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Children sit beneath a huge inflatable sculpture, part of Jason and the Coal Mining Adventure at the National Coal Mining Museum

Free event

Art Exhibition Heritage

Jason and the Coal Mining Adventure

Calendar Fri 27 Mar - Sun 04 Oct 2026
Clock icon09:45 - 17:00
Map pinNational Coal Mining Museum
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Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red (1943) by Barbara Hepworth on display at The Hepworth Wakefield

Art Exhibition

Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red

Calendar Now - Sun 01 Mar 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 16:00
Map pinThe Hepworth Wakefield
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Emily Ryalls: Divine Archives

Free event

Art Exhibition

Emily Ryalls: Divine Archives

Calendar Now - Sat 07 Mar 2026
Clock icon09:30 - 16:00
Map pinThe Art House
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Marshmallow Laser Feast: Of the Oak

Art Exhibition

Marshmallow Laser Feast: Of the Oak

Calendar Now - Sun 15 Mar 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 17:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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Damien Hirst, The Virgin Mother

Art Exhibition

Damien Hirst

Calendar Now - Tue 01 Sep 2026
Clock icon09:00 - 17:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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A close up image of a map, part of Ebb and Flow by Annie Harrison at Castleford Museum

Free event

Art Exhibition Heritage

Ebb and Flow by Annie Harrison at Castleford Museum

Calendar Now - Sat 11 Apr 2026
Clock icon09:30 - 16:00
Map pinCastleford Museum
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William Kentridge, YSP

Art Exhibition

William Kentridge: The Pull of Gravity

Calendar Now - Sun 19 Apr 2026
Clock icon09:00 - 18:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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A watercolour painting of Wakefield by Cynthia Kenny

Free event

Art Exhibition Heritage

Cynthia Kenny: A City Framed

Calendar Now - Sat 20 Jun 2026
Clock icon09:00 - 16:00
Map pinWakefield Museum
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February Half Term

Free event

Activity Adventure Art Craft Exhibition Families Heritage Talk Walk Workshop

February Half Term

Calendar Sat 14 Feb - Sun 22 Feb 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 16:00
Map pinNational Coal Mining Museum
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Nour Jaouda's Dust that Never Settles - part of The Hepworth Wakefield's exhibition,

Art Exhibition

A Living Collection

Calendar Now - Sun 01 Mar 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 17:00
Map pinThe Hepworth Wakefield
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Art Exhibition

Elizabeth Fritsch: Otherworldly Vessels

Calendar Now - Sat 28 Feb 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 16:00
Map pinThe Hepworth Wakefield
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Kira Freije, The Throat is a Threaded Melody

Art Exhibition

Kira Freije: Unspeak the Chorus

Calendar Now - Mon 04 May 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 17:00
Map pinThe Hepworth Wakefield
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Playing With Fire

Art Exhibition

Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto

Calendar Now - Mon 04 May 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 17:00
Map pinThe Hepworth Wakefield
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A virtual image of a person, from Voices of Coal

Free event

Art Exhibition Heritage

Voices of Coal

Calendar Now - Sun 01 Mar 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 16:00
Map pinNational Coal Mining Museum
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Laura Alice: Twitch

Free event

Art Exhibition

Laura Alice: Twitch

Calendar Fri 23 Jan - Sat 28 Mar 2026
Clock icon09:00 - 17:00
Map pinThe Art House
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The Cat That Slept For A Thousand Years

Free event

Art Exhibition

The Cat That Slept for a Thousand Years

Calendar Sat 21 Mar - Sun 12 Apr 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 17:00
Map pinWX Wakefield Exchange
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Walk and Write: Poetry Workshop
Part of Cynthia Kenny: A City Framed

Free event

Activity Art Heritage Walk Workshop

Walk and Write: Poetry Workshop

Calendar Sat 21 Mar - Sat 21 Mar 2026
Clock icon11:00 - 15:00
Map pinWakefield Museum
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Find Your Passion - Kokedama

Activity Art Craft Heritage Workshop

Find Your Passion – Kokedama

Calendar Thu 26 Mar - Thu 26 Mar 2026
Clock icon13:30 - 18:30
Map pinWakefield Museum
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A painting of a bird, with a cloudy night sky behind, part of Betwixt and Between at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Art Exhibition

Andrew Waddington: Betwixt and Between – The Poetry of Landscape

Calendar Now - Sun 22 Feb 2026
Clock icon09:00 - 17:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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A painting picturing pontefract's Buttercross, by William Shone.

Free event

Art Exhibition Heritage

Picturing Pontefract

Calendar Mon 02 Feb - Sat 03 Oct 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 16:30
Map pinPontefract Museum
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Louise Lockhart, Seaside Collage Screen Print 2025. Image © the artist courtesy of Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Art Exhibition

Louise Lockhart: Cake Crumbs and Lemonade

Calendar Sat 07 Mar - Sun 28 Jun 2026
Clock icon09:00 - 18:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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Hold to this Earth

Art Exhibition

Hold to this Earth: Works by Contemporary Indigenous North American Artists from Tia Collection

Calendar Sat 13 Jun - Sun 18 Apr 2027
Clock icon09:00 - 18:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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Annie Montgomerie

Art Exhibition

Annie Montgomerie: Missies and Nippers

Calendar Sat 11 Jul - Sun 01 Nov 2026
Clock icon09:00 - 18:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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Angela Harding, Blossomise. Image © the artist

Art Exhibition

Angela Harding: A Chronicle of Birds and Beasts

Calendar Sat 14 Nov - Sun 28 Feb 2027
Clock icon09:00 - 18:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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