Attractions in Whitby @ We Love Whitby.

Campsites and Caravan Parks in Whitby

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Whitby Museum	Whitby Museum is an idependent Museum founded in 1823 and run by Whitby Literary & Philosophical Society. The main hall retains the atmosphere of a Victorian/Edwardian Museum and has sometimes been called a 'Museum within a Museum'. The Museum is also remarkable for the variety of its collections. The fossil collection with the wall mounted saurians and the jet collection are of international importance. Other very important collections are the Samplers, Ethnography, Ship Models and the Scoresby (2 whaling captains). If you are interested in natural history, James Cook, archaeology, ceramics, paintings, bygones, Whitby Abbey, toys and dolls or militaria you are bound to find something of interest. Whitby Museum is the home of the 'Hand of Glory' and the 'Tempest Prognosticator'. The Society also runs a library, an archives and lectures. A new wing has been recently added to the Museum and contains temporary exhibitions and costume galleries as well as displays on ship building, herbaria and the Growth of Whitby www.whitbymuseum.org.uk	01947 602908
Whitby Angling Festival	Each year the local charter skippers hold a spring, summer and autumn Whitby angling festival. Fishing takes place over 14 days from boats registered with The Whitby Charter Skippers Association. The Whitby angling festival has seen some major catches over the years including a 45 pounds cod taken onboard Rich Wards boat Shytorque. Perhaps none better than this 45 pound cod taken on Rich wards boat Shy torque. The prizes for the Whitby angling festival continue to grow each year. In 2008 the prize tabled topped twenty thousand pounds in total, and it is hoped to do the same in 2009. In the summer angling festival there are individual cash prizes for 1st second and third heaviest fish in the categories of Cod, Ling, Haddock, best specimen and junior angler. http://www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk	01947 604395