Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Middleham Jewel
- Micklegate Bar
- King Edward I and York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- De Grey Rooms
- Viking Coins
- Bronze weights
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Mary Ward
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Margaret Clitherow