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Whitby Museum

A Museum of Treasures

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    • CollectionsThe museum departments and what you can find in each area
      • Fossils
        • Type Fossils
        • Kirkdale Cave
      • Jet
        • Jet FAQ
      • Maritime Heritage
        • Whaling and the Scoresbys
          • Scoresby Archive
        • Whales and Whaling collection
        • Whaling Industry and Products collection
        • Inuit items collection
        • Natural Sciences collection
        • Science, magnetism and the ship’s compass collection
        • Captain James Cook
        • World cultures
        • Shipping
      • Birds and Mammals
        • Birds
        • Mammals
      • Social History
        • Bygones
        • Clocks and Watches
        • Coins
        • Medals
        • Toys & Dolls
        • Weapons & Militaria
      • Textiles and Fine Arts
        • Samplers
        • Ceramics & Glass
        • Costumes
        • Paintings
      • Hidden collections
        • Maps
        • Photographs
        • Pressed Flowers
        • Ripley Cabinet
      • Special Collections
        • Hand of Glory
        • Leach Collection
        • Tempest Prognosticator
      • Local History Collection
        • Archaeology
        • Whitby Abbey Artefacts
    • Library and Archive
      • Access to the Library and Archives
      • Library Services and Charges
      • Muster Rolls
    • Museum Main Hall
    • Normanby Room
    • Museum Tea Room
    • Bookstall
    • Pannett Art Gallery
    • Pannett Park
  • What’s On
    • Special Events and Activities
    • Talks
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    • Museum Location
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      • Parking
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    • Families
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      • School Guidelines
  • About us
    • Chapters of Museum History
      • Pier Road to Pannett Park
      • Accident or Design?
      • The crocodile and the camera
    • Local History
      • The Story of Whitby
      • Penny Hedge
      • St. Mary’s
      • Industrial Archaeology
      • Whitby Personalities
    • Testimonials
  • Support Us
    • Whitby Museum Supporters Scheme
    • Join the Lit & Phil
    • Getting Involved
    • Object Donation
    • Legacy Gifts

What will you find?

Our independent Victorian museum is full of amazing treasures. Here you can explore stunning collections of local fossils, natural history, model ships, carved jet, toys, costumes and social history. There are artefacts of the famous whaling family, the Scoresbys and also the explorer Captain Cook.

Opening Times

MUSEUM CLOSED In order to protect the safety of our visitors, volunteers and staff the museum trustees have taken the decision to keep the museum closed beyond the national lockdown period. Planned maintenance work will be carried out during the closure period and the museum will open again on Tuesday…Continue reading “Opening Times”

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11 Dec 2020
Raise money for us just by searching the Internet At a difficult time financially for Whitby Museum with the museum closures during 2020 would you like to help by raising…
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Object of the Week

10 Dec 2020
The Witch Post Witch posts are almost exclusively a feature of the North York Moors region. Only two examples have been found from outside this region. The post is a…
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Winning Poem

9 Dec 2020
During the first lockdown we asked you to send us poems inspired by Whitby Museum. We received some amazing entries. The winning entry was submitted by Rachel Hutchinson and is…
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Object of the Week

1 Dec 2020
The Sea Bishop In our seashore cabinet you will see this strange looking creature known as the ‘sea bishop’. But all is not as it seems. This odd little thing…
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December News

1 Dec 2020
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Object of the Week

25 Nov 2020
Bess the Wooden Doll You might be forgiven for walking straight past this strange looking doll, thinking that she was just a wooden torso of a long gone plaything, but…
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Object of the Week

19 Nov 2020
Kirkdale Cave Bones In July 1821 limestone quarrymen discovered Kirkdale cave. The quarrymen had been finding odd bones for some time and not really thinking anything of it, discarding them…

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Location

Pannett Park
Whitby
North Yorkshire
YO21 1RE

Gallery

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Photograph by Mike Shaw
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Accreditation

Accredited Museum No. 1158

Registered Charity no. 1171266

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