Donors

Donations, small and great, are most welcome!

The Captain Cook Memorial Museum is an independent museum, established as a charity (no: 517546). We rely on admission charges, and on donations and legacies, for the running and development of the Museum.

In the past we have been lucky enough to receive public grants, in particular from the Heritage Lottery Fund (the development of our new wing in 2002). Acquisitions are funded by a mixture of private and public money. The help of the National Art Collections Fund and the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund has been very important. However public funding, particularly for special exhibitions, running costs and smaller development projects, is increasingly hard to come by. We say this simply to underline the significance of our visitors’ and private donors’ support.

Ways in which you can help

Make a donation when you visit the Museum – there is a box in Cook’s Attic.

Send a cheque made out to ‘Captain Cook Memorial Museum’ to the Administrator at: Captain Cook Memorial Museum, Grape Lane, Whitby, YO22 4BA.

If you would like your gift to be earmarked for a special project– for example an acquisition or exhibition - please contact Dr Sophie Forgan, our Chairman of Trustees at the Museum who will be happy to explore possibilities with you.

Gift Aid We encourage all donations to be made subject to the Gift Aid scheme, and have appropriate facilities in place.

The Museum is a registered charity no 517546. Annual accounts are submitted to the Charities Commission. We are a registered museum under MLA. We are quality assured under the Visitor Attraction Quality Assurance Service (VAQAS) and are members of appropriate bodies such as the Yorkshire Tourist Board. The Museum is owned and administered by the ‘Cook Museum Trust’ whose Chairman is Dr Sophie Forgan. Day to day the Museum is managed by a Management Committee drawn in the main from the local Whitby community. Museum attendants, members of the Management Committee and Trustees are volunteers and do not receive remuneration.