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Yorkshire Museum and Gardens

Much time has been spent during the year developing a plan to reposition the Yorkshire Museum as a 'must see' destination, concentrating on the visitor experience by redisplaying the collections in exciting and innovative ways. The project will enable the Yorkshire Museum to take the lead on interpreting the Romans in the city, whilst also interpreting York the medieval city through the St Mary's Abbey site.

We are also planning to create an immersive audio visual experience that will explain the history of the city itself. The natural history collections will be interpreted through the concept of Extinction and there will be educational opportunities through access to the collections including the historic library on the first floor. We anticipate that the museum will close in October 2009 and reopen in summer 2010. We will need to secure £2million for the project which we will raise from Trusts and Foundations, business sponsors and with the agreed help from the City of York Council.

The process of refreshing the permanent collection displays has continued with two new displays, Aliens and Vikings - Fact and Fiction.

Our gardeners have made great progress over the year in maintaining and improving the Museum Gardens by a programme of reinstating vistas and views through careful clearing of shrubbery and extending the lawns up to the ruins, which results in a much more pleasing effect.