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Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum Trust

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1097490
Status
Registered
Registered
May 13, 2003
Legal form
Other
Area of benefit
Not Defined.

Address

Address
51 NEWTON ROAD
GREAT AYTON
MIDDLESBROUGH
TS9 6DT

Activities

The museum is housed in a building erected in 1785 on the site of the charity school attended by James Cook between 1736 and 1740. It features a reconstruction of an early C18 schoolroom and interactive displays show his voyages of discovery. Visitors can learn how to use a sextant and see the education system that provided the starting point for the great navigator, explorer and chartmaker.

Objects: To Advance The Education Of The Public In Particular In The Life Work Of Captain James Cook Rn And In General In The Social History Of Great Ayton By:-The Preservation Conservation And Improvement Of The Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum Great Ayton Andthe Collection Preservation And Display Of Articles Archival Records Manuscripts Books Pictures Photographs And Other Items Of Relevant Historic Interest.

Classification

How
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
What
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
North Yorkshire

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2021
Dec. 31, 2020