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Opening Times and General Information

Welcome to this White Rose Award Winning Museum: In the past three years we have been visited by people from over 50 different countries.

We hope you will join them.

Opening Times 2010

  • February Half term weekends: 13th-14th, 20th - 21st, 27th – 28th 1100 – 1500
  • March DAILY 1100 – 1500
  • 1st April – 31 October DAILY 0945 – 1700

Last admission - 30 minutes before closing

Admission

  • Adult £4.50
  • Child £3.00
  • Family Ticket £11.00
  • Senior Citizen £4.00
  • School Group £2.70 per child (pre-booked)

We welcome groups.

Accompanying teachers and coach drivers free.

Ring us to pre-book your party: Tel: 01947 601 900
Visa, Delta, Maestro and Mastercard accepted

Facilities

Please read our Accessibility page for details of the facilities available.

No photography is allowed in the Museum.

The Museum has a variety of souvenirs, with something to suit every pocket, from pencils and postcards to books or pictures.

Our special exhibition catalogues:

2010 (just published): Northward Ho! A Voyage towards the North Pole 1773. Full colour catalogue with essays by Ann Savours, Sophie Forgan and Glyn Williams. UK £9.50; Europe £11.50; rest of the world £14.50 (inc. p&p)

2009: Cook and Canada: A Reputation in the Making (2009). Full colour illustrated catalogue. UK £5.50; Europe £7.00; rest of the world £8.50 (inc. p&p)

2008: Smoking Coasts and Arctic Seas: Cook's Voyage to the Arctic (2008). Full colour catalogue with essays by Glyn Williams, Geoffrey Quilley, Sergei Arutiunov and Sophie Forgan. UK £9.50; Europe £11.50; rest of the world £14.50 (inc. p&p)

2004: Curiosities from the Endeavour: A forgotten collection by Jeremy Coote, with full colour illustrated catalogue. UK £5.50; Europe £7.00; rest of the world £8.50 (inc. p&p)

Cheque with order, made out to:
Captain Cook Memorial Museum, Grape Lane, Whitby YO22 4BA.

Phone for order with credit card.

Places to stay

View www.whitbyhospitality.co.uk and more

Weather

View the 5 day Weather Forecast for Whitby on the BBC Weather Centre website. © BBC.

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