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Viking: Rediscover the legend…The York Helmet
Natalie Buy

© YMT/Anthony Chappel-Ross
  • Tuesday 6 June 2017, 12.30PM to 1pm
  • Free admission
    No booking required (Museum admission applies)
  • Yorkshire Museum, Museum Gardens (map)
  • Wheelchair accessible

Event details

The eighth-century York Helmet is the most outstanding example of the Anglo-Saxon period to survive in Europe. Discover the inscription in Latin on its crest and what else we can tell about its probable owner. Join York Museums Trust Curator of Archaeology, Natalie Buy, to learn more.

About the speaker

Natalie Buy is Curator of Archaeology with York Museums Trust.

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