Durham University, Visitor Attractions

26/01/2023

Don’t forget to head on over and like our new page, DU Things To Do to keep up to date with everything that’s going on across our museums, galleries and gardens! 🥳www.facebook.com/DUThingsToDo/

To find out more about our venues, visit our website: https://www.dur.ac.uk/attractions/

23/01/2023

📢 Update to Facebook account

Our visitor attractions’ Facebook accounts have now joined forces on our new page, Durham University Things To Do! https://www.facebook.com/DUThingsToDo/

A one-stop shop for everything happening across our attractions, making it much easier for you to find out about all our venues in just one place 😊

Make sure to head over and like our page to keep up to date with all our exciting news and events at:

➡️ Botanic Gardens
➡️ Durham Castle Tours
➡️ Oriental Museum
➡️ Museum of Archaeology
➡️ Cosin’s Library

A huge thank you for following us and see you over on https://www.facebook.com/DUThingsToDo 🥳

16/01/2023

📣 Update to Facebook account 📣

From next week, our visitor attractions’ Facebook accounts are joining forces on our new page, Durham University Things To Do!

This will be a one-stop shop for everything happening across our attractions, making it much easier for you to keep up to date with exciting news and events at all our venues, including:

➡️ Botanic Gardens
➡️ Durham Castle Tours
➡️ Oriental Museum
➡️ Museum of Archaeology
➡️ Cosin’s Library

Stay tuned for more information next week! 😊

To find out more about all our venues, visit our website: https://www.dur.ac.uk/attractions/

09/01/2023

Please note that the Botanic Garden will be closed on Monday 16 January due to a private event taking place.

The Botanic Garden will reopen at 10am on Tuesday 17 January.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this closure.

If you have any queries, please call 0191 334 2887 or email [email protected].

06/01/2023

Palace Green Library (including the Visitor Centre) will be closed Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 January due to an issue with the heating inside the building. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and will reopen Monday 9 January at 10am. Oriental Museum is open 12.00-17.00 this weekend (7-8 January).

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21/12/2022

15/12/2022

Please note that the Botanic Garden will be closed from 4pm on Wednesday 21st December and will be reopening at 10am on Tuesday 3rd January 2023.

We hope you all have a great Christmas and we wish you all the best for the new year!

13/12/2022

Our rare breed sheep, Manx Loughtan & Hebridean, are ‘Conservation grazing’ in the North American Arboretum at the Botanic Garden throughout December.

28/11/2022

On Wednesday 30 November between 2.30pm and 3.30pm, there will be no power in the Visitor Centre or Greenhouses. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause whilst essential work takes place in the sub-station.

16/11/2022

On Wednesday 9th November at the Botanic Garden, our Friends of the Garden, Gardeners and helpers from Marie Curie Cancer Support planted almost 2,000 daffodil bulbs which were kindly donated by Pity Me Nursery to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the charity. The bulbs were planted on the grass bank in our car park to create a ‘Durham Field of Hope’.

09/11/2022

Thank you to the Durham University Retail Office for adding our Christmas stock in the Visitor Centre cafe area.

Why not come to visit the Botanic Garden and check out the latest merchandise that we have to offer!

04/11/2022

We have just finished planting the last of our bulbs at the Botanic Garden for next spring.

Our gardeners have been spacing out 2500 Tulip ‘Fosteriana mixed’ bulbs in the long bed outside our greenhouse, which should make for a fantastic show of colour in the spring of 2023.

Thousands of various bulbs have been planted such as Tulips, Crocus, Daffodils, Alliums, Hyacinths, Crocus & Fritillarias throughout the garden.