The museum is signposted from the road. There is a free car park.

I can use the map below to plan my route.

The Museum is in Ravensknowle Park.

I might see people walking their dogs and children riding their bicycles in the park.

This is the main entrance.

There are stone steps up to the door.

At the top of the stone steps I go through the metal gates.

The door may be closed. Turn the handle to open it, the door might feel heavy.

At the top of the stone steps I go through the metal gates.

I will see a fossilised tree, a big stone saddle and a big circular stone - I can touch these.

There is a doorbell to the left of the steps.

If I can't use the steps, I can ring the bell and a Welcome Officer will show me to an accessible entrance.

Or I can telephone 01484 223240 before my visit and go straight to the Access Entrance.

The Entrance Hall is a circular room. There is a big welcome mat and a tiled floor.

If I look up, I will see a domed ceiling and big lamp.

The lamp casts shadows on the ceiling.

This is the Access Entrance.

I go down the right hand side of the building and into the Memorial Garden. The Access Entrance is on the left.

If I use this entrance I will go into the Transport Gallery.

I will go through the Transport Gallery to reach Reception.

This is the reception desk.

Here I will meet a friendly Welcome Officer.

The museum is free.

I can ask for a map of the Museum.

If I have any questions I can ask the friendly staff.

They are here to help me.

There is a high ceiling and a balcony.

There are bright lights.

It can be noisy.

If I look up, I will see big lights and a glass ceiling.

The museum shop is also in the Reception Area.

The shop has many toys and brightly coloured items.

There are also drinks, ice creams and snacks to buy.

The coffee machine can be loud sometimes.

The toilets are signposted from Reception.

They are through a door into the Transport Gallery.

There is a female, male and accessible toilet.

I will hear a humming noise in the toilets and the sound of the hand dryer.

The Transport Gallery has brown carpet tiles on the floor. It has white tiles on the ceiling.

There are skylights that make bright points in the ceiling.

I will hear a humming noise.

There are lots of things to see.

In the Transport gallery I will see bicycles, tractors, cars, motorbikes and other vehicles.

Some are behind glass, some are not.

I am not allowed to sit on the vehicles.

There are models of people.

There is an empty coffin on one of the carriages.

I can see the horse that has its skeleton showing on one side.

There is an area with toys I can play with.

I can play on the barge and the tram.

I can ring the bell on the tram. It is loud.

I can sit at the little table.

The room is bright.

The floor is wooden.

There is a high ceiling.

There are windows.

There are tables and seats where I can sit down if I want to.

There are books I can read if I want to.

I can eat and drink in here.

There are glass cabinets.

In the glass cabinets I will see lots of objects including tins, teapots, rocks, stuffed animals and insects.

In the cabinets, there are objects about World War One.

There are portraits on the wall of James and Robert Tolson.

There is a touch screen with a film that I can watch and listen to if I want to.

I can look through a periscope and see into the garden.

I can look through another periscope to see pictures of World War One Soldiers.

There is a Victorian Schoolroom with rows of wooden desks.

In the cabinets, there are toys from the past.

I can dress up in the Victorian clothes and read the books in the basket.

I can sit in the big chairs.

There are galleries upstairs.

The Museum does not have a lift.

There is a big window by the staircase which lets in lots of light.

Through the window, I can see outside, down to the atrium and across the flat roof of the Transport Gallery.

At the top of the staircase, I will see a big clock made of polished fossilised wood. I can have a close look but I must not touch this.

There are little folding seats I can borrow.

There is a big space with wooden banisters all around.

I must not lean over the banisters.

I can look over the banister and see the floor below – I can see Reception and the Shop.

If I look up I will see the glass ceiling.

I might hear sounds echoing from the floor below.

The Collectors Gallery is through the black door.

I will see the big skull of a hippo by the door.

The room is dark with lots of cabinets.

The cabinets are lit up. There are lots of collections in the cabinets to look at.

I can leave the Collectors Gallery back through the entry door. This will take me back into the atrium. I can go back down the stairs.

Or I can go into the History of Huddersfield Galleries.

There are many galleries. They tell the story of Huddersfield from Prehistoric to the 20th Century.

The galleries are narrow with a winding route through them. There are only a few windows.

There are many things to see. There are places I can sit for a rest.

I have to walk through the whole gallery to reach the exit.

The next sections show these galleries so I can decide where to go.

I will see pretend trees and leaves above my head.

I will see a model of a person and hear some sounds of birds.

There is a window in this room.

There are some cabinets that are shield-shaped.

There are cabinets that have wood around them.

I will see a model of Castle Hill.

I can stand on the platform to see it clearer.

The route is winding.

It is not easy to see the way through.

There are no windows.

There are lots of arch-shaped cabinets.

The floor is tiled.

There are lots of interesting things to see in the cabinets.

There are lots of things not in cabinets that I can touch.

There are buttons to press so I can hear old languages.

The entrance is through a wooden archway.

The floor is carpeted.

There are no windows.

I can look through the wooden water pipe.

I will see lots of things in cabinets.

I must not touch the spinning wheel.

There is a place for me to sit down.

There is a Victorian nursery behind glass which has lots of toys in.

There is space to sit on the floor.

The floor is carpeted.

The area has been made to look like an old street.

The floor is stone. The walls look like stone.

There is a window I can look through into a Weaver's Cottage.

I can go through the door into the cottage.

I will see a model of a person and a cat.

The room is quite dark. There are no windows. It is quiet.

The ceiling is wooden. The floor is wooden.

The walls have pictures and display boards.

There are lots of large machines from the textile industry to look at. The machines are not on. They are not in cabinets.

I am not allowed to touch the machines.

I can weave with the heavy ropes on the brightly coloured loom.

I can look through the textile samples.

I can look at the Jacquard Loom machine.

I can look at the machine in the case.

I can look at the machine in the case.

There is a clock I must not touch.

There is a big photograph wall with an old scene.

If I want to, I can go behind the wall and open the two little doors.

I can look through the doors and it will look like I am dressed in old fashioned clothes.

There are lots of cabinets.

The floor is carpeted.

There are two models of people.

There are chairs to sit on.

The exit door will take me back into the atrium.

The Woodhead Room, The Study and The Morning Room are often used for family activity events.

They are located off the main reception area.

They can be noisy.

If I need a quiet space, there are lots of places to sit throughout the museum.

I can ask a Welcome Officer if I need an extra quiet space.

There is a clock tower at the front of the Museum where I can sit in the shade.

There is a pretty Memorial Garden behind the Museum with stone seating.

By the car park, there is a flat walkway to the play area.

There are swings, slide and a climbing frame. There is also a skate park area and an adult green gym.