Do visit Malton Museum new season exhibitions for 2026 #Malton #museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social

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Team sizes are up to four people, and tickets can be purchased on the museum website for £10.

Doors open at 7 pm, and the quiz will commence at 7:45 pm.

Previous quizzes have sold out, so book you team a place now: www.maltonmuseum.co.uk/online-booki...

Malton Museum's resident quizmaster has been compiling a list of questions for the next ‘Big Museum Quiz!’

Join us on the 7th of May in The Milton Rooms, for an evening of trivia to help raise funds for Malton Museum.

Have you visited us at Malton Museum since we reopened?

Our new exhibition, explores the development of medicine, Victorian dispensaries, and local doctors.

Meanwhile, in the west room, step into Roman Malton and learn about Magic and Mysticism!

We are back open tomorrow, 10:30-15:30.

Join us on Wednesday at Malton School for our next 'Friends of Malton Museum Lecture.'

Titled ‘Shells, Sharks, and Stegosaurs: a Trip to Tropical Malton,’ @fossilsinthills.bsky.social will explore local palaeontology!

Entry is free for members and £5 for guests.

This guided walk will share the people and places that inspired Dicken’s writing, while detailing a period of great change.

The tour will commence at 11 am on Saturday 2nd May outside Malton Museum.
Tickets can be purchased on our website here: www.maltonmuseum.co.uk/online-booki...

Charles Dickens

Charles' younger brother, Alfred Lamert Dickens

Charles Smithson, Dickens' friends who worked as a solicitor in Chancery Lane.

Plaque commemorating Charles Smithson's office on Chancery Lane

Do you want to learn all about Charles Dickens’ connection with Malton?

Next month, we are hosting a new tour exploring Dickensian Malton. The Victorian author visited Malton and the surrounding area multiple times in the 1840s, to see friends and relatives, drawing inspiration for his novels.

Malton Museum reopens on Saturday!

In collaboration with Woodhams-Stone, we have replicated a Victorian dispensary, showcasing intricate medical instruments and integral medical figures in the local community.

Visit us from 4th April, Thursday - Saturday, 10:30 am - 3:30 pm!

And, look out for our brand new town tours on Charles
Dickens’ Malton connection.

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Charles Smithson, C. 1835
Charles Smithson’s grave in Old Malton
The Hull Advertiser, 12th April 1844.
The Yorkshire Gazette, 1894.

It reads '‘Sacred to the memory of Charles Smithson, Esq, of Old Malton Abbey, parted this life March 30th 1844, aged 39.’

Read more about this friendship and literary connection in our blog post here:
www.maltonmuseum.co.uk/.../charles-...

Although it is now difficult to decipher, Charles Smithson’s Grave is located in Old Malton Church, and, to this day, a geranium is placed on the grave each year, symbolising Dickens’ connection, as it was one of his favourite flowers.

Dickens attended the funeral in April 1844 - 'Mr Dickens came down specially to attend the funeral of Mr Smithson, and as he stood by the grave-side of the lamented gentleman, seemed much affected at the sudden and unexpected loss.'

...that Dickens was inspired, with Scrooge’s counting house in A Christmas Carol based on Smithson’s office in Chancery Lane and Charles Smithson himself was immortalised through Mr Spenlow in David Copperfield, as, like Spenlow, Smithson failed to leave a will.

Charles Smithson, c.1835

Smithson's grave in Old Malton Churchyard. It reads '‘Sacred to the memory of Charles Smithson, Esq, of Old Malton Abbey, parted this life March 30th 1844, aged 39.’

The Hull Advertiser, 12th April 1844.

The Yorkshire Gazette, 1894.

On this day in 1844, local solicitor Charles Smithson died, aged 39.

It was when he was relocated to the family’s London firm that he struck up a friendship with Charles Dickens, commencing the literary connection with Malton. It was during his visits to Malton to stay with Smithson...

New exhibition coming soon as @maltonmuseum.bsky.social gets ready for the start of the season at Easter 2026 #history #malton

...Centre, guest lecturers, Malton Roman Festival V, and much-loved town tours, including a brand new tour exploring Charles Dickens’ connection with Malton, all to look forward to!

📸 Photos include volunteers Dave, Graham, and Andy

Some of our volunteers were at Eden Camp's Annual Leaflet Exchange Day!

Ahead of re-opening, they discussed Malton Museum’s future endeavours and what to expect for the 2026 season.

The Museum re-opens on Saturday 4th April, with fascinating exhibitions featuring Malton & Norton Heritage...

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1. Portrait of Dorothea Forsyth
2 & 3. Paintings of Malton Market Place, 1928
4. Painting of Finkle Street, 1929
5. Sketch of Malton Market Place, 1906
6. Painting of a cottage, 1928

In 1995 and 2023, the Museum held exhibitions of Dorothea’s work, which included additional artworks loaned from members of her wider family.

The house where Dorothea resided with her family remains ‘Forsyth House’ and looks over the contemporary Market Place.

Dorothea died in 1945, and several years after her death, a collection of her paintings, drawings, and needlework was donated to Malton Museum.

Her artwork is a valuable record of local life in the interwar period, capturing and preserving the everyday scenes of a bygone era.

Dorothea also had a small shop, which sold her art, crafts, jams, and chutneys — she was a skilled artisan and a predominant figure in the local community.

one depicting a cottage in 1928, now demolished, which stood behind Forsyth House and was the home of Mr and Mrs Layton, the cook and chauffeur to the Forsyth family, and their daughter, Bettie, the little girl in the artwork.

...regularly paint the bustling activity of Malton’s streets and Market Square. Her beautiful watercolour paintings depict Malton Market Place in 1928, one of which is a teeming market day, while the other is much more serene, but no less vibrant.

Other paintings include Finkle Street in 1929 and..

As March is #Women’sHistoryMonth, it is pertinent to highlight some local female figures!

Originally from Scotland, Dorothea Forsyth was a well-known artist who lived in the Market Place with her husband, Dr Noel Forsyth, a Malton GP. From her home, Dorothea would sit by the window and...

Our newest podcast is recorded at Malton Museum! www.facebook.com/MaltonMuseum...
You can listen to the podcast on all the usual podcast platforms; simply search“Grey Matters More”Thank you for listening.
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Hannah Glasse
The Art of Cookery, 1758, 1770, 1828
Mural in Malton Market Place

#womenshistory #womenshistorymonth #localhistory #yorkshirepudding #yorkshire #hannahglasse #food #foodhistory #malton

Yorkshire Pudding Mural in Malton Market Place

Unfortunately, Glasse did not share the prosperity of her recipe and had her work plagiarised, but her legacy is well represented in Malton, with her recipe permanently illustrated in the Market Place.

18th century chef Hannah Glasse is one of many women to celebrate during Women's History Month!

The Art of Cookery 1828

As one of the most popular cookery books of the eighteenth century, ‘The Art of Cookery’ had over 100 reprints over a hundred years, with copies reaching colonial America.

The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, 1770

The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, 1770

... ‘The Whole Duty of a Woman,’ the term ‘Yorkshire Pudding’ was first published in 1747 in a book titled ‘The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy.’ The author retained her anonymity, but was subsequently revealed as Hannah Glasse.

Eighteenth-century chef Hannah Glasse

The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy 1758

The Yorkshire Pudding is a crucial addition to a roast dinner that has graced our plates for centuries and has shaped Yorkshire’s food heritage, but what are the origins of the much-loved food?

Although the recipe first appeared anonymously in 1737 and was labelled a ‘dripping pudding’ in...