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Based in York, UK, the JORVIK Group of Attractions comprises:JORVIK Viking CentreDIGBarley HallThe Richard III Experience at Monk BarThe Henry VII Experience at Micklegate Bar The JORVIK Group also organises the annual JORVIK Viking Festival each February in York, and the Yorkshire Medieval Festival in August.

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Royal patronage for Campaign Canute as fundraising reaches key milestone

York Archaeological Trust’s Campaign Canute, the fundraising initiative to help re-imagine and further develop JORVIK Viking Centre following the floods of December 2015, has received an extra boost with HRH The Prince of Wales, supporting the campaign as its Patron. The news of The Prince of Wales’s patronage comes as Campaign Canute has raised over £1 million, over two thirds of the way towards the £1.5 million target to help re-imagine the attraction for its public re-opening on 8 April 2017. “The Prince of Wales has been a long-term supporter of the JORVIK Viking Centre, ever

Full programme revealed for JORVIK Viking Festival 2017

20 – 26 February 2017The story of Eric Bloodaxe’s last days in York will be woven into this year’s JORVIK Viking Festival, which takes place in York from 20 – 26 February 2016 – with new venues for even larger events including his ultimate feast and a dramatic retelling of the Battle of Stainmore, which can have only one conclusion for the infamous Viking king. “For the last three years, the JORVIK Viking Festival has grown and now draws even larger audiences from across the world, so with JORVIK Viking Centre’s re-opening set for April, we want to make sure that this year’s event is an

Full programme revealed for JORVIK Viking Festival 2017

Europe's largest Viking Festival - 20 – 26 February 2017The story of Eric Bloodaxe’s last days in York will be woven into this year’s JORVIK Viking Festival, which takes place in York from 20 – 26 February 2016 – with new venues for even larger events including his ultimate feast and a dramatic retelling of the Battle of Stainmore, which can have only one conclusion for the infamous Viking king. “For the last three years, the JORVIK Viking Festival has grown and now draws even larger audiences from across the world, so with JORVIK Viking Centre’s re-opening set for April, we want to make

Preparing for a new era: one year after the floods inundated JORVIK Viking Centre

When staff at the JORVIK Viking Centre opened for business on 27 December 2015, they had no idea how the day’s events would affect so many people over the next year and beyond; but one year on, and the team at York Archaeological Trust has developed three York-based exhibitions and work is well underway on rebuilding the flooded Viking cityscape, with a newly re-imagined JORVIK Viking Centre set to open on 8 April 2017. Water started to enter the basement of JORVIK Viking Centre from the loading bay door off Piccadilly when the River Foss flooded following heavy rainfall on Boxing Day.

Spreading the news: Vikings visit Westminster ahead of their return to York

News of the flooding of JORVIK Viking Centre made international headlines and prompted Parliamentary debate last December, so a small horde of Vikings – accompanied by archaeologists and museum bosses - headed down to Westminster yesterday (Friday 2 December) to a reception in the Palace of Westminster to update politicians and supporters on the plight of one of the world’s most famous attractions. The reception was organised by Baroness Harris of Richmond.  Representatives of York Archaeological Trust, including chief executive David Jennings and director of attractions, Sarah Maltby,

New JORVIK trailer hails the return of the Vikings

A new video hailing the return of the Vikings premièred at 12 noon on Monday 21 2016, as JORVIK Viking Centre prepares to re-open on 8 April 2017. The video introduces the new era that visitors will experience within the newly re-imagined attraction.  Following the fall of Eric Bloodaxe in 954AD, the capital of Viking Britain experienced a resurgence in popularity, with new buildings erected using planks rather than wattle and daub, and traders from around the world coming to Jorvik, an important centre of commerce and trade. “2017 is set to be the Year of the Viking in York, with a

Festival to tease a new era for JORVIK Viking Centre

York, 20-26 February 2017Europe’s largest Viking festival will pave the way for the return of the Vikings to York: that’s the aim of the 2017 JORVIK Viking Festival, which takes place from 20 to 26 February 2017. Organisers have revealed that the Festival will provide the perfect prologue to the re-opening of the world-famous JORVIK Viking Centre with Eric Bloodaxe taking centre stage. With the timeline for the newly re-imagined visitor attraction set for the year AD960, the team responsible for creating the festival programme have taken inspiration from one of the key historical events

Giant axe heralds the return of the Vikings

Saturday 8 April 2017 - JORVIK Viking Centre’s reopeningThe Vikings were not known for their subtle arrivals, so it is little wonder that the return of the Vikings should be forewarned in spectacular style with the head of a two metre-long axe smashed into the streets of York!  That’s the scene that will greet visitors over the half term break, as JORVIK Viking Centre reveals the date of its reopening! The giant axe, which appears to be buried into the pavement, made its first appearance on Friday in Stonegate, but will be moving around the city throughout half term as the Vikings stamp

Norse inspiration for Bloodaxe Book Challenge

By royal appointment!  That’s how the children’s books at York libraries could be described between now and February, with children invited to join the fifth annual Bloodaxe Book Challenge. The challenge is named after Erik Bloodaxe, the last Viking King in York, who will feature prominently in 2017’s JORVIK Viking Festival.  Organised by the engagement team at JORVIK and Explore York Libraries & Archives, the challenge encourages children to read more books, with rewards for children completing the challenge including a certificate and a ticket to see the newly re-imagined JORVIK Viking

Vikings learn new language to fundraise for #CampaignCanute

The Vikings of JORVIK Viking Centre are learning a new language as part of their fundraising for #CampaignCanute – swapping old Norse for txtspk (text speak) to encourage donations. Alongside established text abbreviations like lol (laugh out loud), idk (I don't know) and MumsNet favourite aibu (am I being unreasonable?), Vikings will be encouraging some traditional Norse phrases to be added to text speak vocabulary: · bob (by Odin’s beard – an alternative to For Fenrick’s Sake) · wwtd (what would Thor do) · lmbo (laughing my beard off) · tfif (thank Freya it’s Friday) ·

JORVIK Viking Centre: a blank canvas as work commences to rebuild and re-imagine the Viking city

When water first started to seep into the lower level of the JORVIK Viking Centre on 27 December 2015, no-one would have predicted that seven months later, the basement which houses the world-famous Viking ride would be a stripped-out shell, but that is what was revealed today as the keys are handed over to the attraction’s designers to rebuild and re-imagine Viking-age York. “So much of the city was back up and running within days of the floods, so visitors to York today can barely see any sign of the damage, but for JORVIK Viking Centre, there’s still an incredibly long way to go

Small Sleuths Required for an Evening of Revolting History in York!

York St Mary's, Saturday 6 August 2016Lost ‘penningers’ – Viking age currency – are the inspiration for a new fundraising initiative from Horrible Histories author Terry Deary, when young amateur investigators are invited to join the hunt for Floki’s stolen loot in aid of the JORVIK Viking Centre’s #CampaignCanute. The evening of investigations will take place in JORVIK Viking Centre’s temporary home in York St Mary’s on Saturday 6th August.  Aimed at children between five and twelve years old, and supported in their exploits by Terry Deary himself, the amateur investigators will be

Viking treasures to join Minster displays

Jorvik: Treasures & Belief to open on 1 August 2016For generations, the city’s most precious Christian ceremonial items have been stored there, but from 1 August 2016, the Treasury in York Minster’s Undercroft will be home to a remarkable collection of Viking treasures with the opening of Jorvik: Treasures & Belief – the third touring exhibition from JORVIK Viking Centre. The new exhibition, curated by teams from York Archaeological Trust and York Minster’s Collections team, brings together a host of artefacts that illustrate the transition from the old Norse religions to Christianity,

Immortalised as a Viking - exclusive sponsorship opportunity at JORVIK Viking Centre

Being transformed into a Viking to join the permanent displays at JORVIK Viking Centre in York is one of the unique opportunities being offered to sponsors of the ‘Your JORVIK’ campaign, part of a fundraising initiative to help re-imagine the world-famous presentation of Viking-age York following last December’s devastating floods. Whilst insurance will cover a like-for-like replacement of the displays – including a ride around a recreation of Viking-age Coppergate – within the centre, which was inundated with water last December, experts from York Archaeological Trust, who own JORVIK,

Medieval pilgrimage heralds start of Church Explorers!

Listings: July-August 2016 at churches across North YorkshireA group of medieval pilgrims and musicians heralded the start of this year’s Church Explorers! - a series of free events taking place this summer aimed at helping people discover more about their local heritage. This is the third time that the Diocese of York and the JORVIK Group, organisers of the annual JORVIK Viking Festival, have joined forces to stage Church Explorers! This year, an extended programme sees 16 churches across North Yorkshire, from Selby to York and Bramham to Bolton Percy, hosting medieval weekends, family

The Vikings invade... next door!  New Jorvik exhibition opens in York St Mary's

“Jorvik: Home and Abroad” Opens Saturday 25 June 2016York’s Vikings will have a new temporary home from this Saturday (25 June 2016) when many of the costumed hosts normally based at the JORVIK Viking Centre in Coppergate move next door into York St Mary’s for a new exhibition focusing on domestic life and trade in the Viking period.  The new exhibition will feature many of the world-class artefacts that were rescued from JORVIK Viking Centre when flood waters started to infiltrate the basement last December, from some of the best preserved Viking leather shoes to horn combs and

More of Yorkshire’s hidden heritage to be revealed this summer with return of Church Explorers!

July-August 2016More medieval tales of the unexpected will be brought back to life this summer as churches around the York Diocese bear witness to the trials and tribulations of crusading knights like Sir Brian Stapleton of Wighill, soldiers leaving a trail of graffiti en-route to Marston Moor and everyday Yorkshire folk who battled Black Death and mythical dragons in another series of free Church Explorers! events aimed at helping people discover more about their local heritage. This is the third time that the Diocese of York and the JORVIK Group, organisers of the annual JORVIK Viking

'Trade agreement' sees JORVIK Vikings move next door!

JORVIK’s Vikings are returning to Coppergate!  That’s the message from the team at JORVIK Viking Centre, who will be moving into York St Mary’s – just a few paces away from the attraction’s traditional entrance – in a partnership exhibition with York Museums Trust. The exhibition, which will run until early 2017, focuses on the trade that made York a powerful centre of international commerce, with its navigable rivers and fertile land providing a perfect hub for travellers and settlers alike, creating a melting pot of cultures and ethnicities. “Even though JORVIK Viking Centre itself

Life & Death brings back JORVIK Vikings!

Jorvik: Life & Death, York Theatre Royal, from Saturday 21 May 2016The creative teams at JORVIK Viking Centre and York Theatre Royal are hoping that visitors will make ‘Life & Death’ decisions by visiting the new free exhibition in the Keregan Room at York Theatre Royal, where the Vikings await! The new exhibition, which opens on Saturday 21 May, connects York’s rich Viking heritage with the secret history of York Theatre Royal, uncovered by archaeologists from York Archaeological Trust during the theatre’s redevelopment work.  So much more is known now about St Leonard’s Hospital, which

JORVIK ‘thank you’ for residents at #CampaignCanute hots up

Free entry for local residents to JORVIK Group attractions on 21 & 22 MayFollowing overwhelming support from local residents following the floods of December 2015, the JORVIK Group of Attractions will be welcoming the people of York for a free weekend of visits to raise awareness of #CampaignCanute, the fundraising project to help reimagine the Viking city. The JORVIK Group has five visitor attractions within the city, but with JORVIK Viking Centre itself out of action until Spring 2017, it will be opening the doors of its four other attractions – Barley Hall, DIG, Henry VII Experience

“Wagon plays roll!” – the greatest stories ready to be told at York’s Barley Hall

As the curtain prepares to rise on a ground-breaking performance of the Mystery Plays at York Minster, young visitors to York are invited to stage their own versions of some of the greatest stories ever told with a recreation of the Wagon Plays at Barley Hall in Coffee Yard, off York’s Stonegate. The Wagon Plays were the earliest form of York’s Mystery Plays, performed by members of the city’s Guilds in a promenade performance around the streets of York, with of the assorted professions performing different biblical stories according to their own skills – shipwrights would recreate the

Foxx goes underground for latest Vespertine event

Monday 9 May at York Cold War BunkerPost-punk electronic music pioneer, John Foxx, will head underground in York’s Cold War Bunker  next week (Monday 9 May) in the latest free event for local people – a synthesised music reflection on the EM Forster short story ‘The Machine Stops’ – before heading to the stage of the newly refurbished Theatre Royal for a Q&A session. John Foxx will be joined by fellow electro-pop pioneer, Benge, for the performances in which they will perform music from the forthcoming Pilot Theatre interpretation of The Machine Stops.  In the highly atmospheric setting

JORVIK's Vikings to return for new free exhibition at York Theatre Royal

Opens Saturday 21 May 2016It takes more than a bit of water to keep the Vikings down, as the team from JORVIK Viking Centre will show on Saturday 21 May, with the opening of a free exhibition in the newly re-opened York Theatre Royal. The exhibition is being hosted by York Theatre Royal in the Keregan Room, part of the 12th century undercroft of St Leonard’s Hospital, just off the brand new foyer – the first time that the space has been open to the public.  The exhibition is the first of three planned for the year, whilst the team from York Archaeological Trust work on the rebuild and

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