Did you ever take a look at the full inventory?
What was on show at any one time was only a small portion of what he actually owned.
No, I didn't look
My wife, & her sister, were in the area earlier this year, & I joking suggested visiting the Museum, for the 'T P'
I don't think they did
1. Granted, it's a proper (well.... rehoused from its old premises) museum, but Wakefield Museum has a few, as they're named
'Non-Descripts'
Ie; they defy description
There's a couple of links here
2. There was a (semi) private Museum at Stanley Royd, until its full closure, & subsequent adaptation into flats/apartments, that dealt with mental health & the treatment
(the 'Royd was built as the '
West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum', in conjunction with High-Royds/Menston, to the north-west of Leeds)
Staff, of the Hospital, & approved guests(visitors from other Hospitals, Student Nurses & Doctors, etc...) could go in
It had the Victorian instruments for Trefining. old maps, record books of reasons for admission
And.... a padded cell (too delicate to enter now, as Horse-Hair was used for the padding)
Nowadays, it's up at Fieldhead, the local psychiatric hospital, that also has the Secure Units
I've been in a couple of times, by flashing the ID badge, since it moved there
https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs....alth-museum-chosen-as-happy-museum-affiliate/
The Church depicted, with its unique glass (showing Medical staff) no longer exists
It caught fire, & was demolished a few years ago
"Some say", it was a 'mysterious' fire, as the owners (property developers) couldn't get permission to demolish/change into flats...………………
Oddly, it was ablaze not long after (all that Pigeon poo in there, & the Pews would help any conflagration)
https://www.whateversleft.co.uk/asylums/stanley-royd-museum-chapel
Seeming now open to the public, I did think it had closed, due to Mick (the volunteer Curator) retiring
https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk/mental-health-museum/home/
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