Wakefield Museums and Castles

You can download our visual story for Castleford Museum before you visit.

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

You can download a floor plan of Castleford Library and Museum.

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

Copies of the sensory map and PECS cards are available in the Pick and Mix station inside the museum.

There are Makaton signs next to some of our star objects. These can help you to communicate about what is on display.

Some of our exhibition spaces have low light levels to protect the delicate objects on display. 

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 main museum galleries.

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

By the mining display there is a box containing old-fashioned work boots and dressing-up pieces.

By the Iron Age chariot there are two mini wooden toy chariots.

By the Raising Champions display there is a trophy that you can pick up and thread ribbons around the handles.

By the Reight Neet Aht display there are dressing-up outfits. We also have a traditional marbles board and marbles we can get out for you.

Generally, the site is quieter during weekdays and school term time.

It can be louder at weekends, the late afternoons and in the school holidays.

We sometimes have school groups come to visit. They can be excitable and noisy.

Every Tuesday morning, 10am to 11am, is our Toddler Tuesdays session. This can be noisy.

The third Tuesday of every month, 1:30pm to 2:30pm, is our Castleford Crafts session. This can be noisier and busier than usual. 

We have weekly Relaxed Opening sessions every Friday morning, 9:30am to 12pm.

You can contact us in advance to find out when might be the best time for you to visit.

There are audio elements in parts of the exhibition spaces. The central screen in the museum is currently playing videos about A Reight Neet Aht. There are no headphones attached to this screen and the audio plays openly when started.

There is also a small AV screen in the Raising Champions display. This plays through headphones.

The fire alarms are tested on Saturdays or Mondays by the Castleford Library team.