[1] The first Doncaster Museum opened in 1909 at Beechfield House, utilising only the ground floor of the building, and operated a small zoo at the site from 1955.

[3] The holotype of the extinct species Ichthyosaurus anningae was identified in the museum's collection in 2008 and formally named in 2015.

[12] A new rail heritage centre opened on 19 September 2021[13] within the venue exhibits the Great Northern Railway C1 class locomotive No.

251 and the London and North Eastern Railway Class V2 4771 locomotive Green Arrow to celebrate the contribution Doncaster made to the rail industry.

[14][15][16][needs update] The original site of the museum on Chequer Road is now home to the Doncaster Archives and Local Studies Library.