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  • HOME to BRITAIN’S

    GREATESTTREASURESROMANS VIKINGS MEDIEVAL EXTINCT

    Visitor Information

    OPENING TIMESOpen Daily: 10am – 5pmClosed 25, 26 Dec and 1 Jan. Early closing 24 and 31 Dec, see website for details.

    ADMISSIONYMT Card Holder ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������FREEAdult (with 10% Gift Aid Donation) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� £7.50Adult (without donation) �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������£6.81Child (16 and under) * �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������FREE with a paying adultAccess Day Ticket ** ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������£4.00ARE YOU A YORK RESIDENT? Valid YorkCard holders each receive 20% discount on admission!

    YMT Card12 months unlimited access to York Castle Museum, York Art Gallery and the Yorkshire Museum.YMT Card ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� £22 / £20 with Direct DebitYork Residents *** �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� £11 / £10 with Direct DebitAccess YMT Card ** �������������������������������������������������������������������������� £11 / £10 with Direct Debit York Residents *** ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� FREE subject to availability

    GALLERY ACCESSIBILITYThe Yorkshire Museum is fully accessible to wheelchair users except for the library and reading room.

    HOW TO FIND USThe Yorkshire Museum and Gardens are located next to Lendal Bridge, the main crossing between York Station and York Minster. Entrances are on Museum Street and Marygate.Yorkshire Museum, York Museum Gardens, York YO1 7FRT: 01904 687687 E: yorkshire.museum@ymt.org.uk

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    * Kids go FREE – children 16 and under go free with a paying adult; maximum 4 children per adult. Offer does not apply to organised groups.

    ** Access Tickets: available to 17-24 year olds and those on most forms of benefit. Terms and conditions apply, for more information see www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk.

    *** With a valid YorkCard, current council tax bill or valid student ID.

    Yorkshire Museum is part of York Museums Trust. Charity number 1092466. Photography by Dan PrinceInformation correct at time of going to print. and Anthony Chappel-Ross

    ROMAN TREASURESGet to know the real citizens of

    cosmopolitan Eboracum. See the Wold Newton Hoard; the largest

    Roman hoard of its kind ever found in England, the statue of Mars; the best existing example of a Roman statue

    in England, step onto a Roman mosaic floor and much more.

    STONE AGE RELICSSee the incredible discoveries made at the Mesolithic site of Star Carr in

    North Yorkshire, including the 11,000 year old red deer antler headdresses and the ground-breaking Star Carr pendant that once belonged to our

    Yorkshire ancestors.

    Kids GoFREE*

    EVENT HIGHLIGHTSEvents and talks are included in admission and

    there is no need to book unless otherwise stated.

    TALKSThe Return of Yorkshire’s Medieval Treasures

    – The Middleham JewelTuesday 16 January, 12.30pm – 1pm

    The Return of Yorkshire’s Medieval Treasures: Silver and the Wars of the Roses

    Tuesday 30 January, 12.30pm – 1pm

    Asterisms – An Astronomer’s Best Friend!Tuesday 6 February, 12.30pm – 1pm

    Finds Beneath Our Feet: Recent Finds from the Portable Antiquities Scheme

    Tuesday 20 February, 12.30pm – 1pm

    New Discoveries from the Roman Archaeology CollectionTuesday 6 March, 12.30pm – 1pm

    Investigating the Yorkshire Museum’s Roman Coins

    Tuesday 13 March, 12.30pm – 1pm

    EVENTSPortable Antiquities Scheme Finds Days

    Friday 2 February and Friday 6 April, 10am – 1pm Discover more at yorkshiremuseum.org.uk

    YORKSHIRE’S

    JurassicWORLD

    Opens 24.3.18

    NEW EXHIBITION COMING SOON

  • Built on the remains of St Mary’s Abbey in the heart of York, the Yorkshire Museum is home to Britain’s greatest treasures.Walk on a genuine Roman mosaic floor, marvel at Viking and Medieval treasures and learn the stories of those who made York the city it is today.

    THE CAWOOD SWORD (AD 1080 – 1120)

    THE RYTHER HOARD (AD 1485 – 1490)

    THE ESCRICK RING (AD 400 – 600)

    THE MIDDLEHAM JEWEL (AD 1450 – 1500)

    THE YORK BOAR BADGE (AD 1483 – 1485)

    From the fifth century, for a thousand years, the North of England was ruled from York.

    Featuring Yorkshire’s greatest surviving Medieval treasures, from discoveries made by the first archaeologists, to the latest metal detected finds and brand new research, this display will tell the only complete Medieval history of York.

    Explore York’s role as a capital of religion, royal power, commerce, art, conflict and wealth across the Anglian, Viking, Norman, High Medieval and Tudor periods and discover how the most powerful people in the world once ruled from within York’s Walls.

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    DISP

    LAY

    Travel back to prehistoric times with a meteorite that’s four and a half billion years old, a giant ichthyosaur and mysterious finds from Star Carr, Britain’s most important Mesolithic site.

    NEW DISPLAY

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