Kids Go NEW EXHIBITION COMING SOON Visitor Information FREE* OPENING TIMES Open Daily: 10am – 5pm Closed 25, 26 Dec and 1 Jan. Early closing 24 and 31 Dec, see website for details. HOME to BRITAIN’S ADMISSION YMT Card Holder ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������FREE Adult (with 10% Gift Aid Donation) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� £7.50 Adult (without donation) �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������£6.81 Child (16 and under) * �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������FREE with a paying adult GREATEST Access Day Ticket ** ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������£4.00 ARE YOU A RESIDENT? Valid YorkCard holders each receive 20% discount on admission! TREASURES EVENT HIGHLIGHTS ROMANS VIKINGS MEDIEVAL EXTINCT Events and talks are included in admission and YMT Card there is no need to book unless otherwise stated. 12 months unlimited access to , TALKS ROMAN TREASURES and the Museum. YMT Card ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� £22 / £20 with Direct Debit The Return of Yorkshire’s Medieval Treasures Get to know the real citizens of York Residents *** �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� £11 / £10 with Direct Debit – The Jewel Access YMT Card ** �������������������������������������������������������������������������� £11 / £10 with Direct Debit cosmopolitan . See the York Residents *** ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� FREE subject to availability Tuesday 16 January, 12.30pm – 1pm Wold Newton Hoard; the largest The Return of Yorkshire’s Medieval Treasures: Roman hoard of its kind ever found in GALLERY ACCESSIBILITY Silver and the Wars of the Roses England, the statue of Mars; the best The Yorkshire Museum is fully accessible to wheelchair users except for the library Tuesday 30 January, 12.30pm – 1pm and reading room. existing example of a Roman statue Asterisms – An Astronomer’s Best Friend! HOW TO FIND US Tuesday 6 February, 12.30pm – 1pm in England, step onto a Roman The Yorkshire Museum and Gardens are located next to Lendal Bridge, the main mosaic floor and much more. crossing between York Station and York Minster. Entrances are on Museum Street Finds Beneath Our Feet: Recent Finds from and Marygate. Yorkshire Museum, , York YO1 7FR the Portable Antiquities Scheme T: 01904 687687 E: [email protected] Tuesday 20 February, 12.30pm – 1pm STONE AGE RELICS Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter New Discoveries from the Roman See the incredible discoveries made Yorkshire Museum @YorkshireMuseum Archaeology Collection at the Mesolithic site of Star Carr in Tuesday 6 March, 12.30pm – 1pm North Yorkshire, including the 11,000 YORKSHIRE’S Discover more at yorkshiremuseum.org.uk Investigating the Yorkshire Museum’s year old red deer antler headdresses Roman Coins and the ground-breaking Star Carr Tuesday 13 March, 12.30pm – 1pm pendant that once belonged to our

Yorkshire ancestors. Jurassic * Kids go FREE – children 16 and under go free with a paying adult; maximum 4 children per adult. EVENTS WORLD 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, Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Days for more information see www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk. *** With a valid YorkCard, current council tax bill or valid student ID. Friday 2 February and Friday 6 April, 10am – 1pm Yorkshire Museum is part of . Charity number 1092466. Photography by Dan Prince Discover more at yorkshiremuseum.org.uk Opens 24.3.18 Information correct at time of going to print. and Anthony Chappel-Ross NEW DISPLAY

Built on the remains of St Mary’s Abbey in the heart

THE YORK BOAR BADGE of York, the Yorkshire Museum (AD 1483 – 1485) is home to Britain’s greatest treasures. From the fifth century, for a thousand Walk on a genuine Roman mosaic floor, years, the North of England was ruled marvel at Viking and Medieval treasures and from York. learn the stories of those who made York Featuring Yorkshire’s greatest surviving the city it is today. Medieval treasures, from discoveries made by the first archaeologists, to the latest metal detected finds and brand

new research, this display will tell the THE CAWOOD SWORD Travel back to prehistoric times with a (AD 1080 – 1120) meteorite that’s four and a half billion only complete Medieval . years old, a giant ichthyosaur and Explore York’s role as a capital of religion, THE (AD 1450 – 1500) mysterious finds from royal power, commerce, art, conflict Star Carr, Britain’s and wealth across the Anglian, Viking, most important Norman, High Medieval and Tudor Mesolithic periods and discover how the most site. powerful people in the world once ruled from within York’s Walls.

THE ESCRICK RING THE RYTHER HOARD (AD 400 – 600) (AD 1485 – 1490) NEW DISPLAY