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Why can we find memento mori in and around Christian churches?

Why can we find memento mori in and around Christian churches?

Explore extinction with birds once hunted for sport and food

Explore extinction with birds once hunted for sport and food

A bust inspired by Victorian medicine & other works by ceramicist Karen Thompson

A bust inspired by Victorian medicine & other works by ceramicist Karen Thompson

Life between Ice Ages – hyena teeth from Kirkdale Cave & artwork by Tim Hopgood

Life between Ice Ages – hyena teeth from Kirkdale Cave & artwork by Tim Hopgood

The intriguing ‘Scarborough ware’ that reveals medieval Scarborough Fair

The intriguing ‘Scarborough ware’ that reveals medieval Scarborough Fair

Learn why poppies are for remembrance, with one of the very first

Learn why poppies are for remembrance, with one of the very first

Can Eileen Agar’s surrealist painting shed light on Lady MacBeth?

Can Eileen Agar’s surrealist painting shed light on Lady MacBeth?

Arts and crafts from the Yorkshire workshop of Beatrice Carpenter

Arts and crafts from the Yorkshire workshop of Beatrice Carpenter

An Impressionist beach scene from the Yorkshire coast, by Florence Hess

An Impressionist beach scene from the Yorkshire coast, by Florence Hess

This painting reveals the story of the bombardment of Scarborough

This painting reveals the story of the bombardment of Scarborough

Teatime at Haworth with the Brontës, & other works by Sonia Lawson

Teatime at Haworth with the Brontës, & other works by Sonia Lawson

The RNLI on the North Yorkshire coast – with Frederick Dade & Robert Ernest Roe

The RNLI on the North Yorkshire coast – with Frederick Dade & Robert Ernest Roe

What can we learn about past life and beliefs from a hogback stone?

What can we learn about past life and beliefs from a hogback stone?

Explore why Herbert Royle’s Dales scenes featured on Christmas cards

Explore why Herbert Royle’s Dales scenes featured on Christmas cards

Discover Victorian moustaches through portraits and cup design

Discover Victorian moustaches through portraits and cup design

Explore George Soper’s representation of working horses

Explore George Soper’s representation of working horses

How did Ethel Walker paint Robin Hood’s Bay author Leo Walmsley?

How did Ethel Walker paint Robin Hood’s Bay author Leo Walmsley?

Stormy Victorian history paintings from the North Yorkshire coast by Robert Ernest Roe

Stormy Victorian history paintings from the North Yorkshire coast by Robert Ernest Roe

‘Fisher folk’ from Staithes and Robin Hood’s Bay – by Edith Bateson & James Charles

‘Fisher folk’ from Staithes and Robin Hood’s Bay – by Edith Bateson & James Charles

A commemorative sculpture of war poet Wilfred Owen by Anthony Padgett

A commemorative sculpture of war poet Wilfred Owen by Anthony Padgett

Explore composition at Whitby Harbour by Elias Bancroft

Explore composition at Whitby Harbour by Elias Bancroft

Explore subject matter from the North York Moors by John Atkinson

Explore subject matter from the North York Moors by John Atkinson

Why and how did soldiers make ‘trench art’?

Why and how did soldiers make ‘trench art’?

Find out why this carved gingerbread mould took resilience

Find out why this carved gingerbread mould took resilience

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