List of museums in West Yorkshire

Name Image Town/City Region Type Summary Abbey House Museum Kirkstall City of Leeds History Victorian-period street scenes with shops and house displays, Bagshaw Museum Batley Kirklees Multiple website, local history, natural history, decorative arts from India, China, Africa and Japan, and an Ancient Egyptian exhibition Bankfield Museum Halifax Calderdale Multiple Historic house museum, includes Duke of Wellington’s Regiment Museum, textiles, toys and local history exhibits Batley Art Gallery Batley Kirklees Art website, changing exhibitions of art, mainly by local artists and societies Bolling Hall Bradford City of Bradford Historic house 14th-century manor home reflecting five centuries of family life Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum Baildon City of Bradford Natural history Natural history, archaeology, geology, local history, nature centre and children’s environmental education programs Bradford Industrial Museum Eccleshill City of Bradford Industry Features relics of local industry, especially printing and textile machinery, kept in working condition for regular demonstrations to the public, also vehicles including classic cars, motor bikes, bicycles, buses, trams and a locomotive Bramham Park Bramham City of Leeds Historic house Early-18th-century Baroque mansion Brontë Parsonage Museum Haworth City of Bradford Biographical Lives and novels of the Brontë family Bullecourt Museum Milnsbridge Kirklees Military information, military artefacts Calderdale Industrial Museum Halifax Calderdale Industrial Industrial heritage Cartwright Hall Bradford City of Bradford Art Civic art gallery, collection includes Victorian and Edwardian works, Old Masters, 20th-century British painters and sculptors, Asian art and textiles Castleford Forum Museum Castleford City of Wakefield Local website, history of Castleford, from the Bronze Age to the modern day; local library below Cliffe Castle Museum Keighley City of Bradford Multiple 19th-century Victorian, neo-Gothic castle with period rooms, exhibits of local history, natural history, geology, crafts and trades, archaeology, Ancient Egypt, stained glass, costumes, local pottery Colne Valley Museum Golcar Kirklees Industry Three converted 19th-century weaver’s cottages with 1850s weaving equipment and period rooms Colour Experience Bradford City of Bradford Education Visual displays and exhibits showing how the eyes perceive colour, visitors need to pre-book David Brown Tractor Club Museum Meltham Kirklees Agriculture website, David Brown tractors and memorabilia Dean Clough Halifax Calderdale Art Former 19th-century carpet factory and mill buildings now housing art galleries, a theatre and music spaces, as well as offices Dewsbury Bus Museum Dewsbury Kirklees Transportation website, preserved bus and coach collection, displayed on open days and events. School visits available Dewsbury Minster Dewsbury Kirklees Religious website, heritage centre exhibits about the church’s history East Riddlesden Hall Keighley City of Bradford Historic house Operated by the National Trust, 17th-century manor house, gardens Eureka! The National Children’s Museum Halifax Calderdale Children’s Focus on play based learning and informal learning experiences Fulneck Moravian Museum Fulneck Moravian Settlement City of Leeds Ethnic website, Moravian memorabilia, embroidery and crafts, Victorian parlour and kitchen, historic local artefacts, 1822 hand-pulled fire engine Gallery II Bradford City of Bradford Art website, contemporary art gallery of the University of Bradford Gissing Centre Wakefield City of Wakefield Biographical website, childhood home and exhibits about novelist George Gissing, operated by the Wakefield Historical Society Gibson Mill Hebden Bridge Calderdale Local Operated by the National Trust, 19th-century textile mill visitor centre with local history exhibits, located in Hardcastle Crags Harewood House Harewood City of Leeds Historic house 18th-century grand country house designed by architects John Carr and Robert Adam, furniture by Thomas Chippendale and grounds by Capability Brown, features a bird garden Henry Moore Institute in Leeds Leeds City of Leeds Art Sculpture gallery Heptonstall Museum Heptonstall Calderdale Local information, local history The Hepworth Wakefield Wakefield City of Wakefield Art Art gallery with collection of sculptures by Barbara Hepworth Horsforth Village Museum Horsforth City of Leeds Local information, local history Huddersfield Art Gallery Huddersfield Kirklees Art website, collection focus is 20th-century British art, including paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture Ilkley Toy Museum Ilkley City of Bradford Toy Toys and dolls dating from 350 BCE to modern times Ingrow Loco Ingrow City of Bradford Railway website, collection of locomotives, operated by the Bahamas Locomotive Society Keighley Police Museum Keighley City of Bradford Law enforcement website Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Oxenhope City of Bradford Railway Heritage railway, Oxenhope railway station features museum of rolling stock, locomotives and artefacts Kirkstall Abbey Kirkstall City of Leeds Religious Ruins of a medieval Cistercian monastery, exhibits on the history of the abbey and the lives of the monks Last of The Summer Wine Exhibition Holmfirth Kirklees Media website, collection of artefacts about the British television sitcom Last of the Summer Wine Launds Inn Museum Golcar Kirklees Historic house website, restored 14th-century inn with exhibits of local history Leeds Art Gallery Leeds City of Leeds Art Collection includes 19th- and 20th-century British Art Leeds City Museum Leeds City of Leeds Multiple Local history, natural history including Leeds Tiger, archaeology from Ancient Greece and Rome, African artefacts Leeds College of Art Leeds City of Leeds Art Presents many contemporary shows each year in two gallery locations Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills Armley City of Leeds Industry Includes textile machinery, railway equipment and heavy engineering displays Lotherton Hall Aberford City of Leeds Historic house Country house estate with Victorian and Edwardian interior and decorative arts, costume collection, formal and wildflower gardens, wooded grounds, a red deer park and a bird garden Manor House Museum Ilkley City of Bradford Local Local history, archaeology, art exhibits Mental Health Museum Wakefield City of Wakefield Medical History and artefacts from the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum Middleton Railway Museum Hunslet City of Leeds Railway Heritage railway and shed with locomotives and rolling stock Museum of Rail Travel Ingrow City of Bradford Railway Historic railway carriages and artefacts Museum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine Leeds City of Leeds Education website, part of the University of Leeds, teaching materials, history of education and teaching methods National Coal Mining Museum for England Overton City of Wakefield Mining Former coal mine with underground tours National Media Museum Bradford City of Bradford Media Photography, cinema, television, animation, advertising, and related technology and artefacts Nostell Priory Nostell City of Wakefield Historic house Operated by the National Trust, 18th-century Palladian house with interiors by Robert Adam, collection of Chippendale furniture, 18th-century dolls’ house, 300 acres (1.2 km²) of parkland Oakwell Hall Birstall Kirklees Historic house Elizabethan manor house and period gardens Otley Museum Otley City of Leeds Local Local history Peace Museum Bradford City of Bradford Peace History and development of peace, non-violence and conflict resolution Pontefract Museum Pontefract City of Wakefield Local Local history, mining, culture, archaeology, Red House Museum Gomersal Kirklees Historic house 1830s cloth merchant’s home with Brontë connections Royal Armouries Museum Leeds City of Leeds Military Armour, swords, spears, warfare from ancient to modern times Salts Mill Saltaire City of Bradford Art 19th-century textile mill now housing the 1853 Gallery with works by David Hockney, Gallery 2 with a collection of Saltaire paintings and drawings, and the Saltaire Exhibition with local history exhibits Shibden Hall Shibden Calderdale Historic house 15th-century timber-framed house, park include West Yorkshire Folk Museum with rural life displays Smith Art Gallery Brighouse Calderdale Art website, permanent exhibition of Victorian paintings, changing exhibits of local and regional artists Standedge Tunnel Visitor Centre Marsden Kirklees Transportation Construction of the Standedge Tunnels and the history and life along the Huddersfield Narrow Canal Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery Leeds City of Leeds Art website, part of the University of Leeds, collection includes European and British painting, drawings and prints, dating from the 17th century up to the present day The Tetley Leeds City of Leeds Art website, centre for contemporary art and learning, located in the former headquarters building for Tetley’s Brewery, includes the Tetley Collection with relics from the brewery’s past Temple Newsam House and Estate Leeds City of Leeds Historic house Tudor-Jacobean house with grounds landscaped by Capability Brown, working rare breeds farm, collections of fine and decorative arts, especially paintings, furniture, silver, ceramics, textiles and wallpapers Thackray Museum Leeds City of Leeds Medical History of medicine, including Victorian treatments and patients, childbirth, surgery Thwaite Mills Leeds City of Leeds Industry Fully restored working water-powered textile mill and associated buildings Todmorden Toy & Model Museum Todmorden Calderdale Toy information, shop and museum, includes toys, model trains Tolson Museum Huddersfield Kirklees Multiple Local history, natural history, transportation, textiles, archaeology Wakefield Museum Wakefield City of Wakefield Multiple Local history, culture, natural history collections of Charles Waterton West Yorkshire Print Workshop Golcar Kirklees Art website, printmaking and crafts art centre with gallery Yorkshire Sculpture Park West Bretton City of Wakefield Art Changing exhibits of sculpture, both outdoors and indoors