Staithes Museum

Hello, everyone! It’s a little late, but here at last is our July newsletter! It’s been a busy few weeks at the museum, with our Accreditation visit, filming for our new accessibility film, Issy’s work experience exhibition, lots of archive discoveries, and plenty more besides. We’ve also got Lifeboat Weekend coming up this month, followed by the Staithes Festival of Arts & Heritage in September. You can read all about what we’ve been up to in the newsletter (click the button above, or read...

Look closely at a piece of jet and it doesn’t look particularly impressive at first. Fresh from the cliff, it is not the deep, glossy black that we associate with Victorian jewellery. It is often brownish-grey, dull, and easy to mistake for an ordinary lump of coal. But polish it, and something remarkable happens. The surface transforms into a deep, velvet black that catches the light like glass. For centuries, this strange little piece of fossilised woodland has been pulled from the cliffs...

Hello everyone, The latest museum newsletter has just landed! The full version is linked here, or in a text-only version below. This month's edition is packed with all sorts of exciting things happening behind the scenes and around the museum. Inside you'll find: Our brand new Poetry Competition (plus a colourful Poetry Adventure Booklet to get everyone writing) The triumphant entrance of our newly restored Captain Cook portrait Why Bill Hinchley now has his own appreciation society... What...