Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fairfax House
- Roman Head Pot
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Bar Convent
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The First Railway Station
- The Mystery Plays
- York Castle Museum
- Scarborough Bridge
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Medieval Castle
- Water Lanes
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- George Leeman
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Ripon College for Women
- Jewbury Cemetery