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Captain Cook Birthplace Museum Trust
Captain Cook Birthplace Museum is a public museum located in Stewart Park, Middlesbrough, Stewart Park in Marton, Middlesbrough, Marton, Middlesbrough within the Middlesbrough (borough), borough of Middlesbrough and the ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England. It is one of two institutions managed by Middlesbrough Council, along with the Dorman Museum. The museum opened on 28 October 1978, the 250th anniversary of the birth in the same spot of United Kingdom, British naval explorer and circumnavigator James Cook, Captain James Cook. It is a Eponymous places, biographical museum that surveys Cook's life and journeys. ] Prior to the museum's establishment, there was a granite urn in Stewart Park commemorating the grounds of Marton Hall, Cook's residence. The urn was erected in the 1850s by local industrialist and mayor Henry Bolckow. Marton Hall was destroyed by fire in 1960 during demolition, with only a stone loggia surviv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart Park, Middlesbrough
Stewart Park is a 120-acre public park in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, in the suburb and former village of Marton, England. It holds a Green Flag Award from the Civic Trust. The Middlesbrough campus of Askham Bryan College and the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum are within its grounds. History The park was the estate of Henry Bolckow one of Middlesbrough's ironmasters and the borough's first mayor. Bolckow landscaped the estate and in 1858 built Marton Hall in the estate. To indicate the site of the cottage where Captain James Cook was born he had erected a pink granite vase still present today. The estate was eventually bought by Councillor Thomas Dormand Stewart, in 1924, for the people of Middlesbrough. Stewart intended it to be "a public possession, open and accessible to all the people, at all times". Stewart's Park was officially opened to the public on 23 May 1928. Post war After the Second World War, Marton Hall stood empty for many years in a state of disr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
