Captain Cook Memorial Museum

Captain Cook Memorial Museum
Grape Lane
Whitby
North Yorkshire
YO22 4BA
England

Website

www.cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk

E-mail

cookmuseum@tiscali.co.uk

Telephone

01947 601900

Fax

01947 601900

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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The Museum is in the Grade-1-listed, 17c house on Whitby's harbourside which belonged to Captain John Walker. In 1746 the young Cook came here as Walker's apprentice. When not at sea he lodged with the other apprentices in the attic - still preserved. The Museum houses a rich collection, artefacts from the Voyages, original letters of the period, some in Cook's own hand, paintings - Parry's Omai, Gainsborough, Hodges.

Every year the Museum stages a special exhibition. The exhibition for 2011 is: 'Fish and Ships, a Journey round the World at Captain Cook's table'.
For details see the Museum's web site.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

February: Sat 19 & Sun 20, 11.00 - 15.00
'' Sat 26,Sun 27, Mon 28, 11.00 - 15.00
March: daily, 11.00 - 15.00
1 April to 31 October: daily, 09.45 - 17.00

Closed: November - February (except for Groups by prior arrangement)

 Admission charges

Adults: £4.50
Children: £3.00
OAPs: £4.00
Family: £11.00

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • CD-ROM guide available
  • Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
  • Guided tours
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
 Disability access
  • Induction loops in lecture theatres
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Library
  • Research facilities for academics
 Commercial and hire services
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

Guided Tours are available for organised groups, schools, students or adults. French, German and Spanish speakers are available for Groups by prior arrangement

Captain Cook Memorial Museum
Grape Lane
Whitby
North Yorkshire
YO22 4BA
England

Website

www.cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk

E-mail

cookmuseum@tiscali.co.uk

Telephone

01947 601900

Fax

01947 601900

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

The Museum celebrates Cook's Whitby years and his later achievements. The collection includes period rooms restored faithfully following an inventory of 1752, models, maps and manuscripts, ship plans, artefacts from the Voyages, and many fine original paintings, drawings and prints.

Collection details

Maritime

Key artists and exhibits

  • Captain Cook original letters
  • Sir Joseph Banks documents
  • Gainsborough portrait Lord Sandwich
  • William Hodges Resolution in a stream of pack-ice
  • John Russell Captain Bligh of the Bounty and his wife
  • William Parry Portrait of Omai, Joseph Banks and Dr Solander
  • Johann Forster's desk, and letters
  • John Webber Voyage drawings especially natives of Kamchatka
  • Exploration of Australia, New Zealand, Canada
  • The Antarctic
  • Maritime History dockyards and plans
  • Endeavour ship plan and model
  • Resolution ship model
  • Ethnography of the Pacific, early contact artifacts
  • John Bird watercolours of 18c Whitby

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Captain Cook Memorial Museum
Grape Lane
Whitby
North Yorkshire
YO22 4BA
England

Website

www.cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk

E-mail

cookmuseum@tiscali.co.uk

Telephone

01947 601900

Fax

01947 601900

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Face to face resources

Guided Tour for School Parties

We welcome school and student groups of all ages, and offer introductory talks adjusted to age range and time available. Schools are advised to allow 1 1/2 hours for the talk and visit. A resource pack 64pp, with sections specifically designed for selective photocopying, price £7 is available.

How to obtain

By prior arrangement with our Administrator, Mick Green 01947 601900. Please discuss your requirements, links to national curriculum etc. £2.70 per child (Teachers and Drivers FREE) Any time of the year, even the winter when we are closed to the general public

 Paper-based and downloads

Teachers' Resource Pack

A 64 page teachers pack with sections designed for selective photocopying is available from the Museum. It covers many aspects of the history and geography of Captain Cooks's voyages of discovery. Useful as a background to a visti and as a teaching aid.

How to obtain

To obtain the pack, price £7.00, please contact our administrator, Mick Green on 01947 601900

Captain Cook Memorial Museum
Grape Lane
Whitby
North Yorkshire
YO22 4BA
England

Website

www.cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk

E-mail

cookmuseum@tiscali.co.uk

Telephone

01947 601900

Fax

01947 601900

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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