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Are you taking the lift?
In our archive we have a box of documents related to the building of the cliff lift here in Whitby. ...
Who owned the ‘Repair Shop’ Captain Cook Voyage Book?
Rob and Margaret have been busy researching our famous Captain Cook Endeavour Voyage Book…yes the one that featured in the...
Leeds Beckett students Blog & Talking Archive Project
The Project Some classmates and I recently visited Whitby Museum from Leeds Beckett University as part of our courses, in...
The Repair Shop came to Whitby Museum!
Eileen (volunteer) got in touch with Christopher Shaw; renowned bookbinder and restoration expert who features on the BBC show The...
Whitby Races! And they’re off…
I love browsing through the digital Whitby Gazette archive in the Museum Library. It never disappoints, but this time I...
Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society AGM
The 202nd Annual General Meeting of the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society (registered charity number: 1171266) will be held in...
Supporting the School Curriculum
Our library and archives are filled with primary and secondary sources that are a fantastic resource for our local schools....
Bird Quiz
As we clean our cases over winter we get to take a closer look at some of the collection. Take...
Whitby and its Polar Bears
If you stand facing the east side of Whitby’s swing bridge, you may spot a large white bear hiding atop...
Whitby House Quiz
A bit of fun and a special treat from our photography curator a quiz of Whitby houses through the years...
Have you heard of the ‘Vessel-cup’ singers?
A curious Christmas custom is the practice of carol singing door-to-door, carrying “Vessel-cups” which were probably originally “Wassail-cups”. The cups...
Meet a volunteer…Eddie is having a whale of a time!
I’m Eddie, and for the last few months I’ve been working on cataloguing the archives’ material related to the Arctic...
