Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Constantius Chlorus
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- De Grey Rooms
- Micklegate Bar
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The White Rose of York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Transport Moves On
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- King Edward I and York
- The Medieval Minster
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Feeding Roman York