It is situated at the heart of the Village in the council chamber and offices of the former Horsforth Urban District Council.
Further expansion is planned.
The Museum is governed by the Horsforth Historical Society, a registered charity. Horsforth Horsforth, up until the mid nineteenth century a small agricultural community, expanded rapidly with the growth of the nearby industrial centre of Leeds. In the late nineteenth century it achieved note as housing the largest village population in England. Railways, turnpike roads, tramways, an airport and nearby canal made it a focus for almost all forms of public and commercial transport and sealed its fate as a dormitory 'town' of Leeds. The Museum's collection and displays aim to illustrate and aspects of life set against the changing role of the Village.