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Abbey House Museum

Discover authentic Victorian streets and childhood toys in Leeds' social history museum.

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VISITOR NOTICE

Unfortunately, due to staff sickness Abbey House Museum will be closed today, Tuesday 23 December. We will now reopen after the Christmas and Boxing Day bank holidays.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, and we look forward to welcoming visitors from this Saturday, 27 December. Kirkstall Abbey (and cafe) across the road remains open today and is also open tomorrow for pre-Christmas visits. 

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Blog | Imagining Little Red Riding Hood

Social History Curator Kitty Ross explores the tale of Little Red Riding Hood and it’s many illustrations, in light of the Fairytales and Fantasy exhibition at Abbey House Museum.

Blog | ‘Iris’ (1886) by John Atkinson Grimshaw

Local historian Eveleigh Bradford explores one of Atkinson Grimshaw’s most entrancing paintings, which chimes well with the theme of Fairy Tales and Fantasy, the subject of the new exhibition at Abbey House.

Blog | The Dennisons of Leeds: Pioneers of Penny Slot Machines

Curator Kitty Ross reveals the story behind the popular 1930s ‘Murder in the Museum’ penny slot machine at Abbey House Museum!

Blog | Gertrude Bray ‘The Home Specialist’

We are currently cataloguing the Yorkshire Post Studio photography archive which is held at Abbey House Museum. One glass negative dated May 1938 simply states that it is a Mrs Gertrude Bray of Bray Homes.
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