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The Resolution Resources Room at the Captain Cook Birthplace
Museum can be booked by individuals requiring access to the museum’s
collection of books, monographs, journals, archives, photographs
as well as the collection database.
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| Cliff Thornton, President of the Captain
Cook Society, opening the Resolution Resources Room. |
The museum has extensive collections relating to the following
subject areas relating to Captain Cook, his times and the countries
he visited:
- Captain James Cook, his life, voyages, voyage art & artefacts,
death and contemporaries
- Celebrating Cook since 1780, Captain Cook
Tourism Association, Captain Cook Society, Birthplace Museum,
Captain Cook Country attractions.
- Exploration
- Maritime, especially the 18th century and Nelson’s
Navy
- Australia – history, natural history/wildlife, tourism
and indigenous peoples.
- New Zealand – history, natural history/wildlife,
tourism and indigenous peoples.
- Pacific Islands - history, natural history/wildlife,
tourism and indigenous peoples.
- North America/Canada – history, natural
history/wildlife, tourism and indigenous peoples.
- Arctic/Antarctic - history, natural
history/wildlife, tourism and indigenous peoples.
- 10. General (national/international) & Local (Tees Valley)
History
The resources centre is equipped with a computer to access its
collections database. Access to the Room is by booking only,
please ring the main
switchboard number or email
us.
It is advisable to check that the resources you require are available
prior to booking. Note that the main repository for regional
archival resources is Teesside
Archives and for other collections relating
to Middlesbrough is the Dorman Museum
The museum offers identification services free of charge. The museum
cannot normally undertake the identification of large numbers of
objects.
Items should be deposited at the museum reception where you will
be asked to fill out a detailed form. Identifications are normally
carried out within one month depending on work loads, staff availability
and use of outside experts.
Alternatively identification books can be made available for use
in the Resolution Resources Room. See booking procedures.
The museum does not give valuations. You are requested to seek the advice of
a professional valuer.
The museum is grateful to all its past donors who have given the museum objects
and specimens for its collections. Because of the limits of storage and the
high cost of object care and conservation the museum must now limit the range
and type of objects it acquires.
The museum operates to a Collection Management Plan that determines the strategic
development of its collections. Donations of objects for the collections are
accepted provided they fall within the scope this Plan. Curatorial meetings
are normally held monthly to determine the suitability of donations.
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If you would like to donate material to the museum please, in the first instance,
contact the museum by email, letter or telephone. Staff can make site visits
if a large amount of material needs to be assessed or it involves a large item.
If you would like to leave the museum a bequest of an item or collection it is
imperative that you discuss this with a curator before making any provisions
in your will to prevent any future distress and legal difficulties.
If you require any information on making a financial bequest please contact
the Senior Curator at the museum.
The museum can make extensive facilities available to bona fide researchers
including the Resolution Resources Room, digital photography and digital
scanning. Please discuss your requirements with the Senior Curator.
Information about the collections can be supplied in a number of ways – printed
hard copy, floppy disc or CD-Rom. There will normally be a charge to supply
these. Information via email would normally be free of charge. Information
requiring extensive staff time to assimilate may also attract a charge. Please
check the availability of information via the interactive collection database
available from this site.
The museum foyer contains regional tourist information which visitors can browse
through. The museum does not offer a full tourist information service. Please
direct tourist information enquiries to the main tourist office via the main
Middlesbrough Council switchboard on 01642 245432.
Permission to photograph objects within the museum must be sought before visiting
the site. The museum can supply digital images or quality print outs of objects
within the collections for professional use - please contact the Museum for
details of charges. There is no photography allowed of temporary exhibitions.
General photography within the permanent gallery spaces is allowed.
The museum Endeavour Room is available for hire as an unusual and different
conference venue for businesses and special interest groups. Conference members
may also view the exhibition galleries during breaks within the proceedings.
The Room can accommodate approximately 50 adults seated for a formal lecture
or presentation. Tables are available, each holding a maximum of six people.
There is free parking in Stewart Park and around the immediate museum site
for disabled visitors or those delivering equipment (access off Stokesley Road
via The Grove). Arrangement for coach parking can be made in advance. The museum
is close to major bus routes and railway station (Marton).
A variety of catering can be arranged on site.
The Endeavour Room can be fully equipped, by prior arrangement,
with:
- Video projector
- Slide projector
- Laptop connections
- 3D Overhead Projection
- PA system
- Recording facilities
- CD/DVD player
- whiteboard
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