Whitby Museum, Library & Archives does not have a 'Friends Group' as such. However the umbrella organisation which runs the Museum, Library & Archives and which acts like a 'Friends Group', is The Whitby Literary & Philosophical Society. The Society was founded in 1823. It currently has about 800 members.

• can help with running the Society, Museum, Library & Archives
• receive an annual report including interesting articles
• attend the monthly lectures free of charge
• enter the Museum free of charge
• use the Library whenever the Museum is open. May borrow books.
• attend occasional functions such as members' coffee mornings etc.
• obtain a small discount on certain Society publications

Society members who volunteer to help come from all walks of life. Practical skills are as useful and welcome to the Museum & Library as 'Literary' or 'Research' skills.

             Hon. Membership Secretary
             Whitby Museum,
             Pannett Park,
             Whitby,
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