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Richard III: Coming Home – to the Yorkshire Museum….

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Yorkshire Museum

The following extract is from site this site, which concerns various attractions in York. I have picked out the paragraphs that apply paricularly to Richard III.

“….The Yorkshire Museum, meanwhile, is scheduled to re-open in late July – by which time it will have been closed for 16 months, thanks to the Covid pandemic.

“….It will open with a new exhibition dedicated to York’s favourite medieval king. ‘Richard III: Coming Home’ will highlight an iconic portrait of the king from the National Portrait Gallery, alongside star objects from the Yorkshire Museum’s own collections – including the Middleham Jewel, The Ryther Hoard and the Stillingfleet boar badge once worn worn by one of King Richard’s supporters….”

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    drake richards

    Closed due to Draconian lockdown.The so called pandemic has barely impacted on life

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