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Dr Simon Elliott FSA @simonelliott20.bsky.social · 19h

Severus Marches On! Malton, and a pleasure to help raise funds for the new @maltonmuseum.bsky.social !!!

Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 11h

There is just one week to go until the Malton Regency Ball!

Book your tickets on our website here: www.maltonmuseum.co.uk/online-booki...

#regency #georgianera #nineteenthcentury #regencyball #history #museum

Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 11h

You're welcome to pop in when we're open and browse our books, gifts and souvenirs. We hate to say the C word so soon, but now's the perfect time to start your Christmas shopping and support Malton Museum while you're doing it!

October opening times: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10:30 - 3:30.

Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks to everyone who attended @simonelliott20.bsky.social's talk on Septimius Severus. It was great to be able to ask questions and be in the presence of a true enthusiast - thank you Simon!

If you missed it, we have a few copies of The African Emperor available to purchase in our shop.

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Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

This money will allow us to commission more detailed design plans and building surveys, bringing us closer to our goal.

If you want to help make a new museum for Malton & Norton a reality, follow the link bellow
www.maltonmuseum.co.uk/.../donate-n...

www.maltonmuseum.co.uk

Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

We want to change that! We are applying for National Heritage Lottery Funding to transform the old Fleece Inn building into a modern and welcoming museum, and we need to raise a £60k kickstarter fund to unlock this investment.

www.maltonmuseum.co.uk

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Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

...story of Malton's development from earliest times to the present day.

But they also tell us our museum is too small, that we lack basic facilities, such as toilets and changing spaces, and we lack the room to properly host school groups and other community activities.

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Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

Can you help revitalise this much loved building into a museum fit to tell Malton & Norton's story?!

Currently, visitors to our museum in Yorkersgate tell us how much they love the warm welcome provided by our volunteers, the amazing objects in our collection, and the creative way we tell the...

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Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 4d

Purchase tickets on ur website here: www.maltonmuseum.co.uk/online-booki...

📷 The Subscription Rooms, 1972
Credit: The Press and Gazette & Herald archives

Online Booking - Malton Museum

Welcome to our online booking system To book tickets for our Roman festival please visit our Online Shop Further information Feel free to contact us with any questions via: Email: events.maltonmuseum@...

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Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 4d

The Assembly Rooms remain in use for museum lectures and connect to the Milton Rooms. The current Milton Rooms complex, built in 1931 on the former site of the original theatre, will host the Malton Regency Ball next week.

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Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 4d

...beside an elegant Assembly Room/ballroom.

A small Georgian theatre was also built, with its stage facing the contemporary market place, later becoming a lecture hall and reading room for the Mechanics Institute.

So, the Subscription Rooms hold social, political, and architectural significance.

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Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 4d

It was as a result of minor political unrest and unpopularity that Earl Fitzwilliam opted for a new electoral strategy of ‘education and civilisation’, subsequently paying for the construction of the Subscription Rooms in Yorkersgate. It initially comprised a library and a philosophical institute...

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Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 4d

Today is World Architecture Day! 🏛️

Malton Museum is currently situated in the Subscription Rooms, where it first opened in 1935. The Subscription Rooms, however, have been around much longer, having been commissioned by the Fitzwilliam family and built during the Regency Era in 1814.

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Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 4d

The lecture is at 7:30 pm on Wednesday 15th October.
Our new Venue: The Library, The West Wing, Malton School, Middlecave Road.

Guests are very welcome – guest admission is £5.00 per lecture. Entry is free for members.

Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 4d

‘The Mallon Crew’ is the heart-breaking account of the devastating impact of the war on one Lancaster bomber crew. The retired teacher decided in 2012 to find out what his father had done in the war. He was staggered to discover a series of tragedies that was scarcely believable.’

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Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 4d

For our next Friends Lecture, Vic Jay will discuss his research on a group of pilots’ wartime experience on the Lancaster Bomber; they were known as the Mallon Crew.

This biography explores how seven men volunteered for the Air Force, how chance brought them together, and what happened to them.

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Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 4d

October is Black History Month, and ahead of his talk on The African Emperor on 9 October, guest blogger @simonelliott20.bsky.social shares some insights into Septimius Severus' life and achievements.

Go to our blog www.maltonmuseum.co.uk/2025/09/30/g...

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Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 10d

Tickets are still available on our website, where you can select if you would like a light supper. Booking is essential, with all proceeds going to Malton Museum and SWR Mindspace. Book on our website here: www.maltonmuseum.co.uk/online-booki...

Online Booking - Malton Museum

Welcome to our online booking system To book tickets for our Roman festival please visit our Online Shop Further information Feel free to contact us with any questions via: Email: events.maltonmuseum@...

www.maltonmuseum.co.uk

Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 10d

Two hundred years on from these horse racing posters, the Malton Regency Ball will take place in the Milton Rooms – a replica of what may have occurred in the early nineteenth century following race meetings.

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Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 10d

Race meetings were popular sporting events, but they entailed more than horse racing and gambling. An array of entertainment accompanied the meetings, such as theatre and balls, making them key additions to the social calendar for aristocrats.

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Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 10d

During the Georgian Era, race meetings were prevalent among the gentry.

Horse racing flourished in Malton and Norton, with race meetings tracing back to the seventeenth century; these posters are just two of many from the Regency period, dating October 1817 and 1818, respectively.

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Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 14d

To find out more about the project, use the link in our bio or head to www.maltonmuseum.co.uk/.../donate-n...

Image 1: The front of the Old Fleece in Malton, the site we aim to revitalise into our new museum.
Image 2: Architect's sketch showing how the rear entrance to the museum could appear

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Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 14d

It's #ThankYouFriday! And this week we're thanking everybody who has generously contributed to our new museum kickstarter fund. We're thrilled that so many of you are helping us take the first step to achieving a welcoming, modern and exciting museum worthy of showcasing local heritage.

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Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 16d

We’re excited to welcome you back!

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Malton Museum @maltonmuseum.bsky.social · 16d

Book tickets online: www.maltonmuseum.co.uk/online-booki...

📷 The Severan Tondo (about AD 200) depicting the imperial family. The image displays Septimius Severus, his wife Julia Domna, and sons Caracalla and Geta, whose face has been erased following the order of damnatio memoriae by Caracalla.

Online Booking - Malton Museum

Welcome to our online booking system To book tickets for our Roman festival please visit our Online Shop Further information Feel free to contact us with any questions via: Email: events.maltonmuseum@...

www.maltonmuseum.co.uk