Mental Health Museum
Museums & Science Centres · Wakefield, West Yorkshire
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Closed — opens Tuesday at 1pm
🏠 Indoor🆓 Free entryBooking requiredEducational
What’s there
- Limited parking
Free parking at Fieldhead Hospital, but spaces in the car park are limited. Coaches cannot park on site; minibuses of up to 16 seats can park in a marked bay.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The Mental Health Museum is on the Fieldhead Hospital site in Wakefield and follows the history of mental health care from the early 1800s to the present day. Its collection includes objects from the former West Riding asylums, such as restraint equipment, a padded cell, early medical instruments, photographs and documents, along with a scale model of the Stanley Royd Hospital where the museum began. Newer displays look at how people experience mental health today. It suits older children, teenagers and adults with an interest in local or social history more than very young children, and the museum warns that some objects and themes can be upsetting. Schools and groups can book learning sessions, and the museum runs as a small, appointment-led space rather than a busy attraction.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Travel sickness bands
- Plasters
- A penForms, competitions, name badges.
- Lunch boxes
- Audiobook or story CD
- Colouring book and pencils
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