Category: Object of the Week
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Queen Victoria’s Nightdress
This looks like an ordinary white cotton nightdress but look closer and you will see that It bears the monogram,...
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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...
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Flea Traps
Scratch, Scratch!! Back in the 18th century fleas were a common problem for all classes and would gladly live in...
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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...
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Georgian Shoes
Perhaps the most famous pair of shoes in the Whitby Museum Costume Collection, these Georgian shoes date from 1760 and...
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Jet Chessboard
This magnificent chessboard was designed and made by John Sherwood (b.1846) in his workshop at 101 Church Street, Whitby. It...
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1717 Whitby Painting
This quaint painting can be seen hanging in the main hall of Whitby Museum. On first glance you may not...
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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...
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Jet Carvers Eggs
Imagine the skill involved in carving an egg without piercing the shell, this was a mark of the precision of...
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Black Wedding Dress
In the Whitby Museum costume collection we have a black wedding dress dated 1874. The dress has been painstakingly conserved...
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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...
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Corn Dolly Nativity
Normally at this time of year we display one of our most fragile objects, a nativity made of straw. These...
