Join Dales Volunteers as they showcase the traditional craft of drystone walling. They will explain the construction of this iconic feature of the National Park landscape. Included in museum admission

Come along to meet Mother Christmas, write and post your letter to Santa, have fun doing some Christmas crafting and enjoy a luxury hot chocolate at the Firebox café.

Paint expressive portraits of sheep using innovative ways with watercolour

Come along and make a lantern and let it light your way to the Firebox cafe for a hot chocolate!

Discover the captivating journey of local food through time!

Stained glass: A look at monastic art and a chance to use glass paints to make your own stained glass inspired art. Included in admission.

Join Dales Volunteers as they showcase the traditional craft of drystone walling and explain the construction of this iconic feature of the National Park landscape. Included in museum admission.

The Rivers2U mobile classroom will be parked outside the museum entrance. Come along and meet staff from the Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust to find out about rivers and their wildlife. Discover how rivers form, and identify the amazing freshwater invertebrates which live in our rivers.

Join us for this 5.5 mile (8.8km) walk in Herriot country, through fields and along old bridleways with stunning views of the Yorkshire Dales. We will look for evidence of old industries and traditional rural activities as we walk, including local hamlets, villages, barns and lime kilns. Starts at the Dales Countryside Museum. Booking Essential. …

Hester will demonstrate how to create simple stamps of the flowers, grasses, insects and birds that you find in the beautiful hay meadows of the Yorkshire Dales.