Sights

York Castle Museum

Eye of York

}01904 687687; www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk

This museum focuses on the details of daily life, from shillings to shit. Explore, for instance, the city of Kirkgate, a…

Yorkshire Museum AND Gardens

Museum Gardens

}01904 687 687; www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk

The beautiful, recently restored Yorkshire Museum is hidden within 10 acres of greenery and the medieval ruins of St. Ma…

JORVIK Viking Centre

Coppergate

}01904 615 505; www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk

All aboard“time capsules” that take you on a journey though the sights (and smells) the Viking city of Jorvik. Explore r…

Clifford’s Tower

Tower St.

}01904 646 940; www.english-heritage.org.uk/yorkshire

Clifford’s Tower is the only remaining medieval section of York Castle. Despite its prominent position, it represents on…

Minster Yard

}01904 624 247

With 13 historic interiors and over 400 years of period design, the Treasurer’s House displays the collections of Frank …

York Art Gallery

Exhibition Square

}01904 687 687; www.yorkartgallery.org.uk

Displays over six centuries of British and European art, including ceramics, glassware, studio pottery, and paintings. H…

York Minster

Deangate

}0844 939 0011; www.yorkminster.org

In 1736, Francis Drake called it,“not only a single monument to the city and these northern parts, but to the whole king…

Undercroft Treasury AND Crypt

Traveling underground takes you back in time, from the site of an Old Roman fortress to a structure built by the Normans…

Chapter House

The chapter house was where day-to-day affairs of the minster were run, and is still used as a meeting place by the dean…

Tower

The prize for climbing the 275 steps is spectacular views of York’s and Minster’s medieval pinnacles and gargoyles. If t…

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