Have you spotted us on television yet?

Summer is here, hoards of children will soon be let loose from the nation's classrooms, and we would love for you all to visit us and Discover the Full Story.

That's the name of our Summer campaign, and if you live in Manchester, the Humber, or Yorkshire in you may have already seen our brightly coloured posters featuring some of the classic characters from television, gaming and film, so look out for them.

We'll also be beaming into your living rooms with our new television advert.

It will air for the very first time today (between ITV News and Emmerdale), and run until mid-August on ITV Yorkshire during prime time.

You can also see us on the big screen, because selected Vue and Odeon cinemas across Yorkshire will be showing our advert throughout August.

Visit our website to Discover the Full Story and find out what's on at the Museum over the Summer Holidays - keep checking back because there's more to come.

Photographs from the TV Advert Shoot

What's on this week: 27 Jul - 2 Aug 2009

New films this week are Cloud 9 (Wolke 9), Public Enemies, 35 Rhums (35 Shots Of Rum) and Burma VJ. Film page

You can see a barnstorming performance (literally) from Richard Burton in 1976 film classic Equus on Thursday 30 July -- with an introduction from Iain Baird, our Curator of Television (and grandson of Iain Logie Baird, the inventor of television).

On Saturday 1 August, we're bringing out the triple projectors again for a screening of This Is Cinerama. We're one of the only places left in the world that you can see this super-widescreen slice of 1950s Americana.

Also on Saturday, our reimagined Bite The Mango season of world cinema explodes into life with 1970s all-action Indian epic Sholay (above). There's much more to come from Bite The Mango, including the critically-acclaimed Shirin, and a dedicated weekend in late September.

Plus our calendar of summer 2009 family events continues, including Harry Potter weekends for the little wizard or witch in your family.