by Lauren Marshall | Sep 4, 2024 | Uncategorised
6.30pm (Doors open 6.10pm), event will finish at approximately 7.30pm. The Company of Merchant Adventurers is delighted to welcome Julian Richer — retail entrepreneur, campaigner, philanthropist, author, Sunday Times columnist and Company member — to the Hall...
by Lauren Marshall | Mar 28, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Merchant Adventurers’ Hall celebrates its first Woman Governor with a specially commissioned photo portrait In 2022, the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall appointed Dr Delma Tomlin, DUniv, MBE as its Governor, the first woman in the role since its...
by Lauren Marshall | Mar 25, 2024 | Uncategorised
Explore the Hall in a new way with our new digital guide! Launching this Easter, our new guide features the Hall’s captivating 667 years of history to enrich both onsite and offside visits. This Easter, the Hall has launched a new, digital guide on...
by Lauren Marshall | Dec 21, 2023 | Uncategorised
In 2023, the Company of Merchant Adventurers and the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York entered into a partnership where the Company’s archive; one of the oldest and most significant collections of documents in the city would move from...
by Lauren Marshall | Sep 19, 2023 | Uncategorised
On Wednesday 27th September we explored the history of York in 6 paintings! We heard from Lauren Marshall, Director of the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall who told us about which building in York had Yorkshire’s first public toilets and other fascinating...
by Lauren Marshall | Apr 28, 2023 | Uncategorised
In celebration of the Coronation of King Charles III, we are delving into the past to discover some of the treasures in the Hall’s collections made in the lifetimes of King Charles I, King Charles II and King Charles III. We will also explore how these momentous and...
