St Mary's Church — Attraction in England

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...

Not over impressed with th Van Gogh exhibition. The 35 minute immersive sight and sound experience was OK, but it dwelt for too long on certain themes, and verbal explanations rather than just music, may have been helpful. The music was very nice, having said that, to the extent that I found myself nodding off, a couple of times. After the immersive section, there is the opportunity to use VR headsets, but this was at the additional cost of £3. We did not opt to do this, having already paid the entrance fee of £13 each. We had been made aware of this at the entrance, but we feel that it should all be included in the entry fee, which we felt was high for what was on offer. In common with many events and places now, the entry fee was not advertised any where, until we were at the ticket desk. This is wrong. We should be able to see what the cost is going to be, as this may influence the decision to attend. For the record, on leaving, we walked past Jorvik, and thanks to the prices being posted outside, we were able to see that it would have cost less to go there. We were not going there on this visit, as we have been 3...

Went to see the Immersive Van Gogh experience in the church. This used VvG paintings as the basis of animated projections on the church walls. This was very interesting and relaxing as we were surrounded by sound and pictures. Sometimes the serene music was at odds with the turbulent paintings. However it was remarkable in its conception and aspects of the artists feelings about his work were expressed to great effect. On leaving the nave there was a timeline of his life and a large stone jar which again had Vincent's sunflowers and irises projected growing around it. Then a virtual reality area (extra charge) is available to wear goggles and headphones to experience a journey from the hospital at St. Remy on Provence through the countryside passing a windmill, the corn fields, a wood and the sunset and starry night. This event is extended into April before moving on to a venue...