FileyMuseum

FileyMuseum Built in 1696. Established 1971. A fabulous local museum documenting the history of the local community from fishing to farming to holiday fun, and more!

✨ FOR SALE IN OUR MUSEUM SHOP! ✨Looking for a little something to brighten up your walls? Our beautiful posters are now...
26/08/2026

✨ FOR SALE IN OUR MUSEUM SHOP! ✨

Looking for a little something to brighten up your walls? Our beautiful posters are now just £1 each! 😍

They’d look absolutely amazing framed — a lovely, affordable way to add some character to your home or make a unique gift. 🖼️

📚 We also have Filey - Fishing faith and family since 1800, available for £25.

100% of monies goes directly back into the museum

Pop into the museum shop and take a look — while stocks last! 💛

We are open
Wednesday 2-4pm
Saturday 2-4pm
Sunday 2-4pm

25/08/2026

🏛️ DID YOU KNOW THIS ABOUT FILEY MUSEUM? 🐚

Filey Museum has perhaps one of the most unusual rent agreements in Yorkshire… its annual fee is just ONE “Devil’s toenail”! 😈🦶

And no, it’s not quite as sinister as it sounds!

The “Devil’s toenail” is a Gryphaea fossil — an extinct relative of the modern oyster whose distinctive curved shell gives it its unusual nickname. 🐚

Every year, the museum pays Filey Town Council its symbolic rent of one of these fossils. The fossil is then traditionally handed back to the museum!

The building itself is pretty special too. Dating from 1696, it was originally two single-storey thatched cottages and is believed to be the oldest surviving domestic building in Filey. 🏠

Today its rooms tell different parts of Filey’s story, including fishing and lifeboat history, traditional gansey knitting, Victorian life, old photographs and local seaside history. There's even a Bait House in the garden showing how mussels were prepared and fishing lines baited. ⚓🧶

A brilliant little piece of Filey history — and surely one of the strangest rent payments around! 😈🐚

How many people have actually been inside Filey Museum? 👇

24/08/2026

No need to book, free drop in, at Filey Library

24/08/2026

🎊Celebrate 60 Years with us 🎊

Not many ticket left to meet and greet Joe Swift from Gardeners World!

6️⃣0️⃣ 🎈🎈

Today, we had the pleasure of welcoming a special visitor to the museum, Kevin Hollinrake MP. Our trustees shared the mu...
21/08/2026

Today, we had the pleasure of welcoming a special visitor to the museum, Kevin Hollinrake MP. Our trustees shared the museum’s journey so far, along with our vision and ambitions for the future. It was a wonderful opportunity to reflect on our progress and look ahead to what’s next.

Here Kevin Hollindrake is pictured with our curator Lottie Beard, in the Gansey Room

21/08/2026

Just four weeks to go until this year's Filey Kite Festival!

Come down to Filey Brigg Country Park and see spectacular kite flying in the skies over the Yorkshire coast.

The free festival takes place on Friday 18 September from 6.30pm to 9pm, Saturday 19 September from 10am to 4pm and Sunday 20 September from 10am to 4pm.

This year, for the first time, we have a Friday Night Flight. Our Learn to Fly zone and teddy bear drop are back, and new for this year is a make-your-own-kite area.

Traders from Filey Food Festival will be on hand with delicious local food.

Lovely visit to Museum in Bridlington - definitely recommend a visit!
20/08/2026

Lovely visit to Museum in Bridlington - definitely recommend a visit!

A bit sunnier last Wednesday for Eclipse Watch!
20/08/2026

A bit sunnier last Wednesday for Eclipse Watch!

19/08/2026

Join us for a Poppy Knit and Chat with Filey & District RBL on Wednesday 2 September at 10.30 - details below:

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8-10 Queen Street
Filey
YO149HB

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