Whitby Museum is an independent museum in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, run by Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, a learned society and registered charity,[1] 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 [2]
• 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.[3]

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