The Imagination Museum: Fact Or Fiction? at Pontefract Museum

Creative Tourist
Wakefield Council

The Imagination Museum: Fact Or Fiction? at Pontefract Museum, 21 August 2019 Entrance is free

The folks at Pontefract Museum have created some imaginary information labels for some of the objects. Can you identify which labels contain the truthful facts and which ones are simply fictional tales?
This is a free drop in event and there is no need to book.

The Imagination Museum: Fact Or Fiction? at Pontefract Museum, 21 August 2019 Entrance is free

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