Captain Cook Memorial Museum

Very interesting museum. Two adults with gift aid was £22. 4 floors of information and things to see. Staff are helpful and friendly. Gift shop is good too.

Great little museum. Not just on Captain Cook, had interesting historical facts on navigation, medicine etc too. Staff very friendly and knowledgeable.

Very interesting museum with lots of information to read across three floor levels in a house in which captain Cook once resided during his stays in Whitby. Definitely worth a visit. Especially for people who are interested in seafaring.

ok im a bit bias but I love anything Captain Cook he's an amazing piece of Australian history in colonisation...im not going to debate the rights or the wrongs because it's history and we can not change it ...if you take everything out of it he was an amazing seamen in his time ...this a small museum and Whitby is an absolutely beautiful little town to visit as well if your there check it out ...there is or maybe was a replica Endeavour in the bay as well that was for sale so not sure its still there . definitely work a look but sadly a floating restaurant

When the 17 year old James Cook first came to Whitby to learn to be a seaman, he lodged in this well preserved 17th century house. There's many maps and documents covering Cook's life and voyages. It's also interesting to see what the home of a Quaker family was like. The attic is where the apprentices slept. The scientific knowledge and discovery of thousands of previously unknown flora and fauna species, as well as encountering new peoples, is fascinating and very well presented. The whole museum is excellent, good value and well worth visiting.

Amazing experience. Staff very professional and kind , we learned a lot and we definitely left the museum touched by all that we've learned. The vast knowledge of the museum's guide and his passion was touching. We left the place feeling really greatful for people that make such a great difference to our world.

I only just visited this museum to buy some guide books for my work / education etc. But the shop looked very interesting, the receptionist / tour guide was nice and friendly, and the actual museum setting etc looked great! :) I did not have the time to actually go around the exhibits, but got the impression that when in Whitby this museum is not to be missed! Thanks. :)

The Captain Cook Memorial Museum is a fascinating and well-presented place. The exhibits are informative and engaging, the staff are friendly and knowledgeable, and the museum offers a great insight into Captain Cook’s life and voyages. A really enjoyable visit!

Attracts visitors from Australia, New Zealand and Canada all year round as the place where it all started! Hence the 5 stars. This is a 17th century house where James Cook lodged as apprentice seaman to Whitby shipmaster Captain John Walker. His house in Grape Lane, built in the 17th century, is now the Captain Cook Memorial Museum. Cook was in Whitby for nine years, sailing on Walker's ships. It was here he learnt his seaman's trade.He is probably Yorkshire's most famous son. Includes period rooms in meticulously restored house, ship models, plans and manuscripts, artefacts from the voyages, and fine original paintings, drawings and prints. A rich collection of exhibits about The young Captain Cook who was apprenticed to Captain John Walker. This handsome 17thC harbourside house is where the great explorer, James Cook, came to serve his apprenticeship in Whitby in the year 1746. It belonged to Cook's master, the Quaker ship owner, Captain John Walker. When the young Cook was not at sea, he lodged here in the attic with Walker's 'other family' of apprentices. At the very top of the house, in the ship-timbered attic, the young James Cook pursued his winter studies by candlelight; huddled by the chimney breast for warmth, he must often have looked across the river to the shipyards where, later, the ships he would use on his famous voyages - Endeavour, Resolution, Adventure and Discovery would be built. The special exhibition for 2008 is 'Smoking Coasts and Ice-bound Seas, Cook's Voyage to the Arctic'. Paintings include Captain Bligh of the Bounty by John Russell Bligh at his best, an Admiral by the time these pastels were painted, and as he would prefer us to remember him! He had been Cook's sailing master on Resolution. He also charted the Humber..I have seen the map in Grimsby archives. The collections celebrate the life of Cook, his crews, and the artists and scientists who sailed with him. There are period rooms restored faithfully following an inventory of 1752, models, maps and manuscripts, ship plans, artefacts from the Voyages, and many fine original paintings, drawings and prints. Explorer, cartographer of Australia and New Zealand and much beside, an inspired leader, Cook became a figure of international fame in his own lifetime, and after his death joined the ranks of the greatest explorers of all time. This is where he started.he himself said, ...not only as far as man has gone before, but as far as it is possible for man to go. Adult £4.00 Child £3.00 Concession £3.50 (Available to Senior Citizens) Family £10.50 (2 Adults 2 Children)

A brilliant visitor atraction, and the genuine article, where Cook really studied and lived before his epic journeys. Some terrific artefacts. If you have American visitors you want to impress,this is THE place.