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Open April-Oct 9 am to 5.30 pm
Nov-Mar 9.30 am to 3.30 pm
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Facilities : Shop, café, toilets.
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Disabled access : Toilets, lift, and
adapted Timecar. Please ring first.
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Contact : 24 hr information line
(01904) 643211
Group bookings : (01904) 543402
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Travel aboard a timecar back to the
1000 year old Viking City of Yorvik,
through the bustling market, dark
smoky houses and busy wharfside.
Experience a moment of York's history
recreated using archaeological
evidence and displayed on it's
original site, complete with the
sounds and smells of the Viking age.
The Jorvik Viking Centre was built
following the success of a five-year
excavation project which took place
on the world famous Coppergate site.
The settlement which was excavated
was remarkably well preserved by the
surrounding water-logged soil and
provided valuable information on the
Viking city of Jorvik. Hundreds of
artefacts discovered during the dig
can now be viewed in the Skipper
Gallery within the centre.
The centre has enjoyed over 10
million visitors in it's 12 years
since construction, and is the most
popular visitor attraction of it's
kind outside London.
Artefacts and finds in the gallery
are being constantly updated as
technology moves forward. The latest
figures are created using real Viking
skulls laser scanned then sculpted to
produce a real ` face from the
past`. Authentic Viking costumed
characters can also be found as you
journey through the centre in your
timecar.