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The Mosaic Map
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York Museum Gardens (former bowling green, north of St Olave's Church), Museum Street, York YO1 7FR -
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9:00 am - 6:00 pm
A 4m × 4m walk-on pebble mosaic recreating William Smith's pioneering 1815 geological map of Yorkshire.
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Attraction Duration
90 minutes
Age Range
Suitable for all ages
About The Mosaic Map
Created by artist Janette Ireland and jointly commissioned in 2015 by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society and York Museums Trust, the mosaic uses pebbles, fossils, discarded stone from York Minster and tiny millstones to mirror the colours of Smith’s original map — the first geological map of an entire country, and the subject of Simon Winchester’s “The Map That Changed the World.” Genuine Yorkshire rock samples sit in the adjoining flower beds. Visitors can walk across the mosaic itself.
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