Wakefield Museum

Information for wheelchair users and mobility impaired visitors

Entering Wakefield Museum

Wakefield Museum is on the lower ground floor of the Wakefield One building. The main entrance to the building on Cliff Lane is fully level access.

You can also access the building from Burton Street. From here you enter on the upper ground floor. You can go down in a lift or use the stairs to reach the lower ground floor Wakefield Museum entrance.

Both the Cliff Lane and Burton Street building entrances have automatic sliding doors.

The door to enter Wakefield Museum inside has an accessible entry button on a handrail on the right-hand side. It is wide enough to allow access for wheelchairs. This door opens outwards.

Moving around Wakefield Museum

You can download a floor plan of Wakefield Museum.

There are three exhibition areas within Wakefield Museum. They are level access and fully wheelchair accessible throughout. The floor is made of marmoleum (similar to lino).

When a special exhibition is running, the double doors to that gallery will be propped open.

The lights in the A World of Good gallery are operated by a motion sensor. This is to help protect the delicate objects on display from light damage. When no-one is in the gallery, it will be dark. If you are the first person to enter the gallery in a while, the lights will come on as you go in.

There is a large display case inset into the floor of the A World of Good gallery. The lights in this case will also come on as you enter the space. You can walk or wheel over this case.

Seating

Front Room gallery seating: There is a padded bench in the Front Room, and a pair of armchairs next to the 1940s wireless radio interactive.

Welcome Space seating: Plastic chairs with arm rests are available in the Welcome Space.

Temporary exhibition (Plastic Fantastic?) seating: There are portable stools at the entrance to the Plastic Fantastic? special exhibition gallery. These can be used anywhere in the museum.

Wakefield Museum Learning Zone

Some of our bookable activities and workshops are in the Museum Learning Zone. This room is at the back of Wakefield Library. Wakefield Library is on the floor above Wakefield Museum within the Wakefield One building.

You can reach the room using lifts or the stairs. To reach the Learning Zone, turn right at the Library staff desk and go towards the Children’s section. The Learning Zone is in the top left corner. It has windows along the wall and a door.

The doorway is wide enough to fit most wheelchairs and pushchairs, and can be widened if needed.