘The UK’s leading comedy magician’ (Time Out) is back on the road with an astonishing new show. As seen on ITV1’s ...

Scaling the Heights: Fun

29.09.18

Saturday 29th September

See our new exhibition Scaling the Heights and create your own cool action ...

Come and Meet our PERFECT guest - Helen Fields

29.09.18

Saturday 29th September 11:00 - 14:00

We are delighted that Helen is going to join us in Durham again!! She will be in store signing copies ...

Come and meet Robert Scragg

30.09.18

11am - 2pm

Come and meet Robert Scragg who will be in store signing copies of his brilliant crime thriller! What Falls Between The Cracks ...

Durham Book Festival

06.10.18 to 14.10.18

A host of household names take over the city with book-based discussions and interactive events. This annual celebration of all things books ...

My First Gig with Field Music

06.10.18

2.30pm

Join Mercury Prize-nominated Field Music for a special family gig, playing songs inspired by their favourite ...

Rebel Kids and Mini Manifestos

06.10.18

Inspired by Bedtime Stories for Rebel Girls and Boys that Dare to Be Different, in this is hands-on session for mini-activists ...

Scaling the Galleries with Helen Mort

11.10.18

Thursday 11 October 2018, 7-9pm

Climb the galleries of the Oriental Museum with award winning poet Helen Mort.

To coincide ...

Izzy Gizmo: A Story Gig

13.10.18

Izzy Gizmo loves to invent things, but her inventions never seem to work the way she wants them to. Then she finds a crow with a broken wing and ...

Tabby McTat

17.10.18

Presented by Freckle Productions

Tabby McTat is a cat with the loudest of meee-ews and a best friend with a guitar. ...

Dine InDurham October

18.10.18 to 21.10.18

Look out for the amazing £5, £10 and £15 meal deals in Durham City this weekend. If you’re a fan of food, you’ll be spoilt for choice by what’s on ...

Live InDurham October

18.10.18

Live InDurham is back each month in the City with Connor Thomas and friends. Join us at amazing venues across Durham for an evening of totally ...

Full Moon Market

19.10.18

The Full Moon Streetfood Market is back in the city centre from 4 to 9pm, with great choice of food, fabulous flavours, a guaranteed wonderful ...

Benedict Allen

24.10.18

7.30pm

In a brand new show, adventurer-explorer Benedict Allen tells the whole unvarnished truth of his most recent adventure – a solo ...

Sara Pascoe

31.10.18

7.30pm

LadsLadsLads

Always honest, always regretting it later, Sara opens her heart and mouth again to share the ...

British Sign Language Tour of Open Treasure

03.11.18

Saturday 3 November at 3:00 PM

We invite visitors to join our innovative tours of the whole of

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An Evening with Adam Henson

07.11.18

7.30pm

Farmer and Presenter from BBC TV’s Countryfile

Adam Henson is perhaps the best-known farmer in the UK, presenting ...

Stewart Francis Into the Punset

09.11.18

8PM

The star of ‘Mock the Week’, ‘Live at the Apollo’ and ‘Crackerjack’ embarks on a brand-new show, in this, his last tour EVER!!! See him ...

Festival of Remembrance Concert

10.11.18

Saturday 10 November at 7:00 PM
Durham Cathedral

A moving concert to remember those who have given their lives for ...

Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales

12.11.18

The Ginger Snapped

RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon and Major Scales return to Gala after their huge success with ...

Live InDurham November

15.11.18

Live InDurham is back each month in the City with Connor Thomas and friends. Join us at amazing venues across Durham for an evening of totally ...

Dine InDurham November

15.11.18 to 18.11.18

Look out for the amazing £5, £10 and £15 meal deals in Durham City this weekend. If you’re a fan of food, you’ll be spoilt for choice by what’s on ...