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