Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Cawood Sword
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York Central Library
- Bronze weights
- The Retreat
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Vikings and Christianity
- Gold Arm Ring
- Margaret Clitherow
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Feeding Roman York
- The Norman Abbey
- The Abbot's House
- York Art Gallery
- The Greyfriars
- Vale of York Viking Hoard