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Opening times are Tuesday to Saturday and Bank Holiday Mondays: 10am to 4pm.  Sunday opening times : 11 am – 4 pm.

There will be a "Quiet Hour" from 10am to 11am each Friday during the  2024 school summer holidays for those visitors with sensory needs when audio displays will be turned down or off and intense lights dimmed. 

Please note that the museum will close for winter maintenance at 3pm on Sunday 15th Dec 2024 and re-open on Tuesday 14th Jan 2025.

We want you to gain as much as you possibly can from your visit, so feel free to contact us  in advance and ask about any particular field of interest you may have.

Save 10% on your visit by using our flexible pre-booking online-see below 

Admission prices are currently:

• Adults : £6 ( £5.40 online)
• Concessions ie those aged 65+, disabled persons, students over 16 and all young persons aged 16-24 : £5 (£4.50 online)
• Children aged 5-16 : £1 (90p online)
• Under 5s Free

For full details scroll down to the order options below

If you are a member of the Art Fund scheme, then you can save even more. If so please go here 

Why not become a Friend  and you can come into the museum for free for 12 months. You can attend special premiere events for each exhibition and bring another person or your whole family for free*.

 * See the categories of Friends Membership.

Access and facilities

• Wheelchair / pushchair access to all areas and disabled toilet for museum visitors- see  our accessibility guide.
• Lift to all floors
• Standard and accessible toilets
• Baby changing facilities
• Large print information sheets available from reception
• Guide dogs welcome, others with limitations to access*.
• Free Support Pack for those with Needs 

See also our downloadable directional guide around the museum 

 Dog owners, please note : We are happy to welcome any well-behaved dogs on leads to Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery, especially to our permanent Museum displays. However, there are certain times, or temporary exhibitions in the gallery that are off-limits to dogs, e.g., if there is a school group visit, if textile wall hangings reach near to floor level or there are toys and games/ costumes at floor level. In those instances, we ask visitors with dogs to take turns to visit the upstairs gallery. If a visitor is alone with a dog and the museum is not busy, some of our volunteers are happy to look after small dogs behind the front desk for a short time.