News
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Sitting Amongst Your Research
What a way to conduct your research! Independent palaeontologist Meghan Jenkinson visited us last week. Meghan is a masters graduate...
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‘A Whitby Life’
Interviews with John Tindale – “A Whitby Life” The Whitby photographer and cultural archivist John Tindale interviews men and women...
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BBC Breakfast
Did you see the museum featured on BBC Breakfast this morning? If not, catch it on iPlayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000zpvt but hurry...
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Exhibition on BBC Breakfast!
BBC Breakfast! Set your alarms early for tomorrow morning (15th September) as the ‘John Tindale: A Vision of Whitby’ exhibition...
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August News
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July News
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Poetry Competition
During the first lockdown we ran a poetry competition. The winning entry came from Rachel Hutchinson. Yesterday Rachel was finally...
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Turtle
The turtle in Whitby Museum was washed aboard the Whitby steamship ‘Ethelfreda’ which was mid-Atlantic on it’s voyage from Baltimore...
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Henry Freeman
Henry Freeman was born in Bridlington in 1835, he moved to Whitby in 1855 and by 1861 was working as...
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Crow’s Nest
The crow’s nest was invented by William Scoresby senior. It was first used in 1807. It was constructed from wood...
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Duck’s Haberdashery
If you ever had the pleasure of going into Duck’s on Flowergate you will appreciate how accurate this tiny model...
