Farmer sitting at the table in the Victorian Kitchen
Farmer sitting at the table in the Victorian Kitchen

Welcome to our display of just a few of the exhibits you will encounter during your visit to the Bayle museum.

As you will see we have a wide variety of exhibits which include;

  • Life Size Figures

  • Scale Models

  • Interactive Games

  • Listening Posts

and of course a multitude of collections of historical items within the different rooms.

Please feel free to call in and learn the stories behind the exhibits during your next visit to Bridlington.

One of Queen Henrietta Maria's Gloves. The Queen who visited Bridlington in 1642 after a voyage to Holland to raise money, troops and ammunition for her husband King Charles I left a pair of gloves behind.
One of Queen Henrietta Maria's Gloves. The Queen who visited Bridlington in 1642 after a voyage to Holland to raise money, troops and ammunition for her husband King Charles I left a pair of gloves behind.

The Court Room at the Bayle so called because it used to host the town court. Documents within the museum's collections give details of crimes, sentences and fines given out to Bridlington Residents during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. In the Twenty-first Century the room is used by the Lords Feoffees for their quarterly meetings.
The Court Room at the Bayle so called because it used to host the town court. Documents within the museum's collections give details of crimes, sentences and fines given out to Bridlington Residents during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. In the Twenty-first Century the room is used by the Lords Feoffees for their quarterly meetings.

An Augustinian Canon sits on the original medieval garderobe.
An Augustinian Canon sits on the original medieval garderobe.

A model of Anthony Waite greets all visitors to the Bayle; he was a bell man and toll collector in the town in 1900.
A model of Anthony Waite greets all visitors to the Bayle; he was a bell man and toll collector in the town in 1900.

 

The prisoner in the cell is Jane King, according to written records she was a regular prisoner at the Bayle for crimes of theft and prostitution.
The prisoner in the cell is Jane King, according to written records she was a regular prisoner at the Bayle for crimes of theft and prostitution.