(OLD) Leeds Museums

Childhood in the collections

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Next month we will be holding our first ‘Childhood’ study day at Abbey House Museum. Researching for this day has been a lot of fun – with so many different avenues to explore and so many possible topics to consider. That has, however,…

Matthew Murray’s Beam Engine

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On 27th December 2015, along with many nearby homes and business, Leeds Industrial Museum suffered its worst flood since records began. As part of the clearing up process it became increasingly clear that one of the badly affected ground floor…

Burn time: Light related objects

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Pamela 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…

The Dennisons of Leeds: Pioneers of Penny Slot Machines

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Curator Kitty Ross reveals the story behind the popular 1930s 'Murder in the Museum' penny slot machine at Abbey House Museum! One of Abbey House Museum's star objects, the penny slot machine 'Murder in the Museum' has recently been restored…

The Secret Life of the Leeds Tiger

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The Leeds Tiger over at Leeds City Museum is one of our best-loved exhibits, but how did it get here and was it really once a rug? Thanks to some amazing research by Ebony Andrews, (in her PhD thesis ‘The Biographical Afterlife of the…