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Wakefield Museum
(1821-present)
place and museum
Commemorated on 1 plaque
Wakefield Museum built 1821-23 with a music saloon, library, newsroom, bank, baths and public dispensary. In 1855 it became the mechanics' institution and in 1910 the institute of literature and science. The building has been a museum since 1955.
2 Wood Street, Wakefield, United Kingdom where it sited