Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Roman Fortress
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Statue of Napoleon
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Viking Boot
- Victoria Bar
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York Union Gas Works
- The Horn of Ulf
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Mystery Plays
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Medieval Chamber Pot