Bankfield Museum

Bankfield Museum is a grade II listed historic house museum, incorporating a regimental museum and textiles gallery in Boothtown, Halifax, England. It is notable for its past ownership and development by Colonel Edward Akroyd, MP, and its grand interior.

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1887 Website,  Wikimedia, Wikidata
local museum, textile museum, local authority museum, United Kingdom, 

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  Sandal Castle ⓘ
  medieval castle in England  

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  Wakefield Castle ⓘ
  castle in the UK  

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  Skipton Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England, UK  

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  Potternewton Park ⓘ
  park in Leeds  

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  Park Square ⓘ
  garden square in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK  

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  The Hollies ⓘ
  park and gardens in Weetwood, Leeds  

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  Roundhay Park ⓘ
  park in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

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  York Gate Garden ⓘ
  garden in Adel, Leeds  

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  Abbey House Museum ⓘ
  Local authority museum in Leeds, United Kingdom

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  Bagshaw Museum ⓘ
  Local museum in Batley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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  Bolling Hall Museum ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Brontë Parsonage Museum ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury, West Yorkshire, England,UK

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  Calderdale Industrial Museum ⓘ
  Museum in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Cannon Hall ⓘ
  country house museum in Cawthorne, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Colour Experience ⓘ
  former museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire

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  David Brown Tractor Museum ⓘ
  museum in Holmfirth, England, UK

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  Dewsbury Bus Museum ⓘ
  bus museum in Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire, England

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  Dewsbury Canal Museum ⓘ
  museum in Dewsbury, England, UK

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  Dewsbury Minster Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in Dewsbury, England, UK

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  Duke of Wellington's Regiment Museum ⓘ
  military museum in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  East Riddlesden Hall ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in North Yorkshire, UK

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  Ellenroad Ring Mill Engine ⓘ
  stationary steam engine and museum in Milnrow, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK

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  Gawthorpe Hall ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Lancashire, England, UK

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  Gawthorpe Textiles Collection ⓘ
  museum in Burnley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

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  George Leatt Industrial And Folk Museum ⓘ
  museum in Skipton, England, UK

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  Henry Moore Institute ⓘ
  art gallery in Leeds, West Yorkshire  

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  Horsforth Village Museum ⓘ
  local museum in Horsforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Leeds Industrial Museum ⓘ
  museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK  

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  Middleton Railway ⓘ
  heritage railway line in Leeds, England

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  Museum of Rail Travel ⓘ
  rail travel museum operated by the Vintage Carriages Trust in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Oakwell Hall ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, UK

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  Otley Museum ⓘ
  Local museum in Otley, England, United Kingdom  

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  Ponderosa Zoo ⓘ
  zoo in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, England

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  Temple Newsam ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Leeds, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

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  The Whitaker ⓘ
  museum in Rossendale, United Kingdom

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  Thwaite Watermill ⓘ
  museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

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  Tolson Museum ⓘ
  Museum in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum ⓘ
  country house and park with art gallery and museum in Burnley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

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  Tropical World ⓘ
  butterfly house and animal attraction in England

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  Wakefield Museum ⓘ
  Museum in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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  Whistlestop Valley ⓘ
  narrow gauge heritage railway in West Yorkshire, England

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  Shibden Hall ⓘ
  historic house museum. in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Harewood House ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum and Zoo in Harewood, United Kingdom

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  Leeds City Museum ⓘ
  museum in Leeds, England, United Kingdom, in a former mechanic's institute, later civic theatre building  

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  Oldham Heritage and Arts Centre ⓘ
  former public library in Oldham, Greater Manchester  

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  Touchstones Rochdale ⓘ
  art gallery, museum and local studies library in Rochdale, Greater Manchester  

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  Victoria Jubilee Museum ⓘ
  museum in Yorkshire

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  Bankfield Museum ⓘ
  textiles gallery, historic house museum, regimental museum. in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Colne Valley Museum ⓘ
  historic house museum, United Kingdom

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  Leeds Art Gallery ⓘ
  municipal art gallery in England, United Kingdom

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  Cliffe Castle Museum ⓘ
  Heritage centre, historic house museum. in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Towneley Hall Art Gallery And Museum ⓘ
  museum in Burnley, England, UK

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  Craven Museum ⓘ
  museum in Skipton, England, United Kingdom

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  Rochdale Pioneers Museum ⓘ
  collection (museum), Heritage centre in Toad Lane, Rochdale

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  Huddersfield Library ⓘ
  public library in Huddersfield

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  Werneth Park Adult Education Centre, Oldham ⓘ
  architectural structure in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK

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  Keighley Private Classic Car Museum ⓘ
  museum in Keighley, England, UK

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  Saddleworth Museum and Gallery ⓘ
  museum in Uppermill, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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  Moravian Museum ⓘ
  museum in Pudsey, England, UK

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  Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery ⓘ
  art gallery at the University of Leeds  

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  Museum of Local Crafts And Industries ⓘ
  museum in Burnley, England, UK

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  Impressions Gallery ⓘ
  art gallery in the UK

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  Heptonstall Museum ⓘ
  museum in Heptonstall, England, UK

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  Bradford Industrial Museum ⓘ
  Industrial museum, mill museum, textile museum, in Eccleshill, Bradford, United Kingdom

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  Mental Health Museum ⓘ
  museum in Wakefield, England, UK

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  Pendle Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum and art gallery in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

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  Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway ⓘ
  heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England

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  Weavers' Triangle ⓘ
  historic textie-producing area with a cotton museum in Lancashire, England

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  Whitworth Heritage Museum ⓘ
  museum in Whitworth, England, UK

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  National Science and Media Museum ⓘ
  media museum in Bradford, United Kingdom

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  Colne Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in Colne, England, UK

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  Queen Street Mill Textile Museum ⓘ
  museum in Burnley, England, United Kingdom

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  Holmfirth Postcard Museum ⓘ
  museum in Holmfirth, England, UK

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  National Coal Mining Museum for England ⓘ
  coal mining museum in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum ⓘ
  children's museum, natural history museum, local archaeology museum, interpretation centre in West Yorkshire, England

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  Keighley Bus Museum ⓘ
  museum in Keighley, England, UK

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  Eureka! The National Children's Museum ⓘ
  children's museum in Yorkshire, England

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  Royal Armouries Leeds ⓘ
  museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom  

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  Thackray Museum of Medicine ⓘ
  medical museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom  

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  Gallery Oldham ⓘ
  art gallery in Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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  Ilkley Toy Museum ⓘ
  toy museum in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England, UK

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  Leeds Discovery Centre ⓘ
  museum storehouse in Leeds, England, United Kingdom

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  Woodend Colliery Mining Museum ⓘ
  museum in Burnley, England, UK

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  Hepworth Wakefield ⓘ
  art gallery in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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  The Tetley ⓘ
  pub in Leeds, UK  

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  Bradford Police Museum ⓘ
  museum in Bradford, England, UK

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  Saltaire Collection ⓘ
  museum in the United Kingdom

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  Warley Museum ⓘ
  museum in Warley, England, UK

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1887 Bankfield Museum

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1788 Park Square

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1801 The Hollies

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1951 York Gate Garden

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1771 Harewood House

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1883 Oldham Heritage and Arts Centre

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1883 Touchstones Rochdale

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1884 Victoria Jubilee Museum

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1887 Colne Valley Museum

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1888 Leeds Art Gallery

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1892 Cliffe Castle Museum

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1903 Towneley Hall Art Gallery And Museum

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1928 Craven Museum

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1931 Rochdale Pioneers Museum

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1937 Huddersfield Library

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1938 Werneth Park Adult Education Centre, Oldham

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1959 Keighley Private Classic Car Museum

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1962 Saddleworth Museum and Gallery

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1969 Moravian Museum

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1970 Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery

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1971 Museum of Local Crafts And Industries

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1972 Impressions Gallery

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1973 Heptonstall Museum

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1974 Bradford Industrial Museum

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1974 Mental Health Museum

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1977 Pendle Heritage Centre

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1979 Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

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1980 Weavers' Triangle

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1981 Whitworth Heritage Museum

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1983 National Science and Media Museum

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1986 Colne Heritage Centre

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1986 Queen Street Mill Textile Museum

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1987 Holmfirth Postcard Museum

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1988 National Coal Mining Museum for England

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1989 Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum

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1991 Keighley Bus Museum

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1992 Eureka! The National Children's Museum

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1996 Royal Armouries Leeds

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1997 Thackray Museum of Medicine

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2002 Gallery Oldham

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2002 Ilkley Toy Museum

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2007 Leeds Discovery Centre

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2010 Woodend Colliery Mining Museum

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2011 Hepworth Wakefield

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2013 The Tetley

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2014 Bradford Police Museum

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2014 Saltaire Collection

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2016 Warley Museum

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Bankfield Museum

DWR Museum Entrance (RLH) 2005-10-22

Bankfield Museum, Akroyd Park

Akroyd Park - Bankfield Museum

Akroyd Park - Bankfield Museum

Bankfield Museum - Boothtown Road

Entrance to Bankfield Museum - Boothtown Road

Bankfield Museum

DWR Museum Phase 2 (RLH) 2008-11-11

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	castle		Sandal Castle	castle, motte-and-bailey castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Wakefield Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1090	Skipton Castle	castle, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	garden		Potternewton Park	urban park	Wikidata
site	garden	1788	Park Square	garden square	Wikidata
site	garden	1801	The Hollies	park, villa, war memorial, rockery	Wikidata
site	garden	1872	Roundhay Park	urban park	Wikidata
site	garden	1951	York Gate Garden	garden	Wikidata
site	museum		Abbey House Museum	local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Bagshaw Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Bolling Hall Museum	local authority museum, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Brontë Parsonage Museum	historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Calderdale Industrial Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Cannon Hall	English country house, historic house museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Colour Experience	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		David Brown Tractor Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Dewsbury Bus Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Dewsbury Canal Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Dewsbury Minster Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum		Duke of Wellington's Regiment Museum	regimental museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		East Riddlesden Hall	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Ellenroad Ring Mill Engine	museum, stationary steam engine	Wikidata
site	museum		Gawthorpe Hall	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Gawthorpe Textiles Collection	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		George Leatt Industrial And Folk Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Henry Moore Institute	research institute, art museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Horsforth Village Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Leeds Industrial Museum	industry museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Middleton Railway	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Museum of Rail Travel	railway museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Oakwell Hall	local authority museum, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Otley Museum	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Ponderosa Zoo	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum		Temple Newsam	historic house museum, commandry, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		The Whitaker	art museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Thwaite Watermill	mill, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Tolson Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Tropical World	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum		Wakefield Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Whistlestop Valley	heritage railway, minimum-gauge railway	Wikidata
site	museum	1420	Shibden Hall	historic house museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1771	Harewood House	zoo, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1865	Leeds City Museum	theatre building, local museum, local authority museum, art collection	Wikidata
site	museum	1883	Oldham Heritage and Arts Centre	art museum, library building	Wikidata
site	museum	1883	Touchstones Rochdale	public library, museum, art museum, library building, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1884	Victoria Jubilee Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1887	Bankfield Museum	local museum, textile museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1887	Colne Valley Museum	historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1888	Leeds Art Gallery	art museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1892	Cliffe Castle Museum	local museum, heritage center, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1903	Towneley Hall Art Gallery And Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1928	Craven Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1931	Rochdale Pioneers Museum	art museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1937	Huddersfield Library	public library, library building, art museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1938	Werneth Park Adult Education Centre, Oldham	museum, building, architectural structure	Wikidata
site	museum	1959	Keighley Private Classic Car Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1962	Saddleworth Museum and Gallery	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1969	Moravian Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1970	Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery	art museum, university museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1971	Museum of Local Crafts And Industries	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1972	Impressions Gallery	museum, art gallery	Wikidata
site	museum	1973	Heptonstall Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1974	Bradford Industrial Museum	local authority museum, industry museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1974	Mental Health Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1977	Pendle Heritage Centre	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1979	Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum	1980	Weavers' Triangle	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1981	Whitworth Heritage Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1983	National Science and Media Museum	national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1986	Colne Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	1986	Queen Street Mill Textile Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1987	Holmfirth Postcard Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1988	National Coal Mining Museum for England	mining museum, heritage center, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1989	Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum	local museum, children's museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1991	Keighley Bus Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1992	Eureka! The National Children's Museum	charitable organization, children's museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Royal Armouries Leeds	military museum, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1997	Thackray Museum of Medicine	medical museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2002	Gallery Oldham	art museum, local museum, natural history museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2002	Ilkley Toy Museum	toy museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2007	Leeds Discovery Centre	museum, local authority museum, storage facility	Wikidata
site	museum	2010	Woodend Colliery Mining Museum	mining museum, coal mine	Wikidata
site	museum	2011	Hepworth Wakefield	art museum, charitable organization, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2013	The Tetley	museum, pub, contemporary art gallery	Wikidata
site	museum	2014	Bradford Police Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2014	Saltaire Collection	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2016	Warley Museum	museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Bankfield Museum		Commons
commons	image		DWR Museum Entrance (RLH) 2005-10-22		Commons
commons	image		Bankfield Museum, Akroyd Park		Commons
commons	image		Akroyd Park - Bankfield Museum		Commons
commons	image		Akroyd Park - Bankfield Museum		Commons
commons	image		Bankfield Museum - Boothtown Road		Commons
commons	image		Entrance to Bankfield Museum - Boothtown Road		Commons
commons	image		Bankfield Museum		Commons
commons	image		DWR Museum Phase 2 (RLH) 2008-11-11		Commons
commons	image		Bankfield Museum 074		Commons