About

Adventure!  Endurance! Extraordinary Seamanship! Survival against the odds.

Cook’s voyages were the 18th century equivalent of today’s missions to Mars.  For ten years Cook and his crews explored the unknown, uncharted waters of the Pacific, the South Atlantic, and the Arctic Oceans.  Danger was ever present.

The House on the harbour   The Museum is in the 17th century house where the master mariner and Quaker, Captain John Walker lodged his young apprentice James Cook during the winter when not at sea.  This is where it all began.  What did Cook owe to Whitby and John Walker?

The thought-provoking collection of original paintings and drawings, letters in Cook’s own hand, ship models, maps and fascinating objects gathered on the voyages illustrate the Cook story.

New special exhibition every year.  For 2022 ‘Sea Peoples – Navigating the Pacific’.  Describes the ways Polynesians and Europeans overcame the greatest of the world’s oceans

Open daily - FEB HALF TERM TO 31ST OCTOBER. 

November -  Check website for extending opening dates and times in November.
Last admission half an hour before closing.
​​​​These arrangements were correct at the time of writing.  Covid is still around. Government Guidelines may change.  If in doubt please check dates and times on our website

 

Anti Covid precautions remain in place

•  Hygiene Screen
•  Personal Protective Equipment for staff and volunteers
•  Enhanced cleaning throughout day
•  Deep cleaning daily
•  Hygiene stations and hand sanitizer dispensers
•  We are encouraging visitors and staff to continue to wear masks and to maintain prudent social distance

We much look forward to welcoming you back in 2022!