Category: Object of the Week
The Narwhal
The narwhal (Monodon Monoceros) is a medium-sized toothed whale to be found in the Arctic, primarily off Canada and Greenland....
The Graham Leach Collection
I’m sure everyone has heard of ships in bottles which are a well-known craft in coastal areas. Less familiar is...
The Caboceer’s Stool
In 1829 John Beecroft, born in Sleights in 1790, became master of works in Fernando Po, an island in the...
Whitby Theatre Fire Painting 1823
‘The most remarkable conflagration known here for many years’, so wrote Rev George Young in his book, ‘A Picture of...
Old Kattie the Ruswarp Witch
Few witches have their image preserved, or are permanently on display in a glass case. One such is Old Kattie...
Noah’s Ark
One of our most loved objects is this stunning Noah’s Ark. Ark’s were one of the most popular toys for...
The Bannial Flatts Model
Tomorrow marks the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Bannial Flatts, just outside Whitby, was the site of the first enemy...
Bone ships
During the Napoleonic Wars (1792-1815), French prisoners of war held by the British made ship models from bone. These models...
The Hand of Glory
The mummified severed human hand in Whitby Museum was discovered in the early twentieth century hidden on the wall of...
Teleosaurus Chapmani
Our spectacular fossil displays and extensive stores contain one of the finest collections of Jurassic fossils in Britain. The Whitby...
The Truant’s Clog
Of all the measures taken to punish those who did not want to attend school perhaps our ‘truants clog’ is...
Medieval stained glass from Whitby Abbey
As we approach the Easter weekend we felt that our object of the week should be related to our Whitby...
