We’ve been hard at work at Staithes Museum on a big, behind-the-scenes project: cataloguing and photographing our collection. It’s not the kind of job visitors usually see, but it’s absolutely vital for looking after the objects in our care and making them more accessible — not just in the museum, but online and in our research archives too. Thanks to support from Museum Development Yorkshire, we were able to purchase new cataloguing software and take part in essential traini

We're still working on our catalogue at the Staithes Museum. Here's what we've learned so far...