
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…

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.

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...

The Roundhay blacksmith’s stone
(OLD) Abbey House Museum, (OLD) Leeds Discovery Centre, (OLD) Leeds History, (OLD) Social HistorySocial History Curator Kitty reveals a newly identified object in the collections.

Conserving First World War objects
(OLD) Behind the Scenes, (OLD) Collections, (OLD) Conservation, (OLD) First World War, (OLD) Leeds Discovery Centre, (OLD) Medals, (OLD) VolunteeringOver the past few weeks our conservation volunteers have been hard at work at Leeds Discovery Centre on some special objects for a new First World War exhibition.

Taking Care of our Taxidermy Collection
(OLD) Behind the Scenes, (OLD) Collections, (OLD) Conservation, (OLD) Leeds City Museum, (OLD) Leeds Discovery Centre, (OLD) Natural History, (OLD) Natural Sciences, (OLD) TaxidermyFind out what it takes to care for over 700,000 specimens in our Natural Science collection.