
Dying Matters
(OLD) Collections, (OLD) Exhibitions, (OLD) Leeds City Museum, (OLD) World CulturesWorld Cultures Curator Antonia Lovelace gives a sneak preview of the new Dying Matters display at Leeds City Museum
Death is perhaps the one experience that unites people the world over. But even though every person experiences death…

A Kitchen Cabinet of Curiosity
(OLD) Collections, (OLD) Leeds Discovery Centre, (OLD) Social HistoryPamela Crowe explores the contents of a 1950s kitchen cabinet and the origins of museum collecting
The wooden space-saving kitchen cabinet at Leeds Discovery Centre (pictured above) dates from the mid-twentieth century and incorporates…

Burn time: Light related objects
(OLD) Collections, (OLD) Conservation, (OLD) Decorative Art, (OLD) Leeds Museum Discovery Centre, (OLD) Social HistoryPamela Crowe explores light conditions and objects linked to lighting in the museum store
The Discovery Centre is a purpose built museum storage facility with regulated temperature and humidity. It is also windowless so that we can control…

Conserving the Leeds Ichthyosaur
(OLD) Collections, (OLD) Conservation, (OLD) Dinosaurs, (OLD) Leeds Discovery CentreFind out exactly what it takes to conserve a fossilised Ichthyosaur in the collection.

What’s in a bottle? Uncovering a Victorian business bust-up
(OLD) Abbey House Museum, (OLD) Behind the Scenes, (OLD) Collections, (OLD) Leeds HistoryWe discovered a rocky business partnership while researching nineteenth century mineral water manufacturers.

Glow in the dark Victorian glass
(OLD) Behind the Scenes, (OLD) Collections, (OLD) Conservation, (OLD) Leeds Discovery CentreDiscover why some Victorian objects in the collection glow in the dark...