Category: Object of the Week
Our Lasses Exhibition Shortlisted for National Award
The shortlisted nominees have been announced for the annual Museums + Heritage Awards. Whitby Museum’s ‘Our Lasses – Inspirational Women...
North Yorkshire Wanderer Visits Whitby Museum
Whitby Museum recently welcomed The North Yorkshire Wanderer. If you haven’t been able to visit us before, or perhaps you...
May News
Fish and Ships Festival The annual Fish and Ships festival returns to Whitby for Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st of...
Students of Caedmon College Choose Items for 200 Years Exhibition.
As part of our bicentenary exhibition ‘200 Years of Collecting’ students of Caedmon College chose items to reflect the 2020’s....
Museum Shop
The museum shop is well stocked for all your gift requirements. New in ‘Whitby Timeline’ by Alan Appleton a must...
Turtle
The turtle in Whitby Museum was washed aboard the Whitby steamship ‘Ethelfreda’ which was mid-Atlantic on it’s voyage from Baltimore...
Henry Freeman
Henry Freeman was born in Bridlington in 1835, he moved to Whitby in 1855 and by 1861 was working as...
Crow’s Nest
The crow’s nest was invented by William Scoresby senior. It was first used in 1807. It was constructed from wood...
Duck’s Haberdashery
If you ever had the pleasure of going into Duck’s on Flowergate you will appreciate how accurate this tiny model...
ZEPLIN III
Is it a dalek? No it’s a ZEPLIN III Dark Matter Detector! This extraordinary cylinder of gleaming copper, glass and...
Totem Pole
The totem pole in Whitby Museum is our tallest object. It was donated to the town of Whitby in 1923...
Queen Victoria’s Nightdress
This looks like an ordinary white cotton nightdress but look closer and you will see that It bears the monogram,...
