Whitby Museum is an independent museum in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, run by Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, a learned society and registered charity, established in 1823. It is located in a building opened in 1931 in Pannett Park, Whitby, which also contains the Society's Library and Archive.
The museum contains a wide range of material relating to the history of Whitby, and has specialist collections relating to:
Jurassic fossils, in particular ammonites and marine reptiles
Whitby jet
Captain James Cook and HM Bark Endeavour
Whitby's whaling industry.The museum also contains a Hand of Glory, the dried and pickled hand of a hanged man, said to have magical powers.
