CURATORS of the Yorkshire Museum have been photographing artefacts to put online for the public to view while the museums remain closed.

Andrew Woods, senior curator at the Yorkshire Museum, holds a magnifying glass in front of a medieval bone handle carving of a woman dressed in a gown and headdress, dating to the 14th Century, one of thousands of artefacts in the care of York Museums Trust that are being photographed and put online for the public to view.

For the first time ever the Trust’s extensive collection are now available online. The collections cover a vast array of subjects, probably the best known are social history, archaeology and fine art.

York Museums Trust is proud to be one of just a handful of regional museum services in the country which has had every single one of its collections designated by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.

Supported by the Council, York Museums Trust is responsible for York Art Gallery, York Castle Museum, Yorkshire Museum and Gardens and York St Mary’s.

York Museums Trust have received £850,000 from the Government’s Cultural Recovery Fund to help the charity survive the pandemic.