Previously at The Gissing Centre

• The Gissing Centre Wed 31st Jul 2024
  As well as the permanent displays and videos about the life of Victorian novelist George Gissing (1857-1903) there is a small display of drawings by Rev Thomas Kilby: "Scenery in the Vicinity of Wakefield" (1843). You are invited to see if you can recognise areas of Wakefield 180 years ago.
• Gissing Centre Museum Wed 27th Mar 2024
  Visit our small museum in the childhood home of Wakefield’ s most widely-known novelist. Learn about his family life and the locations in and around Wakefield which he used in a number of his many novels and short stories. Our rooms are on the first floor of the house through the Thompson’s Yard entrance.
• Fact Into Fiction Wed 29th Nov 2023
  A display of Wakefield places which provided material for some of George Gissing's novels and stories. Please note the centre is on the first floor with stair access only.