Pontefract Museum
Museum in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Pontefract Museum is a local museum in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. The collections cover archaeology, archives, decorative and applied art, fine art, photographs and social history. [1]
History
The museum is located in an Art Nouveau building in the middle of the town which was originally a Carnegie library.[2] The library was opened in 1904 and designed by George Pennington.[3] In 1975, a new library was built and the Carnegie building was converted into a museum. It retains a tiled entrance hall and original 1904 furnishings.
Collections
Exhibits include information on Pontefract Castle and Pontefract Cakes (liquorice sweets). Exhibits include finds from Pontefract Castle and St. John's Priory, Pontefract, coins from the English Civil War, packaging from the Pontefract liquorice factories, coloured glass and locally printed material.[4] Most of the collection has Pontefract connections, including the mining history of the town.
See also
References
- ^ Information from Wakefield.gov.uk Archived 2009-05-28 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "Pontefract Museum (1313268)". National Heritage List for England.
- ^ "Pontefract library". The Carnegie legacy in England and Wales. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Pontefract Museum entry on Culture24 Retrieved 16 December 2009.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pontefract Museum.
- Official website
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