To complete that memorable tour of Whitby Museum why not purchase a copy of our new souvenir guide ? This guide, full of colour pictures, has 56 pages covering aspects of the town which have made Whitby Museum the gem it is today. It starts the story some 180 million years ago with the creatures of the ancient sea which covered the Whitby area, and mentions the wealth from the local rocks through to the ice age and coming of man. St Hilda and Whitby Abbey are briefly described, the medieval period, the eighteenth century and the great sea captains like Cook and the Scoresbys are covered. Local industries such as railways, tourism, jet, shipbuilding and fishing and their impact on the town, and the collections of the museum, are inevitably included. The guide finishes with a short history of Whitby Museum and its parent body The Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society. Illustrated with a profusion of coloured pictures, of objects in the Museum & Archives, relating to this story the guide is a bargain at £3.50 (or £5.00 including postage & packing). Additionally translations of the guide in French, Italian and Norwegian are being prepared. Please enquire about availability.