Lord Mayor unveils Map Donors’ Plaque

In a ceremony on Wednesday September 23rd, the Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor of York, Councillor Sonja Crisp unveiled a plaque acknowledging the major donors to the Geological Map project. This beautiful artwork, a pebble mosaic representing the Yorkshire section of William Smith’s famous 1815 map, is now complete, and can be seen behind the ruin of St Mary’s Abbey in Museum Gardens.

The map will be presented to the public in a second ceremony, at 6 pm. on Tuesday September 29th, at which all are welcome. For more details of this event, please click here. Public presentation