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Jorvik Viking Centre

The Jorvik Viking Centre is an award-winning museum that re-creates in vivid detail the sights, smells, sounds, and flavour of daily life in the tumultuous world of 10th century York.

On this site the York Archaeological Trust discovered perfectly preserved remains of Viking York (Jorvik) encased in wet mud. The centre re-creates this world through a series of tableaux depicting markets, shops, streets scenes, and other aspects of daily life, including meal preparation and the ever-popular latrine scene.

The Jorvik Viking Centre can be combined with a visit to its sister attraction DIG, where you will get a chance to take part in the excavation of York's two milleniums of artifacts.

Details
Jorvik Viking Centre
Coppergate
York
Yorkshire
England
YO1 9WT
Location: off A19
Website: Jorvik Viking Centre
Email: jorvik@yorkarchaeology.co.uk
Phone: 01904 543 400
Fax: 01904 627 097
map
OS SE605 517

Details
DIG
St Saviour's Church
St Saviourgate
York
Yorkshire
England
YO1 8NN
Website: DIG
Email: groups@yorkarchaeology.co.uk
Phone: 01904 615 505
map
OS SE607 520

Photos of Jorvik Viking Centre
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Viking bones unearthed during excavations on the Jorvik site	Timber framing from the Saxon settlement
A Saxon nun weaving.	A Viking coinmaker. Like the nun, these actors are available to bring the worlds of Viking and Saxon York to life, and answer visitor's questions.
Tableau of Saxon era townsfolk

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