Archaeology

Roman Sculptural Fragments

Archaeology, Collections, Engagement, Featured, Work experience

Find out about classical mythology and archaeology through our collection of Roman sculptural fragments, researched by Careers for All placement Sarah.

Ancient Egyptian Spirituality

Archaeology, Collections, Featured, Volunteers, Youth

Discover the stories of Ancient Egyptian spirituality told in the Ancient Worlds gallery at Leeds City Museum, and why we can still learn from them today.

Sloped handwriting that is very scrawled with errors scribbled out

Transcribing the Past

200th Birthday, Archaeology, Collections, Engagement, Featured, Projects & Partnerships, Volunteers

Volunteers share their experience working on the transcription of a notebook, found in the rubble of Leeds City Museum after the Leeds Blitz of 1941.

A handwritten page showing a list of objects written in very small hard to read writing

Lanuvium and the Leeds Blitz

200th Birthday, Archaeology, Collections, Engagement, Featured, Volunteers

This notebook contains lists of objects unearthed from the rubble left by the Leeds Blitz in 1941. But how did they come to be here in the first place?

A photograph of a brown brick building surrounded by deep snow and snowy skies,

Celebrating Cistercian Women

Archaeology, Collections

Discover more about the daily lives of the monks of Kirkstall Abbey from archaeology curator Kat Baxter's recent visit to a Norwegian Cistercian monastery.

Rebecca Lang from the Museum of London looking at some loose teeth at Leeds City Museum. She is working at a desk over a white table cloth. There is a few instruments on the table. She is working under a bright light. There is a skull next to her hands.

Farewell to ‘Skeletons’ at Leeds City Museum

Archaeology, Collections

On 7 January we said goodbye to our final visitors to the last leg of the exhibition tour, developed in partnership with Wellcome Collection and the Museum of London.

ABBEY HOUSE MUSEUM

Opening Hours

Mon: closed
Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm
Sat: 12 – 5pm
Sun: 10am – 5pm
Last admission: 4.30pm

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Address

Abbey Walk
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH

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LEEDS ART GALLERY

Opening Hours

Mon: Closed
Tues -Sat: 10am – 5pm
Sun: 11am – 3pm

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Address

The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AA

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LEEDS CITY MUSEUM

Opening Hours

Mon: closed (11am – 5pm on bank holidays)
Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm
Sat & Sun: 11am – 5pm

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Address

Leeds City Museum
Millennium Square
Leeds
LS2 8BH

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LEEDS DISCOVERY CENTRE

Opening Hours

Visits by appointment/special event only.

Free public store tours are now available by booking in advance. Please call or email us.

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Address

Leeds Discovery Centre
Off Carlisle Road
Leeds
LS10 1LB

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LEEDS INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM

Opening Hours

Mon: Closed (10am – 5pm on bank holiday Mondays)

Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm

Sat – Sun: 12 – 5pm

Last admission one hour before closing.

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Address

Canal Road
Leeds
LS12 2QF

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KIRKSTALL ABBEY

Opening Hours

Mon: closed (10am – 4pm on bank holidays)
Tues – Sun: 10am – 4.30pm
Last admission: 4pm

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Address

Abbey Road
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH

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LOTHERTON

Opening Hours

Open Daily

Estate opens: 7.30am
Café: 9am – 5pm, hot food finishes 45 mins before
Hall: Open (Downstairs only) 10am-5pm
Wildlife World: 10am – 5pm
Estate closes: October: 7pm
November: 6pm
23 Nov – 24th Dec: 7pm
24th Dec – 28th Feb: 6pm
March: 7pm
April onwards: 8pm
Last entry 45 mins before estate closing time

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Address

Lotherton Lane
Aberford
Leeds
LS25 3EB

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TEMPLE NEWSAM

Opening Hours

House: Tues – Sun: 10.30am – 5pm
Home Farm: Tues – Sun: 10am – 5pm | Open Bank Holiday Mondays and throughout summer holidays
Last entry 45 minutes before

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Address

Temple Newsam Road
Leeds
LS15 0AE

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