Events and Activities

There is always something going on in Whitby - major events include Goth weekends (April and October), the Sandcastle Competition (June), the Regatta and Folk Weeks (August) and much more!

The latest events in our programme:

Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September

Beware the Press Gang

The Historic Maritime Society will be manning the Museum during the weekend of 19/20 September. Sailors, officers and their ladies, red coated marines will be here to greet the public.

Listen to lurid tales of the sea. See the fearsome surgical instruments of the time. Discuss with the crew the different practices at sea in Captain Cook’s day. Visitors to the Museum should beware! His Majesty’s ships are undermanned, and the Press Gang is out and about in Whitby looking for suitable candidates to join up... whether they want to or not!

Watch this space!