You can help conserve York’s archives this Christmas! We are selling our archive inspired Christmas Cards. The designs are inspired by collections of the Knowles Family papers in the archives. A pack of five cards are availble for £6. The cards are availble this week in most Explore locations

Interested in Local History?  Joining a Local History Group is a great way to get to know people and learn about your local area.  You can find contact details for the local history groups in York on our website on the link below. #Archives #LocalHistory #York https://shorturl.at/TVcTt

An exciting day in our reading room yesterday as we had some filming going on! 🎥🎬 It was great to see some of our collections get the star treatment⭐. We can’t wait to share the end result with you in the New Year, so watch this space!👀 #archives #york #exploreyourarchive #filming

A snow day for us here in at the archive. Perhaps not the best day to be in the temperature controlled reading room! ❄️🥶 #archives #york #snow #winter

With the temperatures dropping this week some of us may need some of these sweets advertised as “the pocket doctor.” ❄️🥶 This image of Lord Mayor’s Walk dates from the early 1930’s.  #archives #york #winter #chilly.

Join us for York Disability Week 2025 at York Explore 👋 From archival-inspired art and artworks by international students to a standout talk by Stephen Unwin, there’s something for everyone. All events are free and accessible. #ExploreTogether #LetsCreate #YDW25 #YorkDisabilityWeek25

There is still time to pop into our Christmas exhibition in the reading room.  The exhibition and the Christmas fayre with stalls by local artists and crafts are open until 4pm!  #archives #christmasmarket #supportexplore #christmas #york

It is Christmas Fayre eve! ☃️🎄 There will be stalls from amazing local artists and crafters on library lawn giving you the chance to get your Christmas shopping done early and support the library and archives!  #SupportExplore #York #Archives #Christmas #ChristmasCards #York #ChristmasMarket

It is only a few days now until our Christmas fundraiser fayre! Featuring a raffle with great prizes, a terrific tombola, and stalls from amazing local artists and crafters. We will also have an exhibition in our reading room displaying archives with a Christmas connection.🎄  #Archvies #Christmas

We will be observing the two-minute silence for Remembrance Day in our reading room and the library building at 11am today. Please join us. At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month – we will remember them. #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay

Next week the reading room will be closed as part of our Setting the Record Straight project. To find out more about setting the record straight and upcoming closure dates take a look at the dedicated page on our website below. https://exploreyork.org.uk/archives/setting-the-record-straight/

Only one week to go until our Christmas Fayre here at York Explore, 10am-4pm. There will be stalls from amazing local artists and crafters on library lawn, a tombola, a raffle, and an exhibition of Christmas related archives in our reading room!  #SupportExplore #York #Archives

Join us for York Disability Week 2025 at York Explore! 🎉 Featuring a Disability Arts Showcase, a talk by Stephen Unwin, and the Eleanor Worthington Prize exhibition. All events are free, just drop into the library to view the exhibitions.  #Archives #LetsCreate #YDW25 #YorkDisabilityWeek25

This is at the rear of 23 High Petergate, which is a Georgian house opposite St Michael Le Belfrey Church. Guy Fawkes was born on 13 April 1570 and his baptism is in St Michael's register on 15 April 1570.  #Archives #York #BonfireNight #GuyFawkes

A Sanger's Circus parade in 1908 saw elephants marching along Monkgate.  #archives #york #circus

Two weeks until our Christmas Fayre here at York Explore, 10am-4pm. There will be stalls from amazing local artists and crafters on library lawn, a tombola, a raffle, and an exhibition of Christmas related archives in our reading room!  #SupportExplore #York #Archives

Happy Halloween! 🎃 It is time for trick or treat archives edition! For our archives trick 🎩🪄 We have the records of the York Society of Magicians. Founded in 1945 by the then Lord Mayor of York, Harold Chapman de Bourg.  #archives #york #halloween #trickortreat

For Halloween and to celebrate #EYAMonsters, how about this ghostly looking figure sporting a toga from our Hugh Murray Collection. 👻🎃 Archive ref: HMU/P/15/163 #halloween #archives #spooky.

An archives exhibition with a DJ set? It was amazing to be able to attend the 25th Anniversary celebration of York People First, with an exhibition of their archives, co-curated with members of the history group. #ExploreYourArchive #York #LetsCreate #Archives

We are holding a Christmas Fayre here at York Explore on Saturday 15 November, 10am-4pm. There will be stalls from amazing local artists and crafters on library lawn, a tombola, a raffle, and an exhibition of Christmas related archives in our reading room!  #SupportExplore #York #Archives

You can help conserve York’s archives this Christmas! We are selling our archive inspired Christmas Cards. The designs are inspired by collections of the Knowles Family papers in the archives. A pack of five cards are availble for £6. The cards are availble this week in most Explore locations

It is Setting the Record Straight this week, which allows our team to dedicate time to improving access to our archive collections. These images are of Approved plans that cover a variety of building work across York, for commercial, residential and city properties.  #archives #exploreyourarchive

These images taken of Lower Wesley Place on 28 February 1933 show the effects of the heavy flooding in York. Lower Wesley Place was located in Hungate, and the homes seen in these photographs were cleared and demolished as part of the Hungate slum clearances later in the decade.  #archives #york

The brush-making department in the workshops for the blind at the Yorkshire School for the Blind, c.1920's (ref: y_11998) The Yorkshire School for the Blind was founded in 1833 by The Wilberforce Memorial, and was also known as The Wilberforce School for the Blind. #archives #exploreyourarchive

We had great fun supporting the History Misbehaves session at Clifton last night!  There was some amazing storytelling on show, lots of laughs, an even some singing! All inspired by our archive of the Clifton Cycling Club here at Explore. 🚴 #archives #exploreyourarchive #sportheritage #letscreate

Next week the reading room will be closed as part of our Setting the Record Straight project. To find out more about setting the record straight and upcoming closure dates take a look at the dedicated page on our website below. https://exploreyork.org.uk/archives/setting-the-record-straight/

It is time for some archive crafting 🧑‍🎨🖌️ In this video Anna Piper-Thompson provides a guide for beginners of all ages on the process of paper marbling, an artful feature found on items in our archive collections. https://youtu.be/NUB46GS2aBQ #archives #art #crafting #papercrafts #painting

At Explore we are celebrating 175 years of the Public Libraries Act today. So here’s our challenge: we’d like to recruit 175 new community members, one for each year since the Libraries Act became law. #PublicLibraries175 #SupportExplore #York #Libraries #archives

You can find beauty and art in the most functional of records in archive collections. That is what our recent student placement group from the University of York found out.  They produced two videos, the first of which covers a brief history of paper marbling.

We are sharing some of the #monsters in our Knowles collection. The collection contains lots of early illustrations, templates, and research notes of existing artworks and designs in churches in York, England, and parts of Europe. #EYAMonsters #EYA #archives

You can find beauty and art in the most functional of records in archive collections. That is what our recent student placement group from the University of York found out.  They produced two videos, the first of which covers a brief history of paper marbling.

Today is National Sporting Heritage day! 🚴 To celebrate we are sharing a few photographs from our collection of the Clifton Cycling Club. The club was founded in 1895 at the Old Grey Mare on Clifton Green and are still going strong today #NSHD2025 #archives #exploreyourarchive #sport #cycling

New blog alert! One of our wonderful placement students from @yorkstjohn.bsky.social , Kate Hastings, looks at some of the postcards in our collections and the power of the stories that they tell.  https://shorturl.at/79MX5 #archives #exploreyourarchive #york #postcards

York Unlocked begins tomorrow! Visit us and take part in our self-guided tour and learn about the history of our amazing library and archive building. You will find out about its architectural quirks, explore rooms not often open to the public, and see how the building has changed.  #yorkunlocked

Gatehouse for the prison prior to its demolition in 1935. In 1900 the male prison was made available to the War office for use as a military prison, it closed in 1929 and ceased to be a prison in 1932. The sign on the right-hand tower indicates that materials from the demolition can be purchased.

Just 2 weeks to go until History Misbehaves kicks off – and there’s still time to join us! If you’ve ever wanted to explore Clifton’s history in a fun, imaginative way, this is your chance. We’re creating an original audio drama with help from local residents – no experience needed.

One week until York Unlocked kicks off! Come along and take part in our self-guided tour and learn about the history of our amazing library and archive building. You will find out about its architectural quirks, explore rooms not often open to the public, and see how the building has changed.

Come along and see some of the amazing artworks on display in our cafe.🎨 Created as part of a project with Dandelion Arts and inspired in part by our Knowles Collection. The amazing participants were even able to bring some new life to some our old archive boxes. #archivesandart #archives #york

A busy day in the reading room as work is underway to repackage our collection of Chamberlains' rolls as part of our Setting the Record Straight project.   The project aims to improve access to our collections, enhance information about our collections and conduct preventative conservation.

📢Our Annual Review of 2024-25 is now available to read online. We're celebrating our achievements over the last year and thanking everyone who made it possible. 👏 It marks our 10th anniversary as an independent mutual. 🎉 https://exploreyork.org.uk/annual-review/ #archives #libraries  1/2

It is York Unlocked next weekend, and we are taking part! Come along and take part in our self-guided tour and learn about the history of our amazing library and archive building. You will find out about its architectural quirks and explore rooms not often open to the public!

A boy scout helps to hold back the crowds on the corner of St Helen’s Square and Coney Street during the future King Edward VIII’s visit to York. May 1923 #york #archives

Looking to try something new? Our Creative Café is the perfect place to explore your creativity, meet new people and enjoy some tea & treats! 🍰 Join our 6-week project led by artists Izzy Williamson and Gracie Richmond where you'll make art inspired by our archive collections. shorturl.at/MmKNF

Next week the reading room will be closed as part of our Setting the Record Straight project. To find out more about setting the record straight and upcoming closure dates take a look at the dedicated page on our website below. https://exploreyork.org.uk/archives/setting-the-record-straight/

Interested in Local History?  Joining a Local History Group is a great way to get to know people and learn about your local area.  You can find contact details for the local history groups in York on our website on the link below. #Archives #LocalHistory #York https://shorturl.at/TVcTt

As it is the back to school time of year we thought we would share this image from our collections.🎓🎒 Children being taught domestic science in an unidentified school, early 20th C.  #EYAEducation #archives #york #backtoschool

A great article about our archive collections featured in the @yorkpress.bsky.social‬ by our Head of Archives, Julie-Ann Vickers, discussing the international appeal of the archives here at Explore York.  https://tinyurl.com/mwjdnbnj #york #archives

In one of our latest blogs, Susan Major considers the history of Micklegate in York. Find out more: ow.ly/5lnw50WNt6U #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

🚨Did you know we have over 9000 images digitised and able to view and purchase on our York Images webpage.  🔎Delve into the history of York by browsing through our categories or search to fit your research needs or curiosity desires. 👇Link Below👇

To finish off the month of the #EYAHumour theme we are sharing a selection of material from our Dustin Gee Collection. Gerald Harrison who performed under the name Dustin Gee, was an English impressionist and comedian, best known for his double act with fellow comic, Les Dennis.   #archives #york