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Travel back to the year AD 975 at the JORVIK Viking Centre! A world-famous ‘must-see’ visitor attraction in the heart of York city centre. Over the last 40 years we have welcomed over 20 million visitors, all curious to learn about the Vikings. In the process, we have revolutionised the heritage attraction experience, bringing the past to ...
The Jorvik Viking Centre is a museum and visitor attraction in York, England, containing lifelike mannequins and life-size dioramas depicting Viking life in the city. Visitors are taken through the dioramas in small carriages equipped with speakers. It was created by the York Archaeological Trust and opened in 1984.
8,398 reviews. #33 of 348 things to do in York. Speciality Museums. Closed now. 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Write a review. About. The year is AD960 and the last Viking King in Jorvik, Eric Bloodaxe, has been banished. The city is thriving with a flourishing manufacturing centre and wide trading links.
The JORVIK Viking Centre is a 20 minute walk from York Train Station and is located in the Coppergate Shopping Centre. When you approach JORVIK from Coppergate, it is the last unit on the right before St Mary’s Church. JORVIK is on the narrow street part of the shopping precinct – if you reach the open, circular area, you have gone too far.
Discover Viking York. The world-famous JORVIK Viking Centre stands on the site of a remarkable archaeological discovery. From 1976 to 1981, archaeologists from the York Archaeological Trust, an independent educational charity, uncovered the houses, workshops, and backyards of the Viking-age city of Jorvik, nearly 1,000 years old.
The Jorvik Viking Centre is a great place to go to learn about the history of York. It is important to prebook your tickets as they sell out quickly. The ride is the main attraction, which is very good and a unique way to view a museum. After the ride there is a little museum to get more detail then the gift shop.
