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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Anglian Cross
- The Norman Minster
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bootham School
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Jubbergate
- The Victorian Prison Building
- New Earswick
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Second World War York