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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Barker Tower
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- King Richard III and York
- The Bar Convent
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The York Hoard
- Industrial Upheaval
- Stonegate
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Assembly Rooms
- De Grey Rooms
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Olive Oil Container
- York in the fifteenth Century