Past exhibitions mounted by East Riding Museums

The courtroom of Beverley Guildhall, part of East Riding Museums, with its fine Rococo style ceiling.

Over the past decade, St Mary’s has featured in a number of enlightening exhibitions mounted by East Riding Museums at Beverley Guildhall. Here are the information panels from two of them:

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More than a Minster

Running from October 2010 – June 2011, this exhibition illuminated the variety of churches across Beverley through history, from its two great Medieval churches to non-conformist chapels, from St John of Beverley RC Church to the Quakers, and everything between and beyond.

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Two Great Churches

Running from June – November 2015, this exhibition was staged to celebrate the original launch of the Two Churches One Town collaboration (now a registered charity, having raised significant sums to help restore the churches).

See illustrated exhibition text
See illustrated exhibition text
St Mary’s 300 kneelers lovingly made by members of the congregation in 1994, featured in the exhibition ‘More than a Minster’. Picture: Chris Hairsine.

These and many other fascinating past exhibitions mounted by East Riding Museums across all of its sites, including the Treasure House, Skiby Windmill and Sewerby Hall can be viewed on its website:

View the list of all East Riding Museums past exhibition available online here