Description of the attraction
The Jorvik Viking Museum was established by the York Archaeological Fund. In 1976-1980, the Archaeological Foundation carried out extensive excavations at the construction site of the future Coppergate shopping center. Well-preserved fragments of wooden buildings were found: houses, workshops, cattle pens, fences, toilets. Numerous metal items, ceramics, and bones were also found. Unusually, objects made of leather, fabric and wood were found - in moist clay without oxygen, they have been perfectly preserved to this day. More than 40,000 objects were found in total. It was decided to recreate a part of the Viking city at the excavation site, filling it with people, sounds and smells.
Today, visitors are transported as if by a time machine to the distant year 975. Children and adults alike take part in interactive performances on themes from the life of their distant ancestors.
