As part of the Outside the Box project, we invited York residents and families to come along and get creative with the Knowles archive collection. In a workshop led by local artist Griselda Goldsborough, participants engaged with the archive collections and learned about York’s wider relationship with the craft of stained-glass creation.

They then drew inspiration from material in the archive collections to create and design their own murals in a creative and fun filled session. This workshop was made possible through funding from the National Archives and was a collaboration between Explore York Libraries and Archives, York BID, York Civic Trust, and York Glaziers Trust.

Keep an eye out on our website for details of our next Map Attack session, run throughout the year at various Explore Libraries. Drop in and use our Lego and Duplo to build the wonderful City of York, taking inspiration from historic maps of York from the city’s archives.

What will you create? Will you rebuild historic York, using Lego to construct iconic sites such as the city’s walls, York Minster or Clifford’s Tower? Will we see the present day represented in your Lego constructions, such as your favourite places to visit in York? Perhaps you will re-imagine York as a futuristic city, the choice is yours!