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Pontefract Museum

Pontefract Museum is a local museum in , , . The collections cover archaeology, archives, decorative and applied art, fine art, photographs and social history. The museum opened in 1975.
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Photo: Stanley Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Email: museums@wakefield.gov.uk
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Museum in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
  • Address: Salter Row, Pontefract, WF8 1AP
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pontefract Library and Pontefract Market Hall.

Library
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a public library in , , England. The present day building is notable as one of the last examples of architecture by John Poulson…

Marketplace
Photo: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a market hall in , , England. It was completed in 1860. Pontefract market takes place both in the hall and on the Market Place on which the hall is situated.

Church
Photo: Stanley Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St. Giles' in , , England is an active Anglican in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontefract and Chequerfield.

Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a market town in . It's one of the "Five Towns" east of the city of , and a commuter town for Leeds. in 2021 its population was 40,000.

Suburb
is a district made up mostly of council housing of , , England.

Village
is a small village on the southern outskirts of , in the district, in the county of , England. The village is home to the parish church of St Michael the Archangel, and two schools, and the Rookeries primary school.

Pontefract Museum

Latitude
53.69203° or 53° 41′ 31″ north
Longitude
-1.31204° or 1° 18′ 43″ west
Operator
Wakefield Museums & Castles
Open location code
9C5WMMRQ+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 863472534
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q7228173
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pontefract Museum”. Photo: Stanley Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.