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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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Abbey Collection Video
The latest in our series of collection videos features our Abbey collection. The Abbey collection has had a redisplay and...
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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...
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Museums of Whitby
THE MUSEUMS OF WHITBY JOIN FORCES A brand new partnership has been formed in Whitby. It consists of the six...
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The Witch Post
Witch posts are almost exclusively a feature of the North York Moors region. Only two examples have been found from...
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Winning Poem
During the first lockdown we asked you to send us poems inspired by Whitby Museum. We received some amazing entries....
