York Explore Library and Archive
Public library and city archive holding over 850 years of civic records in an upstairs strongroom.
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This audio guide to York Explore Library and Archive in York follows the River Ouse, a short walk from the door, and the long, uneasy relationship between a flood-prone city and the paper that holds its memory. It touches council minute books, a document from 1155, and centuries of high water from the 1600s to the year 2000. Best heard on Library Square, facing down Museum Street toward the river.
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