Terms of Use

Please do not steal our copyright images or logo. A lot of time goes into obtaining and improving these pictures and the owners don't want to see them elsewhere. They are not intended as public domain. Thank you.

Who owns these photographs

Every photograph, scan and piece of writing on this site is protected by copyright. Most are owned by the Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes Virtual Museum. Some were given to the museum by local people and families and remain owned by them, and those are credited to their owner where known.

None of them are public domain and none of them are free to reuse.

What you may do

You may browse the archive, share links to it, and use it for private research and family history. Linking to a page is always permitted.

What requires permission

Please do not copy, download, republish, print or alter any photograph from this site without written permission. That includes use on other websites and social media, in books, magazines, newspapers or leaflets, in exhibitions, and in anything sold or advertised. It also includes use in training artificial intelligence systems.

Credits and watermarks must not be removed or obscured.

Requesting permission

To request permission, please email admin@grimsbyandcleethorpesmuseum.com stating which photograph you mean and how you intend to use it.

If a photograph here belongs to you or to a relative, and you would like it credited differently or removed, please email the same address.