Museum
Captain Cook Memorial Museum
Whitby, Yorkshire
The 17th-century house where James Cook lodged as a young apprentice.
- Price
- Admission charged
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 60 min
This harbourside house is where Cook lodged as a teenager while learning seamanship. The museum fills the original attic and rooms with maps, charts and paintings from his voyages. It's small, well curated and ideal for a rainy hour.
Good to know
- Rainy-day backup
- Check seasonal opening
- Best time
- Wet days
- Open
- Roughly March to October
- Getting there
- Old town; no parking
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- No dogs
Facilities
- Toilets
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