Category: Object of the Week
WW1 Bronze Memorial Plaque to Pte W Harrison
Thanks to the TWV Roe Trust we were recently able to purchase at auction the WW1 bronze memorial plaque awarded...
Flea Traps
Scratch, Scratch!! Back in the 18th century fleas were a common problem for all classes and would gladly live in...
Bram Stoker’s Signature in the Museum Visitor Book
In late July 1890, Bram Stoker made the train journey from London King’s Cross to Whitby and proceeded to Mrs...
Georgian Shoes
Perhaps the most famous pair of shoes in the Whitby Museum Costume Collection, these Georgian shoes date from 1760 and...
Jet Chessboard
This magnificent chessboard was designed and made by John Sherwood (b.1846) in his workshop at 101 Church Street, Whitby. It...
1717 Whitby Painting
This quaint painting can be seen hanging in the main hall of Whitby Museum. On first glance you may not...
Custom House Hotel Matchbox Holder
When photographing our social history collection recently we looked closer at this tiny object, a matchbox holder from the old...
Jet Carvers Eggs
Imagine the skill involved in carving an egg without piercing the shell, this was a mark of the precision of...
Black Wedding Dress
In the Whitby Museum costume collection we have a black wedding dress dated 1874. The dress has been painstakingly conserved...
Cauldron Snout Stone Axe
In May 1910, Joseph Maughan of East Pastures, Skelton-in-Cleveland, found this axe embedded in dark coloured clay below the surface...
Corn Dolly Nativity
Normally at this time of year we display one of our most fragile objects, a nativity made of straw. These...
The Witch Post
Witch posts are almost exclusively a feature of the North York Moors region. Only two examples have been found from...
