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Curiouser & Curiouser

Event information

Date: Sun, 1 February 2026 - Sun, 13 December 2026

Time: Tuesday to Sunday 10am-4:30pm, last admission 4pm.

Cost: Normal Admission Applies

Type: Exhibition

‘Curiouser and Curiouser: The Creepy, Captivating, Magical and Mysterious at Whitby Museum’

Whitby Museum curators have chosen a selection of the most macabre and unusual treasures together with local tales of folklore to create this new exhibition. Discover stories rooted in superstition that accompany some of the objects held at the museum. From the Ruswarp Witch to the Gytrash of Goathland join us for this most curious exhibition.

Exhibition  runs until December 2026.

 

Three stone heads side by side, the left one has adownturned mouth and round nose, central one has a long face with poorly defined features, the face on the right has an open mouth and pointed chin. All male heads. Copper machine, circular with wires and tubes entangled around the middle. It is the Zeplin III dark matter detector. Small rectangular wooden box next to a cylindrical pot containing twigs. In front of the box are two funeral cards, white with black edging and details of funeral. A mumified human hand on a perspex support with a red background and dried herbs around the plinth.