Tag: Malton Museum

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Friends of Malton Museum Lecture 16 Nov

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Wednesday 16th November, 7.30 pm, West Wing Malton School.

This month’s Friends of Malton Museum Lecture looks at the 15th Century East Window of Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate.
A talk on the context and evolution of the subject panels in the 15th century East Window by Rob
Andrews.

VENUE – The new classrooms in The WEST Wing, Malton School, Middlecave Road, Malton.
Directions: Enter the OUT gate of the WEST WING, Malton School. The “MUSIC ROOM” is directly in front of you.
Parking space is to the left of this building. The NEW CLASSROOMS are to the RIGHT OF this building.
STARTING TIME 7.30 p.m.
Guests are very welcome – guest admission is £5.00 per lecture.

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Friends of Malton Museum lecture 17 Nov

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Wednesday 17 November 2021, 7.30pm, the Library, Malton School, Middlecave Road

There is a change to the original programme. Unfortunately Payson Muller is unable to be present, but we are delighted to say that two of our own Friends have offered to present their talk.  As always the venue is the Library at Malton School, Middlecave Road and the lecture begins at 7.30
Margaret Mackinder and Louise Lewis will present:

The story of horse racing in Malton and Norton 

This talk focuses on Malton and Norton’s illustrious horse racing past and the reasons why we have at least 23 training yards in and around the two towns today. Discover how some high profile owners and trainers made Malton into one of the most famous racing towns in the country in the 19th-century, creating records some of which still remain in place. Find out why Malton and Norton no longer have a racecourse, but together still remain a lively racing centre where it has been calculated that up to a third of the working population are employed directly or indirectly in racing or in racing support businesses. 

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FoMM Talk, Dr Melanie Giles on “Bog Bodies”

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ONLINE, 21 April – PLEASE BOOK BY 14 April!

Friends of Malton Museum present “BOG BODIES”, an online illustrated talk by Dr Melanie Giles

Wednesday 21ST April at 7.30 pm. All welcome

Many in Slingsby will have heard Mel’s entertaining talks on a variety of topics.

Bog Bodies: face-to-face with the past’
In this lecture, Dr Melanie Giles will explore the iconic phenomenon of well-preserved human ‘mummies’ from the peat bogs of north-western Europe. She will explore how our changing relationship with these wetland environments has shaped the reception of these remains, examining the different techniques through which they have been conserved and curated. She will compare different explanations for their often violent deaths before discussing the ‘cold case’ of Worsley man: Manchester Museum’s own ‘bog head’ and the new research which tells a rather different story of his death in the context of the Roman conquest of the north. Finally, she will discuss issues around their exhibition, display and continuing hold upon our imagination, arguing they have to power to both appal yet impel us to form new relationships with the bog itself.

For your link to join the lecture, please email

[email protected]

Please do this by 14th April.

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Birds of Bempton Cliffs – Talk (FoMM)

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Birds at Bempton Cliffs | Emily Beevers.

The Friends of Malton Museum present “Birds of Bempton Cliffs” an online illustrated talk by Dave O’Hara, RSPB on Wednesday 17th March at 7.30 pm.

All welcome. To join the lecture, please email [email protected] by Wednesday 10th March.