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Malton Museum is an archaeological museum based in
Malton, North Yorkshire Malton is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town is the location of the offices of Ryedale District Council and has a population of around 13,000 ...
.


History

The museum first opened in 1935 in the
Milton Rooms The Milton Rooms is an arts centre and hub for cultural and community led activities (including theatre, comedy, dance, exhibitions, music and auctions) located in Malton, North Yorkshire, a market town in England. The main body of the building ...
. By 1982 the collection had expanded and the museum relocated to the Old Town Hall, where it was run by volunteers. This building was leased at a nominal rate from the local council; the expiration of this lease in April 2012 forced the closure of the museum at this site due to the prohibitive cost of the commercial leasing rates that it faced. In 2013 the museum reopened in two rooms in The Subscription Rooms. In 2015 the museum employed its first paid member of staff in over 85 years thanks to a successful grant of £87,775 from
Arts Council England Arts Council England is an arm's length non-departmental public body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. It is also a registered charity. It was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three s ...
for the 'Vivat Fido!' project.


Collections

The core collection is formed from the results of the first excavations at the Roman fort at Malton (''
Derventio Derventio is a Britto-Roman name, but of Celtic origin (''dervo-'' "oak-tree"), and refers to one of the following Roman sites in Roman Britain : * Derventio (Papcastle), the Roman fort and settlement at Papcastle near Cockermouth, Cumbria * Derven ...
)'' in 1927–1930 by
Philip Corder Philip Corder (–29 May 1961) was a British archaeologist and curator, and president (1954-1957) of the Royal Archaeological Institute. Biography Corder was Master of Bootham School, where he taught English, before becoming the curator of V ...
and John Kirk. The current museum collections consists of approximately 1,110 boxes of objects, of which 96% is archaeological in nature. Approximately 4% of the collection is viewable on display at any one time.


References

{{Authority control Malton, North Yorkshire Archaeological museums in England 1935 establishments in England Museums established in 1935 Museums of ancient Rome in the United Kingdom