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West Yorkshire MuseumsA museum for over 70 years Abbey House is full of memories and surprises. From the mid to late
1950’s a set of Victorian Streets were constructed and the Museum began to rescue items from old shops,
warehouses and ‘street life’. Armley Mills, Leeds Industrial Museum Exhibits dating from the 18th and 19th centuries show the history of textiles, clothing and engine and locomotive manufacture in the area. The museum also illustrates the history of cinema projections, including the first moving pictures taken in Leeds, Canal Road, Armley, Leeds LS12 2QF Tel: (0113) 263 7861 Social and natural history of the area, Oriental decorative arts, ethnography and Egyptology. Delightful building in Victorian-Gothic style. Wilton Park, Batley, WF17 0AS Tel: 01924 326155 Email A fine Victorian mansion now home to an important collection of international costume and textiles, Bankfield is now recognised as an influential centre promoting and encouraging the contemporary crafts through its galleries, exhibitions and education programme Akroyd Park Boothtown Road Halifax HX3 6HG Tel: 01422 354823 Email Containing a comprehensive collection of objects covering the last 200 years with something for all the family. The collection aims to reflect local life and customs and to trace many of the developments in social and domestic life over the period and includes an extensive display of photographs from the Sydney Smith collection distributed throughout the museum. Housed in a Regency residence, Pickering, YO18 8DU Tel: 01751 473653 Email Bradford Industrial Museum & Horses at Work Original Victorian worsted spinning mill complex built in 1875, now used to recreate life in Bradford at the turn of the 19th century. Mill stables complete with working horses, horse bus/tram rides, daily demonstrations, and mill owner's house, back to back cottages and shop. Picnic area. Moorside Road, Eccleshill, Bradford, BD2 3HP Tel: (01274) 435900 Built in 1904 as an art gallery in the Baroque style. Collections consist of 19th and 20th century British art with a notable collection of international contemporary South Asian Art. Also incorporates Indian silver and Islamic calligraphy and textiles Lister Park Bradford BD9 4NS Tel: 01274 431212 Email Built 1875 - 1882 as a millionaire's mansion, it opened as the Museum, set in an attractive
park, in an attractive park, in 1959. It houses displays of local fossils and geology; crystals and
minerals; natural history; local bygones, stained glass, pottery; furnished Victorian rooms; temporary
exhibitions. We guarantee that you've never seen anything like it! Why? Because the Colour Museum is unique. Dedicated to the history, development and technology of colour, it's the only museum of its kind in Europe Providence Street, off Westgate, Bradford, BD1 2PW Tel: 01274 390955 A former hand weavers' cottages and the working life of the mid-1800's at the Colne Valley Museum. Visit the loom chamber, spinning room and the gas-lit clogger's shop. There are frequent demonstrations of traditional activities and crafts by museum members Cliffe Ash, Golcar, Huddersfield, HD7 4PY Tel: 01484 659762 Email A new permanent gallery devoted to Children. Take a trip back to school and to war-torn Britain as you gaze through the windows of the 1940's classroom. Visit the new 'Toys will be Toys' gallery to discover the role of toys and play, and find out why certain toys are collectors items Crow Nest Park, Heckmondwike Road, Dewsbury, WF13 2SG Tel: 01924 325100 Email EUREKA! The Museum for Children Fully interactive museum especially designed for children aged 3-12. Amazing hands-on galleries and exciting events programme. Discovery Road, Halifax, HX1 2NE Tel: 01422 330069 Email A 17thC stone school building with original school furniture and items of local, domestic,
historic and agricultural interest including a coiners exhibition Horsforth, once described as the largest village in England, has somehow managed to retain some of its village identity and character in spite of being absorbed into the urban sprawl of Leeds. The museum aims to reflect this heritage through exhibitions drawn from all aspects of life in and around Horsforth village. Housed in the former council chambers it has an atmosphere and friendliness only to be found in a committed local history museum The Green, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 4RH Tel: 0113 258 9411 The museum contains one of the finest private collections of toys in the North of England with a particularly fine display of early English wooden dolls. The many exhibits feature dolls, dolls houses,teddy bears, tin plate toys, lead figures and a selection of games together with wooden and paper toys. Dating from 350BC to the present day the exhibits include a working model fairground. Whitton Croft Road, Ilkley, LS29 9HR Tel: 01943 603855 Email A collection of over fifty buses and coaches dating from 1927 to the late 1970's. Many have been restored; others can be seen under restoration. Buses operate at many special events throughout the year Old Dalton Lane, Keighley, Telephone: 01282 413179 Email Manor House Art Gallery and Museum Dating from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, the Manor House stands on part of the site of the Roman fort of Olicana. Houses local history, Roman remains and an art gallery. Castle Yard, Ilkley, LS29 9DT Tel: 01943 600066 Museum of Reed Organs and Harmoniums A collection of around 100 organs along with advertising material of the period. Original catalogues, posters, trade cards and glass plate negatives create a vivid impression of the extent of the industry in its heyday. Victoria Hall, Victoria Road, Saltaire, BD18 3LA Tel: 07976 535980 Email National Coal Mining Museum for England Go 140m underground to explore one of Britain’s oldest working mines. Above ground see the pit ponies, take a train ride and see the pit head baths. Free Admission. Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, Wakefield, WF16 3PQ Tel: 01924 848806 National Museum of Photography, Film & Television Get behind the scenes as five floors of interactive galleries take you from the first ever photographs to the giant IMAX Cinema. Pictureville, Bradford, BD1 1NQ Tel: 0870 70 10 200 Email Unique in the U.K., covering peace history, non-violence and conflict resolution. It displays personal, community, national and international peacemaking. 10 Piece Hall Yard, (Opp Waterstones), Bradford, BD1 1PJ Tel: 01274 434009 Email A wool merchant's home set out as it would have been in the time of Charlotte Bronte, who stayed there often. Find out more about Charlotte and her relationships with the local people in The Secret's Out exhibition and see how life has changed this century in Spen Valley Stories. Oxford Road, Gomersal, Cleckheaton, BD19 4JP Tel: 01274 335100 Royal Armouries Museum Armouries Drive Leeds LS10 1LT Tel: 0113 220 1916 Email Discover how medicine has changed our lives. Experience the sights, sounds and smells of the
1840s slums and explore the interactive Bodywork’s Gallery. Vintage Carriages Trust Museum of Rail Travel Sound cameos, "Travellers' Tales', audiovisuals, and ever-varied displays bring to life this
fascinating aard winning collection of railway vehicles. nter the carriages, learn of rail travel
of ordinary passengers. Based close to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, special free entry to the
Railway's Day Rover ticket holders. Duke of Wellington's Regiment Museum The collection is housed within an impressive Renaissance-style building and gives a detailed and accurate synopsis of the Regiment from formation in 1702 to the present day. Bankfield Museum Aroyd Park Halifax HX3 6HG Tel 01422 354823 Email History, archaeology and transport. The story of clothmaking in the Pennines. Sales point. Special exhibitions, events and activities. Ronnie - the Raven's Puzzlepath - an interactive trail around the museum for pre-school children. Victorian schoolroom and displays. In 19thC former home set in park. Ravensknowle Park, Wakefield Road, Huddersfield, HD5 8DJ Tel: 01484 223830 Email An historic mill holds some of the most best and diverse pieces of motoring genius ever assembled, from the Benz Patent Motor Wagon of 1885 to the newest jewel, the gleaming Ferrari F40 Alexandra Mills, Alexandra Road, Batley, WF17 6JA Tel: 01924 444423 A museum featuring the stone plunge pool filled with icy green water, and information on Victorian cures from gout to melancholia. Wells Road, Ilkley Moor, LS29 9RF Tel:01274 752666. | ||
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