York Minster’s Undercroft Museum will be open free of charge from 7pm until 11pm tomorrow to offer a range of events to celebrate the Museums At Night scheme.

This will be the second year that the Minster has taken part in the nationwide campaign, and once again visitors will have the chance to explore the museum, treasury and crypt as well as take part in activities.

Throughout the evening, visitors can see the Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Norman and mediaeval objects housed in the Undercroft, such as the Horn of Ulph, or find out how the Minster’s Central Tower was saved from collapse in the 1960s and how the foundations of York Minster were first discovered.

Candlelit tooling tours are scheduled for the earlier part of the evening, while at 8pm and 10pm Dress A Canon promises fun for all the family in Chamber 4 of the Undercroft. At 9pm, there will be a meditation and an opportunity to reflect in the peaceful candlelit surroundings of the Eastern crypt.

Dr Jonathan Draper, Canon Theologian at York Minster, says: “Museums At Night is a chance to explore the treasures of York Minster and York’s history in a unique and exciting way.”

Museums At Night is a national initiative coordinated by Culture24 that runs throughout the third weekend of May annually. Museums all over Britain will welcome visitors after-hours to encourage people to “do something different with their evening”.