Masham Gallery

29/05/2026

Final week to see our Great British Travel Posters exhibition here at Masham Gallery.
The posters themselves will still be available online afterwards, but some parts of the exhibition belong particularly to seeing it in person — the sketchbooks, preparatory paintings, working ideas, small details and conversations that sit behind the finished images.
It has been one of the quiet pleasures of this exhibition watching people recognise places, remember journeys, and begin sharing stories of their own.
There is something special about standing in front of work that was shaped slowly by hand and imagination before it ever became a finished print.
If you have been meaning to visit, this is the week.

28/05/2026

New fabulous delivery from Pam Grimmond (perfect for the season!)

28/05/2026

Fabulous new delivery (perfect for the time of year) from Pam Grimmond!

24/05/2026

Sign painting! A bit rough and ready but overall I’m happy with it. Now for the big sign! 😱🙈

22/05/2026

If you are heading into the Yorkshire Dales this bank holiday, Masham is a very good place to pause for a while.
Riverside walks, independent shops, galleries, sculpture trails, and a market square that always feels slightly full of life.
It works best if you give it time.

21/05/2026

A small reminder you’ll see as you head out onto the moors — take care, sheep and lambs are never far away at this time of year.
Just a few minutes from Masham, the landscape opens out into wide, quiet country where dry stone walls stitch the fields together and spring is still very much alive in the grass.
If you are visiting the gallery, it is well worth taking a little time to wander beyond the town while you are here — up onto the moors, where the air changes, the views stretch out, and you may well find yourself sharing the paths with lambs and their watchful mothers.
A different kind of calm, just beyond the edge of things.

20/05/2026

When you visit a gallery, what draws you in first?
A single object?
A sense of atmosphere?
A story behind the work?
Or simply the feeling of the space itself?
We are always curious what people notice first.

18/05/2026

Today is International Museum Day and while we are not a museum, we are very aware that small cultural spaces matter.
Places where stories are preserved.
Where handmade things are valued.
Where local voices are given room.
Where people can step briefly outside the speed of ordinary life.
These places quietly help hold communities together.
We are proud to be one of them

17/05/2026

15/05/2026

Just two weeks left to catch our Great British Travel Posters exhibition — a celebration of journeys, remembered holidays, railway romance, seaside nostalgia and the enduring magic of British places.
It feels particularly fitting at this time of year, when Masham itself is at its most wanderable.
The riverside paths have greened almost overnight, the market square is full of movement again, and the town is settling into that lovely early summer rhythm of walkers, browsers, day-trippers and people lingering a little longer than they intended.
If you are planning a Yorkshire day out over the coming fortnight, do consider making Masham part of the journey.
A slow wander, a good lunch, riverside air, independent shops, hidden sculptures, stories on blue plaques — and a gallery full of places that might just remind you of somewhere you once loved.
Allow yourself more time than you think you need.