includes a list of references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message captain cook memorial museum captain cook s house location within north yorkshire established 1986 location whitby north yorkshire coordinates 54 29 12 n 0 36 42 w 54.4867 n 0.6118 w 54.4867 ; 0.6118 type maritime museum public transit access bus railway stations 0.3 miles 0.48 km 1 2 website www.cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk listed building grade i designated 23 february 1954 reference no. 1148246 captain cook memorial museum is in whitby north yorkshire england 43 miles 69 km north of york . the museum is in walker s house which belonged to captain john walker to whom the great explorer captain cook was apprenticed in 1746 and to which cook returned in the winter of 1771 72 after his first voyage . contents 1 house 2 history 3 archaeology 4 museum 5 references 6 external links house edit the house is situated in grape lane on the harbour side . a plaque on the wall states that the house was built in 1688 by moses and susannah dring . 3 it is a largish building on three floors with an attic . it is regarded as a typical example of a well to do ship owner s house of the period . much is known about the furnishings of the house from an inventory of contents taken in 1754 . the two ground floor rooms are furnished according to this inventory and decorated in the original colour . history edit the property was bought in 1729 by the father of captain john walker and became his home and place of business . he was also a captain in the merchant marine and developed the family s shipping business . he died in 1743 and in his will borthwick institute york divided his ships between his sons john and henry but left the house to them as tenants in common . the brothers allowed their mother to continue to live in the house . after the deaths of his mother and brother john walker moved into the house by 1755 . the house remained in the family until the mid 19th century and then was used by turns as a hospital and as a private residence until rescued in 1986 to become the captain cook memorial museum . cook was introduced in 1746 to captain john walker by william sanderson the grocer for whom cook had worked in staithes a nearby fishing village . walker took him on as apprentice seaman for a three year term . 4 cook served walker first as apprentice then as seaman and lastly as master s mate until he joined the royal navy in 1755 . 5 he spent most of his time at sea on walker s colliers mainly in the coal trade between the tyne and london but including voyages to the baltic and dublin . 4 the whitby historian george young life of cook 1836 stated that during cook s apprenticeship walker retained cook in whitby on occasion and lodged him in the attic of the house in grape lane . 6 there should be no difficulty in accepting this account even though walker lived elsewhere at the time . apprentices indentures of 1735 and 1758 held in the museum show that shipowners tended to avoid obligation to lodge apprentices in their homes preferring to release them during the winter months to go home to their families in whitby and the surrounding countryside . if an apprentice was retained ashore he would either be boarded in the town or anywhere convenient such as the house in grape lane where there was space . young also described cook studying in the attic with the aid of candles provided by mary prowd a family servant . 6 like any ambitious apprentice cook would have studied algebra geometry trigonometry and navigation probably with the help of schoolmasters paid for by the ship owners . the house was also the scene of cook s only known visit to the town after 1755 . this was in the winter of 1771 72 . cook was staying in great ayton and took horse to visit his old master in whitby . when cook arrived the household was lined up to greet him and told to behave well . the elderly housekeeper mary prowd who had befriended cook a quarter century before could not restrain herself . flinging her arms round the great man she cried oh honey james how glad i is to see thee 7 archaeology edit investigations carried out in 2001 revealed the foundations of a range of small buildings interpreted as outbuildings associated with the walkers shipping business a brick floor in a herring bone pattern lying next to the house about a metre below today s ground level . a brick floored room a kitchen by its contents was referred to in the inventory of 1754 but its location was unknown until now . a slipway leading down from the main building to the river with deposits above it dating from the mid late 18th century . the courtyard a metre or so above the slipway was built over it as the walker family moved out of ship owning into banking and insurance . museum edit the acquisition of walker s house by the cook museum trust enabled the trust to establish a museum in whitby dedicated to the celebration of the life of captain cook and the scientists artists and crews who sailed with him . the collections comprise original letters about the voyages including correspondence of cook lord sandwich sir joseph banks and the forsters paintings and drawings by the artists who went with cook to the pacific including parkinson hodges and webber artefacts from the pacific islands and new zealand original maps and charts and ship models . in 2009 a local newspaper reported that matavai bay otaheite a painting by william hodges from the 1770s was bought by the museum with help from several charities and trusts including the art fund . the painting depicts matavai bay tahiti which cook visited on his second voyage 8 welcome to yorkshire formally the yorkshire tourist board gave the museum a white rose award in 2005 and 2012 and it was a winner of a visitengland gold award for excellence in 2013 . 9 references edit services in the whitby area pdf . arriva . retrieved 7 september 2016 . 840 leeds york pickering whitby . transdev . retrieved 7 september 2016 . historic england . captain cooks house 1148246 . national heritage list for england . retrieved 24 june 2016 . a b young george 1817 . a history of whitby and streoneshalh abbey with a statistical survey of the vicinity to the distance of twenty five miles volume 2 . whitby england clark and medd . p. 851 . oclc 2773643 . retrieved 7 september 2016 . kippis andrew 1788 . the life of captain james cook volume 1 . g. nicol and g. g. j. and j. robinson . pp. 2 4 . oclc 2356127 . retrieved 7 september 2016 . a b young george 1836 . the life and voyagers of captain james cook . london whittaker treacher & co. p. 7 . oclc 7140522 . retrieved 7 september 2016 . beaglehole john cawte 1974 . the life of captain james cook . wellington a & c black publishers ltd. p. 284 . isbn 9780713613827 . retrieved 7 september 2016 . rare painting of captain cook voyage at museum . whitby gazette . 3 june 2009 . retrieved 24 june 2016 . exhibit captain cook s crew tested in extreme antarctica . whitby gazette . 28 may 2016 . retrieved 24 june 2016 . john gascoigne captain cook voyager between worlds hambleton continuum london 2007 isbn 9781847250025 ; will of captain john walker senior borthwick institute york ; staff at the captain cook memorial museum in whitby north yorkshire england 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to captain cook memorial museum . captain cook memorial museum captain cook society v t e captain james cook voyages first second third vessels hms adventure hms discovery hms eagle hms endeavour hms grenville hms pembroke hms resolution associates joseph banks william bayly william bligh alexander buchan charles clerke james colnett alexander dalrymple georg forster johann reinhold forster tobias furneaux john gore charles green zachary hickes james king john ledyard david nelson omai hugh palliser sydney parkinson nathaniel portlock edward riou henry roberts david samwell daniel solander herman sp ring william taylor james trevenen john watts john webber artworks paintings of the death of cook zoffany s death of cook statue in the mall london related 1769 transit of venus observed from tahiti kidnapping of kalani pu u birthplace museum cooks cottage james cook collection australian museum memorial museum coordinates 54 29 12 n 0 36 42 w 54.4867 n 0.6118 w 54.4867 ; 0.6118 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title captain cook memorial museum & oldid 738345987 categories 1986 establishments in englandbiographical museums in north yorkshiregrade i listed buildings in north yorkshirehistoric house museums in north yorkshiremaritime museums in englandmonuments and memorials to james cookmuseums established in 1986museums in north yorkshirewhitbyhidden categories articles lacking in text citations from september 2016all articles lacking in text 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