Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Shambles
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York St John in the 20th Century
- First World War York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Norman Castle
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Battle of the Standard
- Military Belt Fitting
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Bronze weights
- Is York Cursed?
- Monk Bar
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate