- Wikidata identifier:
- Q7996799
- Also known as:
- Whitstable Community Museum and Gallery
- Instance of:
- maritime museum; local museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 1441
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q7996799/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Fine Art
The fine art collection is particularly strong on Whitstable ship ‘portraits’ painted by 19th-early 20th century ‘pierhead’ painters and there is a growing collection of contemporary work by local artists and printmakers who have links to the area or whose subject matter is the area.
Maritime
The collections reflect themes such as ship-building, fishing, oyster cultivation and diving. The permanent collection is particularly strong on Whitstable ship ‘portraits’ painted by so-called pierhead painters last century and early this century, which capture the town’s trading links around the globe.
Biology
The collections represent the natural history of the area including the habitats of the seashore and the estuarine mudflats which are of international importance for migrant birds, together with wildlife of the local shoreline.
Transport
A small collection relating in particular to the Canterbury and Whitstable railway.
Geology
The natural history collections include local fossil specimens.
Personalia
Peter Cushing, the actor, lived in Whitstable for 36 years until his death in 1995 and the museum holds a collection of around 50 items of memorabilia.
Archaeology
The museum holds a small collection of around 100 archaeological artefacts.
Social History
A collection of over 5,000 items charting the development of the town.
Photographic
Over 3000 images including “The Douglas West Collection” – a unique photographic record of the town 1920s to the 1970s, containing photographs by Douglas West who lived in Whitstable for over 75 years and was the town photographer, following in the footsteps of his father, Stephen Douglas West. The photographs span 100 years of life in Whitstable and also include copies made by other photgraphers. There are also tape-recorded memories and film.
Archives
The museum holds over 500 items of archive material.
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC