Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
-
Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
-
20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
-
After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
-
King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
-
Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
-
Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
-
Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- New Shopping Centres
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Bootham School
- Lendal Bridge
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Minster after the Reformation
- King Edward I and York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Battle of the Standard