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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Walmgate Bar
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Sixties York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Abbot's House
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Norman Castle
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Feeding Roman York
- Bootham Bar
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Norman House
- Gold Finger Ring
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Railway Institute