Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Norman Minster
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The York Observatory
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Our Lady's Row
- The Medieval Minster
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Cinema Comes to York
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Anglian Cross
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Red Tower