Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
-
York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
-
Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
-
York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
-
Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
-
The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
-
Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
-
A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York and the Holocaust
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The First Railway Station
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Shambles
- A New Vision For York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Medieval Abbey
- New Shopping Centres
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Micklegate Bar
- First World War York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- 62 Low Petergate
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa