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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.
Scheme
Wakefield Civic Society
Location
2 Wood Street, Wakefield

This plaque commemorates Wakefield Museum.