St Mary's Church

I've been back to the Van Gogh Immersive Experience twice now with different people, absolutely stunning and worth the reasonable price for such an event. Kids were there and loved it. Price - we booked on line £11 concession plus £3 in there for the Virtual Reality. Worth it. Three sections: # main part of the Church with moving surround projections. Mainly deck chairs and a few scattered benches. # side aisle (reached via a doorway front right (up some steps), with info, projection onto a vase of his Iris and Sunflowers, plus a bit of colouring in that can be projected +not working the 2nd time we went) # through the side aisle the Virtual Reality (extra £3), stools, visor (remove glasses for proper fit) and head phones. Stunning experience and made sense of Van Gogh. Accessibility - level entrance and access to the Nave (main area of the Church), accessible to wheelchair users. Toilet and exit accessible. Side aisle exhibition and Virtual Reality access via Chancel stone steps up. Hearing impaired - sit on the bench to the left as you enter the Nave and your by a speaker. Others may also be available! Visually impaired - semi darkness majority of time. However the Immersive movement might prove an experience. Car Park)Park and Ride - this is York, nearest Park and Ride stop is the #8 bus from Grimston Bar to The Merchant Adventurers Hall. Go round to Coppergate (or straight through Primark). St Mary's is nextdoor to the Yorvik Centre. Toilets - across and through from the entrance into the Nave, including toilet for disabled.

Overpriced for what you get. Van Gauge’s paintings are bright and vivid, but the digital projectors used in the exhibits were dull and bleached. Not many pictures shown and some out of focus. Long sequence of a steam train with lots of smoke! Another long sequence of cherry blossom falling. Seating is on deckchairs. At the conclusion of the show you are asked to pay. Further £3 for a virtual reality experience.

The Van Gogh Immersive Experience was fantastic & well worth the money. The music to accompany the moving images is also wonderful. Try the virtual headset too.

Went for Van Gogh Immersive Experience. Beautiful building perfect for this visit, stunning colours from projected artists work from bleached into stonework. Just amazing and quite overwhelming.

What a fantastic experience! I am so happy we decided to go and see The Vincent Van Gogh Immersive Experience at St Marys Church York. We were visiting my daughter for the day and spent an hour inside this truely sureal, magical, calming exhibit. I didnt want to leave, and could of quite happily stayed all day! Im sure everyone has a different experience, for me It soothed my mind and soul! I want to replicate the starry night theme in my bedroom to help me sleep. I really liked the drawing and colouring afterwards but I forgot to scan/upload it. We didnt use the VR because we didnt budget it in (£3pp extra, not in the entry price). I did purchase a Starry night poster, wanted a brolley too! If anyone knows if they sell the narration/music let me know in the comments please 😊