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History & Conservation

Conservation on the inside of the Great East Window. Photo by Nigel Roddis.

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Works Department

Learn more about our craftsmen and women who are conserving and restoring the Minster for future generations through traditional crafts skills.

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York Minster Revealed (YMR)

One of the nation's most important cultural and religious icons will be revealed in a new light through HLF-funded YMR.

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2013 Stone Auction

Your chance to purchase individual stones, or groups of stones, which have been removed from the building during restoration work.

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York Glaziers Trust

Learn more about the oldest and largest specialist stained glass conservation studio in Britain working to repair the Great East Window.

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Quire and East End closed to sightseeing 10:15am - 12:15pm

18 May 13

Minster on the Move

20 May - 02 Jun 13
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  • 07.30 Matins
  • 07.45 Holy Communion (Order 1)
  • 11.00 Anniversary Service for the Association of Wrens
  • 12.00 Holy Communion (Order 1)
  • 17.15 Evensong
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See conservation in action

Get up close to the Great East Window, see real conservation in action and meet the experts entrusted with this ambitious conservation project.

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Dean's Welcome

York Minster is one of the greatest cathedrals in the world, loved not only by people in the UK, but by countless people across the globe. We hope you will be among them.

Opening 25 May

Revealing York Minster in the Undercroft. A 2000-year heroic, historic and human journey through new interactive chambers beneath York Minster.

Art Week

27 May - 2 June. Over 15 of the region's most talented artists on display, leading to a Grand Auction on 7 June. Plus join us on 1 June for Family Art Day with hands-on activities inspired by our treasures!

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