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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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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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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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Female Prison
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- King Edward I and York
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Greyfriars
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- King Richard II and York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Church of St Olave
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Minster in the 20th Century