The Saturday Talk - Brontë Parsonage Museum

Brontë Parsonage Museum
Andrew Stodolny

The Brontë Society and Brontë Parsonage Museum. The Brontë Society was founded in 1893 to promote interest in the Brontë family and their works. Its aim was to set up a permanent home for items belonging to the Brontës and the first museum opened in 1895 above the Yorkshire Penny Bank on Haworth Main Street.

Haworth Parsonage (where the Brontës grew up) was bought by Sir James Roberts and gifted to the Brontë Society in 1928, when it opened as the Brontë Parsonage Museum. The Brontë Society, which is a membership organisation, continues to be responsible for the Museum and its collections today. 

Andrew Stodolny is the Education Coordinator at the Bronte Parsonage Museum. He will talk about how the Bronte Parsonage Museum came about, the nature and content of its collections, how the Museum acquires items relating to the history of the Bronte family and their literary achievements.   

Entrance is FREE

Free tea or coffee and a biscuit served from 10.00 when the doors open. The talk starts promptly at 10.30.

You are welcome to bring a friend.