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Museums long ago ceased to be stuffy
rooms full of glass cases containing bits of old pottery
and fossilised bones.
Today even most conventional
museums including displays which change but over recent
years there has been a growth in industrial and "living"
museums.
Here you can get a feel for how people lived
and worked, the hardships they endured...
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Galleries listed include not just civic
galleries displaying publicly owned artworks, but also
privately owned galleries with items for sale.
Not all the
museums and galleries in the West Yorkshire area are listed.
Please provide details of any we have missed here.
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BEAM GALLERY
Back Lane, Wakefield, WF1 2TG
Tel: 01924 215550
E-mail:
exhibitions@beam.uk.net
Web:
www.beam.uk.net
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Beam
Gallery is based in arts,
architecture and education centre Beam,
at The Orangery in Wakefield.
Beam is a company dedicated to the
imaginative understanding and improvement
of the public realm – our urban and rural
streets, buildings, parks, housing
estates and public spaces.
Beam helps people make better places
through education and learning, the
promotion of good design and the
imaginative use of the arts in the public
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In its present form, The Orangery
with its elegant architecture and beautiful
grounds provides a fantastic heritage setting for
current innovative thinking, contemporary artwork,
urban, architectural and built environment design,
creative thinking and interpretation. The gallery
has been sensitively created to make the most of
the character of the Orangery, bridging the gap
between its past and its future.
Open: Monday to Friday from 9:30 - 16:30
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BANKFIELD MUSEUM
Boothtown Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 6HG
Tel: 01422 354823 / 01422 352334
Fax: 01422 349020
Web:
www.calderdale.gov.uk
Mansion house of a 19th
Century mill owner, now housing a fine museum of
costume, textiles, fine art and contemporary
craft displays.
The museum also includes
the Duke of Wellingtons Regimental Gallery.
Tea/Coffee facilities and free parking.
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HALIFAX VISITOR CENTRE &
ART GALLERY
Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 1PR
Tel: 01422 368725
Fax: 01422 300878
Web:
www.calderdale.gov.uk
Housed within the Piece
Hall, built in 1779 as a cloth hall and now
unique in the UK.
Regular
changing programme of challenging, contemporary
exhibitions. Active participating workshop
programme.
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HUDDERSFIELD ART GALLERY
Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, West
Yorkshire, HD1 2SU
Tel: 01484 221964 / 01484 221962
Fax: 01484 221952
E-mail:
info.galleries@kirklees.gov.uk
Web:
www.kirklees.gov.uk/art
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The collection at
Huddersfield Art Gallery contains some of the
best British art of the twentieth century,
including paintings, drawings, prints and
sculpture.
The gallery also
features a dynamic exhibition programme with
contemporary work from a range of new and
established art.
Throughout the year,
Huddersfield Art Gallery presents an exciting
programme of temporary exhibitions featuring the
best of art, craft, photography and sculpture
from regional, national and international
artists.
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The permanent collection of over 2000
works of art includes paintings, prints,
drawings and sculpture representative of 20th
century British art. Major works in the
collection include Francis Bacon's 'Figure Study
II', Henry Moore's 'Falling Warrior', as well as
works by Stanley Spencer, Edward Wadsworth, and
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DEWSBURY MUSEUM
Crow Nest Park, Heckmondwike Road, Dewsbury,
WF13 2SG
Tel: 01924 325100 Fax:
01924 325109
E-mail:
dewsbury.museum@kirklees.gov.uk
Web:
www.kirklees.gov.uk/museums
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TEMPORARY CLOSURE
We're sorry Dewsbury Museum is closed
temporarily for the first phase in a
programme of building works and gallery
developments.
The museum will reopen in the spring of
2010 with new visitor and education
facilities.
At Dewsbury Museum you can experience
things that have changed in the lives of
children over the last century. |
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In the ''Growing Up in Dewsbury''
exhibition, you can gaze through the windows of a
1940s classroom taking a trip back to school and
war-torn Britain. There''s a ''Toys will be Toys''
gallery to discover the role of toys and play,
where you''ll also discover why certain toys are
collector's items. There's also a busy programme
of temporary exhibitions and events. Dewsbury
Museum is a must for anyone who's ever been a
child.
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TOLSON MUSEUM
Ravensknowle
Park, Wakefield
Road,
Huddersfield,
HD5 8DJ
Tel: 01484 223830 Fax:
01484 223843
E-mail:
tolson.museum@kirklees.gov.uk
Web:
www.kirklees.gov.uk/museums
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Tolson Museum is
housed in a Victorian mansion house with
collections including: local history, Roman,
archaeological, textile, bird, insect, plant,
scientific, transport, toys and dolls. Vibrant
community exhibition programme.
Almost every layer of
Huddersfield's past is revealed at Tolson Museum
with collections in archaeology, archives,
natural sciences, costume and textiles,
decorative and applied art, music, weapons and
war, coins and medals, personalities, science
and technology, social history and land
transport. |
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Tolson Museum takes you
through the history of Huddersfield, from the
tools of the earliest settlers - made for
hunting in the primitive forests - to the boom
in the textile industry which changed people's
lives and brought prosperity to the town, and
modern day collections from local people. |
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BAGSHAW MUSEUM
Wilton Park,
Batley, WF17 0AS
Tel: 01924 326155 Fax:
01924 326164
E-mail:
bagshaw.museum@kirklees.gov.uk
Web:
www.kirklees.gov.uk/museums
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A Victorian former
mill owner's house set in 36 aces of parkland
and ancient woodland, the museum is host to a
wide range of unusual and exciting collections
of collections from around the globe.
Once the home of George Sheard from 1875-1902,
this Gothic house became a museum nearly a
hundred years ago in 1911 and was named after
its first curator, Walter Bagshaw.
Where else could you
hear a Shirley Bassey hit and come face to face
with a Ganges crocodile? Bagshaw Museum is a
very surprising and entertaining place!
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New displays include: two
Batley local history galleries including stories
about iconic institutions such as Fox's Biscuits
and Batley Variety Club; the new 'Spirit of South
Asia' gallery and a new temporary gallery
showcasing the Saucy seaside postcards of
Bamforth's of Holmfirth.
Permanent displays include: 'The Kingdom of
Osiris', an atmospheric Egyptology gallery where
dramatic lighting effects help to recreate the
interior of a tomb; the 'Gods, Divine Creatures
and Mythical Beasts' gallery, showcasing beautiful
decorative arts from India, China, Africa and
Japan. |
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BATLEY ART GALLERY
Batley Library, Market Place, Batley, West
Yorkshire, WF17 5DA
Tel: 01924 326021 Fax:
01924 326308
E-mail:
hudlib.artgal@kirklees.gov.uk
Web:
www.kirklees.gov.uk/art
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Special
exhibitions throughout the year,
featuring contemporary art, craft and
photography.
The gallery hosts a changing display of
artwork by local art groups and
individual artists.
The gallery's programme offers a range of
work and wide variety of artistic styles
with the aim of providing something for
everyone to enjoy. |
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National Museum of
Photography Film and Television
Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD1 1NQ
Tel: 01274 202030 Fax: 01274
723155
E-mail:
talk.nmpft@nmsi.ac.uk
Web: www.nmpft.org.uk
The National Museum of Photography, Film &
Television was established in 1983 and attracts
over 750,000 visitors each year. The museum has
a collection of over three million items. These
include: the worlds first negative and the
earliest television footage and the first
example of moving pictures of Leeds Bridge dated
1888. Also a digital media gallery. Visitors can
enjoy a hands-on experience of the media,
learning how television cameras work or trying
their hand at animation plus lots more. The
Museum has a combination of permanent galleries,
temporary exhibitions and three cinemas showing
a variety of . Between them you can explore the
stories behind photography, film and television.
Also the museum boasts a programme of special
exhibitions. There are three cinemas: IMAX,
Pictureville Cinema and the Cubby Broccoli
Cinema. Visitors can enjoy modern films or
classics from the archive.
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Heptonstall Museum
The Old Grammar School, Heptonstall, Hebden
Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX7 7LY
Tel: 01422 358087
E-mail:
museums-arts@calderdale.gov.uk
17th Century former grammar school, complete
with old school furniture and interesting
displays of local history and crafts. Of
particular interest is a display of articles
associated with the (in) famous Cragg Vale
Coiners.
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Eureka! The Museum for
Children
Discovery Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 2NE
Tel: 01422 330069 Fax:
01422 330275
E-mail:
info@eureka.org.uk
Web: www.eureka.org.uk
Eureka! is the UK's first and only fully
interactive museum, designed especially for
children. It's a special place where all
visitors; young and old can touch and play with
over 400 'hands on' exhibits to learn all about
themselves and the world around them! There are
four gallery areas to explore, as well as the
shop, cafe and Eureka! park. Facilities are
available for all the family; with full disabled
access and multi-sensory exhibits.
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Last of the Summer Wine
Exhibition
The Wrinkled Stocking Tea Room, 30 Huddersfield
Road, Holmfirth, HD7 1JS
Tel: 01484 681408
E-mail:
christopher.gardner4@btinternet.com
Web:
www.summerwineexhibition.com
Located in Compo's house as it appeared in the
TV series, the exhibition cover the 30 years of
the series with photographs, memorabilia and a
selection of the unusual inventions dreamed up
by the characters.
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National Coal Mining
Museum for England
Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, Wakefield,
WF16 3PQ
Tel: 01924 848806 Fax:
01924 840694
Web:
www.ncm.org.uk
Home of the British Coal collection. A unique
opportunity to go 450 feet underground at one of
Britain oldest working mines. Models and
machinery depict the history, conditions and
methods of mining from the early 1900's to date.
Guided by ex-miners, you'll gain a genuine
insight into the underground workings. Above
ground visit the pit ponies, Victorian steam
winder, the pit head baths plus a range of
exhibitions and display.
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Yorkshire Motor Museum
Alexandra Mills, Alexandra Road, Batley, WF17
6JA
Tel: 01924 444423 Fax:
01924 422124
This historic mill holds some of the most
magnificent and diverse pieces of motoring
genius ever assembled, from the Benz Patent
Motor Wagon of 1885 to the newest jewel, the
gleaming Ferrari F40. The museum boast the only
surviving Bramham and restoration bays where you
can watch the experts go about their meticulous
restoration work.
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Quilters Guild Museum &
Resource Centre
Dean Clough, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 5AX
Tel: 01422 300783
E-mail:
resourcemanager@quiltersguild.org.uk
Web:
www.quiltersguild.org.uk
Museum and library for quilts and textiles.
Small frequently changing display of quilts;
library of 2,000 books, videos and samples. Book
ahead for a detailed guided look at some
specially chosen quilts from the collection
(min. 4 people). Free admission to drop-in
visitors.
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Royal Armouries Museum
Armouries Drive, Leeds LS10 1LT
Tel: 08700 344 344 (24 hour information
hotline)
E-mail:
enquiries@armouries.org.uk
Web:
www.royalarmouries.org
The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds was opened
in 1996 as the new home for the national
collection of arms and armour. Each of the five
themed galleries covering War, Tournament,
Self-Defence, Hunting and the arms and armour of
the Orient offers something to captivate every
visitor - Henry VIII's tournament armour for
instance, the replica Edwardian Gun Room, or a
chance to shoot a crossbow. There is an exciting
combination of spectacular displays, dramatic
interpretations, live action events, interactive
technology and thrilling exhibitions.
The fun and excitement continues outside in the
summer months where you can enjoy skilled
demonstrations of jousting, falconry and
horsemanship. By watching our expert gunmaker in
the Craft Court, you can discover how history
was made. You can also see our animals at close
quarters in the Menagerie.
Admission: Free
Opening times: Open Daily 10am to 5pm (except
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day)
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North Light Gallery
Yorkshire Technology Park, Armitage Bridge,
Huddersfield, HD4 7NR
Tel: 01484 340003 Fax: 01484
340001
E-mail:
enquiries@northlightgallery.org.uk
Web:
www.northlightgallery.org.uk
Described as 'one of the largest and most
spectacular in the wave of new art spaces'. The
North Light Gallery has multi-use exhibition and
performance space, plus a café. The gallery aims
to show major exhibitions of the best in 20th
century and contemporary art. Throughout the
year the North Light Studio holds classes and
has a programme of Saturday workshops.
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Ashley Jackson Galleries
13-15 Huddersfield Road, Holmfirth,
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD9 2JR
Tel: 01484 686460 Fax: 01484
681766
E-mail:
info@ashley-jackson.co.uk
Web:
www.ashley-jackson.co.uk
Galleries of original water colours, signed
limited editions & prints by Ashley Jackson.
Books and videos also available. Open to the
public, but in order to view originals an
appointment is advised.
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Croft Design
716 Burnley Road, Cornholme, Todmorden, West
Yorkshire, OL14 8LF
Tel: 01706 812691
Gallery and workshop. Paul Croft's pictures,
clocks and mirrors, made using wood stained in
brilliant and subtle colours. Canal and other
local landscapes, fireside scenes, surreal
pictures created using a unique jigsaw-like
fretwork technique; also exciting new work
exploring textures in the depth of the material.
Commissions are also welcomed.
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Dean Clough Galleries
Dean Clough, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 5AX
Tel: 01422 250250 Fax: 01422
341148
E-mail:
dean.clough.ltd@deanclough.com
Web:
www.deanclough.com
Nine galleries featuring a rolling programme of
contemporary art exhibitions. Design shop
featuring gift items, plus restaurant, theatre,
and Spring/Autumn Jazz seasons. Once the largest
carpet factory in the world, Dean Clough is a
landmark in industrial architecture. Now a
celebrated business, arts, design and education
complex, 3,500 people work on the three quarter
long site alongside the various visitor
attractions.
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Hourglass Studio Gallery
Unit 2 Hangingroyd Lane, Hebden Bridge, West
Yorkshire, HX7 7DD
Tel: 01422 846060 Fax: 01422
846060
John Lyons, resident painter, and published poet
welcomes visitors to the studio, and talks about
work in progress and the current exhibition.
View in the gallery contemporary work of the
highest excellence. Artloan Scheme, Creative
Writing and art classes. Children's Art Club.
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Lupton Square Gallery
1 & 2 Lupton Square, Honley, Holmfirth,
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD9 6AD
Tel: 01484 666144 Fax: 01484
661221
E-mail:
info@luptonsquaregallery.co.uk
Web:
www.luptonsquaregallery.co.uk
Art gallery, housed on three floors in a 19th
century building selling contemporary paintings,
artist prints, ceramics and sculpture. Overall a
friendly welcoming gallery.
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'Room with a View'
Contemporary Gallery
Holme Castle Country Hotel, Holmfirth,
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD9 2QG
Tel: 01484 680680 Fax:
01484 686764
E-mail:
jillhayfield.fleecetofelt@virgin.net
Web:
www.holmecastle.com
Art Gallery with six exhibitions, three of
textiles. Studio where wool was spun and woven
in 1800's. Felt making workshops: weekends and
some Fridays.
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Smith Art Gallery
Halifax Road, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, HD6 2AF
Tel: 01484 719222 Fax:
01422 349310
E-mail:
museums-arts@calderdale.gov.uk
Two fine art galleries, purpose-built at the
turn of the century, now housing a wide range of
temporary exhibitions of art and craft.
Permanent gallery of Victorian genre art.
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Jane Gamble Gallery
42 The Boulevard, Savile Park Road, Halifax, HX1
2EN
Tel: 01422 346395
E-mail:
janegamble@btconnect.com
Web:
www.janegamblegallery.co.uk
Original watercolour landscapes by local
professional artist. Greetings cards.
Commissions. Decorated furniture service.
Watercolour Workshops. Gallery for hire to
artists as exhibition space.
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park
West Bretton, Wakefield, WF4 4LG
Tel: 01924 832631
Web:
www.ysp.co.uk
Yorkshire Sculpture park is set in the grounds
of the Bretton Estate Wakefield which was
designed in the 18th and 19th centuries. The
park is 500 acres ranging from wooded areas to
open spaces providing a landscape for modern and
contemporary sculptures by artist's from around
the world.
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