Archaeological
Resource Centre
St Saviourgate, York, North
Yorkshire YO1 8NN
Tel: 01904 654324
Become an archaeological detective
at The ARC. What was it really like living in Viking times?
The Archaeological Resource Centre (ARC) is the
educational resource centre associated with the renowned
attraction, Jorvik. The ARC welcomes all visitors who are
curious about York's Viking past, encouraging them to come and
find out more about archaeology and what the city was like
when our Viking ancestors inhabited it over 1,000 years ago.
Visitors are guided by an
archaeologist and can actively participate in a range of
activities. They can even explore a Viking's rubbish pit,
handling 1,000-year-old bones, pottery, bits of shoe leather
and beautifully carved antler hair combs.Also at The ARC, the
`Sensory Detective Garden' helps everyone - including those
with disabilities - interpret buildings of the past using
interactive clues. The site also presents fragments of lost
buildings excavated by the York Archaeological Trust.
Visitors can also see the ARC's
special exhibition, based on the BBC TV series, Blood of
the Vikings, which explores some of the secrets of
skeletons found at an archaeological dig in Riccall outside
York, and seeks to answer whether these were the defeated
Viking armies of 1066.
