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At Whitby Museum we have a dedicated special exhibition room with a programme of exhibitions designed to complement and enhance our main gallery. Special exhibitions usually run for a full year.

Our Costume Gallery also has annually changing exhibitions highlighting differing areas of our costume and textile collection.

Throughout the year we stage events and talks linked to our collection. Regularly visit this page or our social media channels for the latest updates.

  • Exhibition

    Home, Hearth and Sunday Best

    Fri, 11 July 2025 - Wed, 10 December 2025 10-4:30 Tuesday - Sunday

    Costume Exhibition featuring clothes and items from how we used to live, 1900-1950 this exhibition showcases how times have changed....

  • Exhibition

    Eskdale School Memories

    Tue, 21 October 2025 - Sun, 14 December 2025 Tuesday-Sunday 10am-4:30pm last admission 4pm.

    The Eskdale secondary school site closed at the end of the 2024 academic year, after 71 years of operation. Once...

  • Event, Talk

    Talk: Elizabeth Botham and the Story of her Bakery with Jo Botham

    Wed, 19 November 2025 13:45 for 2pm start

    Jo Botham, Managing Director of Botham’s of Whitby will be here to talk about his great grandmother Elizabeth Botham and...

  • Exhibition

    Curiouser & Curiouser – Exhibition coming 2026

    Tue, 3 February 2026 - Sun, 13 December 2026 Tuesday to Sunday 10am-4:30pm, last admission 4pm.

    ‘Curiouser and Curiouser: The Creepy, Captivating, Magical and Mysterious at Whitby Museum’ Also New exhibition in the costume gallery ‘Alice...