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  • Leeds to Innovation

    Leeds Industrial Museum

    Now open

    Uncover the untold tales behind the greatest creative innovators of our time.

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  • Swale the Pilot Whale

    Leeds City Museum

    See our spectacular long-finned Pilot Whale skeleton, now on display.

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  • Museum Shop Sunday

    Sunday 1 December

    Discover Christmas gifts for all ages and support your local museum shop. Get involved with #MuseumShopSunday

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Leeds Museums & Galleries

Creating unforgettable experiences

Connecting people and places through objects and artworks

Leeds Museums & Galleries

Link to: Abbey House Museum

Abbey House Museum

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Wander through Victorian streets and visit the Childhood Galleries

Link to: Leeds Art Gallery

Leeds Art Gallery

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Modern and contemporary art and collections of British painting and sculpture

Link to: Leeds City Museum

Leeds City Museum

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From Ancient Egypt to modern day Leeds, explore Leeds City Museum for free

Link to: Leeds Discovery Centre

Leeds Discovery Centre

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Caring for Leeds’ fantastic and varied 1.3 million objects

Link to: Leeds Industrial Museum

Leeds Industrial Museum

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Explore industries that helped shape Leeds in to the city it is today

Link to: Kirkstall Abbey

Kirkstall Abbey

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One of the best preserved Cistercian monasteries in the country

Link to: Lotherton

Lotherton

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A beautiful Edwardian country estate and hall set within expansive grounds

Link to: Temple Newsam

Temple Newsam

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A historic country estate in Leeds, with grounds landscaped by Capability Brown

Link to: Thwaite Watermill

Thwaite Watermill

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Explore a former working mill situated on an island in the River Aire

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What’s on at our venues

A small blue 1960s scootacar

Leeds to Innovation

26 October 2019 - 26 September 2021

Venue: Leeds Industrial Museum

Monday:
closed

Tuesday to Saturday:
10am-5pm

Sunday:
1-5pm

Bank holidays:
10am-5pm

Uncover the untold tales behind the greatest creative innovators of our time.

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Cropped photograph of a painting displayed in current show at Leeds Art Gallery

Slow Painting

25 October 2019 - 12 January 2020

Venue: Leeds Art Gallery

Monday:
closed

Tuesday to Saturday:
10am-5pm

Sunday:
11am-3pm

Slow Painting at Leeds Art Gallery includes artists whose paintings, as the name suggests, take their time and invite us to take our own.

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The Christmas Experience

The Christmas Experience

22 November 2019 - 05 January 2020

Venue: Lotherton

November to February
The Christmas Experience: Daily, times vary
Wildlife World: 10am-4pm
Last entry: 45 mins before closing

March to October
Hall and Wildlife World: 10am-5pm
Last entry: 4.15pm

The Christmas Experience at Lotherton with outdoor ice rink, Santa's North Pole and 12 Days of Christmas Walk.

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Notepads and gifts on a table

Etsy Made Local Market

30 November 2019 - 01 December 2019

Venue: Leeds City Museum

11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Etsy Made Local Market with Leeds makers and Christmas shopping.

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A lady dressed as an elf taking part in Christmas crafts with a little boy wearing a santa suit

Christmas at Temple Newsam

07 December 2019

Venue: Temple Newsam

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Celebrate Christmas at Temple Newsam with Santa visits, Christmas crafts and festive traditions.

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About Leeds Museums & Galleries

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Creating unforgettable experiences – connecting people and places through objects and artworks.

Leeds Museums and Galleries is a family of heritage sites, museums, country house estates and a flagship art gallery. Established in 1821, we are the largest local authority-run museum service in England and have one of the largest and most significant multidisciplinary collections in the UK.

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