List of museums in West Yorkshire

This list of museums in West Yorkshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organisations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Name	Town/City	Region	Type	Summary
Abbey House Museum	Kirkstall	City of Leeds	History	Victorian period street scenes with shops and house displays,
Armley Mills Industrial Museum	Armley	City of Leeds	Industry	Includes textile machinery, railway equipment and heavy engineering displays
Bradford Industrial Museum	Eccleshill	City of Bradford	Industry	Features relics of local industry, especially printing and textile machinery, kept in working condition for regular demonstrations to the public, also vehicles including classic cars, motor bikes, bicycles, buses, trams and a locomotive
Bramham Park	Bramham	City of Leeds	Historic house	Early 18th century Baroque mansion. Grounds used for outdoor events, concerts, car shows and horse trials
David Brown Tractor Museum	Meltham	Kirklees	Agriculture	website, David Brown tractors and memorabilia
Dean Clough	Halifax	Calderdale	Art	Former 19th century carpet factory and mill buildings now housing art galleries, a theatre and music spaces, as well as offices
Dewsbury Bus Museum	Dewsbury	Kirklees	Transportation	website, preserved bus collection, displayed only on open days
East Riddlesden Hall	Keighley	City of Bradford	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, 17th century manor house, gardens
Eureka! The National Children's Museum	Halifax	Calderdale	Children's	Focus on play based learning and informal learning experiences
Fulneck Moravian Museum	wikipedia:Fulneck Moravian Settlement	City of Leeds	Ethnic	information, information, Moravian memorabilia, embroidery and crafts, Victorian parlour and kitchen, historic local artifacts, 1822 hand-pulled fire engine
Gibson Mill	Hebden Bridge	Calderdale	Local	Operated by the National Trust, 19th century textile mill & visitor centre with local history exhibits
Harewood House	Harewood	City of Leeds	Historic house	18th century grand country house designed by architects John Carr and Robert Adam, furniture by Thomas Chippendale and grounds by Capability Brown, features a bird garden. Hosted the Harewood House Steam Rally till 2010
Horsforth Village Museum	Horsforth	City of Leeds	Local	information, local history
Ingrow Loco	Ingrow	City of Bradford	Railway	website, collection of locomotives, operated by the Bahamas Locomotive Society
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway	Oxenhope	City of Bradford	Railway	Heritage railway, Oxenhope railway station features museum of rolling stock, locomotives and artifacts
Leeds City Museum	Leeds	City of Leeds	Multiple	Local history, natural history, archaeology from Ancient Greece and Rome, African artifacts
Manor House Museum	Ilkley	City of Bradford	Local	Local history, archaeology, art exhibits
Middleton Railway Museum	Hunslet	City of Leeds	Railway	Heritage railway and shed with locomotives and rolling stock
Museum of Rail Travel	Ingrow]	City of Bradford	Railway	Historic railway carriages and artifacts
National Coal Mining Museum for England	Overton	City of Wakefield	Mining	Former coal mine with underground tours
National Media Museum	Bradford	City of Bradford	Media	Photography, cinema, television, animation, advertising, and related technology and artifacts
Nostell Priory	Nostell	City of Wakefield	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, 18th century Palladian house with interiors by Robert Adam, collection of Chippendale furniture, 18th-century dolls' house, 300 acres (1.2 km² ) of parkland, used for classic car & steam rallies
Pontefract Museum	Pontefract	City of Wakefield	Local	Local history, mining, culture, archaeology,
Royal Armouries Museum	Leeds	City of Leeds	Military	Armour, swords, spears, warfare from ancient to modern times includes modern armoured vehicles and weapons
Standedge Tunnel Visitor Centre	Marsden	Kirklees	Transportation	Construction of the Standedge Tunnels and the history and life along the Huddersfield Narrow Canal
Temple Newsam House and Estate	Leeds	City of Leeds	Historic house	Tudor-Jacobean house with grounds landscaped by Capability Brown, working rare breeds farm, collections of fine and decorative arts. Park host the Temple Newsam Steam Rally
Thwaite Mills	Leeds	City of Leeds	Industry	Fully-restored working water-powered textile mill and associated buildings
Tolson Museum	Huddersfield	Kirklees	Multiple	website, local history, natural history, transportation, textiles, archaeology
Wakefield Museum	Wakefield	City of Wakefield	Multiple	website, local history, culture, natural history collections of Charles Waterton
Yorkshire Motor Museum	Batley	Kirklees	Automotive	information, classic and vintage cars