Upcoming Events

First Thursday every month. Bring in your treasures to be identified and ask for advice on their care.

From hidden hazards to perilous poisons, Danger Zone explores the hidden dangers of everyday objects. The exhibition will expose the risks people took to stay fashionable, keep their homes tidy and make sure their children were entertained. Expect the unexpected and find out why health and safety laws are so important today. 0113 3784079

A new exhibition exploring how our ancestors experienced death and how they remembered those they lost..

Exhibition revealing untold stories of working class women elected to represent some of Britain’s greatest industries from coal to cotton. Queens of Industry were a 20th century phenomenon; the first Railway Queens elected in the 1920s and the last Coal Queen crowned in the 1980s. Free with museum admission. Please note Mondays: Closed (Open Bank Holiday Mondays, 10:00 - 17:00) Tuesday - Saturday & 10:00 - 17:00 Last admission 16:00 Sunday 13:00 - 17:00

A talk by Pushpa Kumbhat to Wakefield Family History Society.

A free drop-in session for advice and guidance on using burial registers, will, monumental inscriptions and cemetery records.

"West Yorkshire Archaeology Service join us to explain how archaeologists deal with the exhumation of a single unexpected burial to the clearance of known graveyards. The challenges and rewards that human remains provide will be detailed and explored and a sometimes difficult yet fascinating part of archaeology will be discussed." Free Talk - Booking required.