Harrogate Borough Council

 
 

Find out more

To find out more about any of the events listed on this page, or to book, please contact Harrogate Museums and Arts.

email

phone:01423 556188

fax: 01423 556130

Mercer Art Gallery,
Swan Road,
Harrogate,
HG1 2SA

or by calling in to any of our venues.

Our events are either free or very reasonably priced.  Payment is requested in advance.  Refunds by arrangement with more than 14 days' written notice.

If cancelling within the 14 day notice period, we regret that monetary refunds can only be guaranteed for payments over £10 due to the administrative costs involved.  If cancelling a booking for under £10 the monies spent can be held as payment towards a future event.


See our Visitor information for all Harrogate Borough Council run museums and galleries.

Family & School Holiday Museums and Arts Events

 

Christmas 2008

Join in our Christmas trail taking you through Victorian Harrogate, Ancient Egypt and all around the patterns of the world at the Royal Pump Room Museum, as well as through a Winter World and abstract art at the Mercer Art Gallery. 

Completed entries go into a prize draw!

Free Entry Days

27th and 28th December

Royal Pump Room Museum

Something for all the family at the Royal Pump Room Museum.

  • Discover Harrogate's spa history with shop fronts and treatments
  • Investigate Egypt through our Egyptology treasures
  • Explore the world with Patterns of History from Greek pots to textiles

Lots of hands-on activities too, including dressing up clothes, colouring in sheets, quizzes and trails.

 

 

 

 

Marvel at the fun had during October half-term 2007!

Turkmen Lady 2006 by
 

We invited children along to help us recreate this painting of a Turkmen Lady, on show in our latest exhibition Beyond the Caspian Sea: Art from Turkmenistan.


 Artist, Rachel Massey, drew a large-scale outline of the painting and cut up another into 'jigsaw' pieces for visitors to use collage and drawing materials to draw patterns inspired by the other works on show in the exhibition.
 
Children's recreation of 'Turkmen Lady 2006' 
At the end of the day, we had this newly painted Turkmen lady, now on show!
 
This event was part of the Campaign for Drawing's national celebration 'The Big Draw'.
 
Harrogate Borough Council, Council Offices, Crescent Gardens, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2SG, Tel: (01423) 500600