Maldon Museum (or “The Museum in the Park”) each season attracts around 1,500 visitors half of whom come from outside the District and some from overseas. We have received visitors from California, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia amongst others.
The Museum was established in the early 1920s as Maldon Borough Museum and at the outbreak of WWII the collection was put into storage but even so it was very unfortunate that many items were either lost or damaged beyond repair.
Mrs Cath Backus formed the Maldon District Museum Association and began rebuilding the collection and in 1968 the Association installed the remnants of the collection above a shop in Maldon High Street.
The Museum grew in stature and importance in the town and in 1996 when the Park Keeper?s Lodge became vacant, the District Council agreed to the Association setting up the museum there. The District Council maintains the building but the Association pays all other expenses, raising money from membership, grants, entrance fees and other fund-raising activities.