Information for wheelchair users and mobility impaired visitors

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Information for wheelchair users and mobility impaired visitors

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Entering Pontefract Museum

Pontefract Museum is in its own dedicated building.

There is level access into the building and throughout.

The main entrance is through a pair of non-automatic doors.

There is a bell by the main entrance if you need help opening the doors.

Moving around Pontefract Museum

You can download a floor plan of Pontefract Museum.

Pontefract Museum is level access throughout. The foyer floor is from 1904 and made of small smooth mosaic tiles. The main gallery floors are made out of parquet flooring (smooth wooden tiles).

There is an initial entrance foyer to the museum. The main gallery is through a set of double doors on your left. These are a little heavy. There will be a member of staff in the welcome space to help you open the doors if you need it.

You can reach the temporary exhibition gallery from two places. One is the single door at the back of the main gallery. The second is directly from the foyer.

If you turn right from the foyer and go down the corridor, you will find the accessible toilet on your left and the Reference Room on your right. At the end of the corridor is the Glass Room. The doors to the Reference Room and the Glass Room are usually kept propped open.