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Information for learning disabled visitors

Easy Read guide

We have an Easy Read guide for the main galleries. You can find this in the Pick and Mix station in the entrance foyer. You can take this with you around the galleries.

Makaton

There are Makaton signs next to some of our star objects. In the Pontefract Art Club exhibition, there is a booklet with related Makaton signs. You can find this on the activity unit in the middle of the gallery.

These can help you to communicate about what is on display.

Visual story and floor plans

You can download our visual story for Pontefract Museum before you visit. We also have a version of the visual story with alt text.

You can also download and print our PECS cards before your visit.

You can download a floor plan of the museum.

You can download a sensory map of the main galleries before you visit.

Copies of our sensory maps and PECS cards are available in the Pick and Mix station in the entrance foyer.

Moving around Pontefract Museum

Some of our exhibition spaces have low light levels to protect the delicate objects on display. This includes the Pontefract Art Club exhibition.

There are lots of tactile tools and resources available to support your visit in the Pick and Mix station. This is just inside the entrance to the museum.

Hands-on elements

There are lots of hands-on elements in Pontefract Museum.

There is a dressing up box near the Civil Wars display.

There is a raised impression of a Civil War coin from the Ackworth Hoard that you can touch and make a rubbing of.

There is a rocking horse that you can touch and ride if you are able.

There is also a toy market stall.

In the Pontefract Art Club exhibition there is an activity unit in the middle of the gallery. This contains a range of tactile and sensory resources that you can use to help you explore the artworks.