Bagshaw Museum and Wilton Park

Woodlands Road, Batley, Kirklees WF17 0AS, England

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Bagshaw Museum and Wilton Park provides a great, fascinating, and free outing for the household with plenty to discover.Bagshaw Museum, housed in a fantastic Gothic mansion that once belonged to a Victorian previous mill owner, is defined in 36 acres of lovely parkland and ancient woodland, and it is simple to suppose you've stepped back in its history it is probably among the only places you can hear a Shirley Bassey hit and come face to handle with a Ganges crocodile in this surprising and entertaining place!The displays include 2 Batley neighborhood history galleries, where you can find out about iconic institutions like Fox's Biscuits, the 'Spirit of South Asia' gallery, and 'The Kingdom of Osiris', a dramatically lit atmospheric Egyptology gallery that recreates the inner of a tomb as you approach the museum.The museum has many unusual collections from around the world, and! You can observe breathtaking arts that are attractive Asia, Japan, Africa, and Asia into the 'Gods, Divine Creatures and Mythical Beasts' gallery. Additionally there is a versatile short-term exhibitions space that is used to host activities and events.Despite it costing the mill owner a staggering (in 1875!) £25,000 to construct, the house and grounds had been auctioned in 1901 for the amount that is princely of, and Wilton Park came to be! The big park that is formal bowling greens and tennis courts, a paddling pool, and a large lake that hosts hundreds of water wild birds over summer and winter. The park even offers a discovery trail, playgrounds for older and younger children to take pleasure from, crazy golf, a toddler trip on play area, and a cafe! It is pretty hard to fail, here!

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Bagshaw Museum and Wilton Park
Woodlands Road, Batley, Kirklees, WF17 0AS, England

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