
Behind the Lines – new First World War poetry exhibition
(OLD) Behind the Scenes, (OLD) Collections, (OLD) Discovery Centre, (OLD) Exhibitions, (OLD) First World War, (OLD) Leeds City Museum, (OLD) Leeds Museums, (OLD) Military History, (OLD) Social History, (OLD) WarExplore behind-the-scenes of the First World War Poetry exhibition with placement student Laura Varley.

No Happily Ever After – Nursery Rhymes and Political Cartoons
(OLD) Abbey House Museum, (OLD) Archive, (OLD) Behind the Scenes, (OLD) Collections, (OLD) Ephemera, (OLD) Exhibitions, (OLD) Social HistoryCharacters, settings and stories from fairytales often pop up in unexpected places...

The Morley Brank or Scold’s Bridle
(OLD) 16th century, (OLD) Abbey House Museum, (OLD) Collections, (OLD) Crime, (OLD) Leeds History, (OLD) Leeds Museums, (OLD) Social History, (OLD) Women's HistoryDiscover the gruesome Morley Brank, a cruel device used to punish those who spoke out of turn as early as the 16th century.

The Travels of a Leeds Police Helmet
(OLD) 19th century, (OLD) 20th century, (OLD) Abbey House Museum, (OLD) Collections, (OLD) Crime, (OLD) Leeds History, (OLD) Local History, (OLD) Military History, (OLD) Social HistoryA Leeds City Police badge from the Victorian era has recently come into our collection, and it's history is certainly not clean cut...

Leeds Gas Riots
(OLD) 19th century, (OLD) Abbey House Museum, (OLD) Collections, (OLD) Crime, (OLD) Industrial History, (OLD) Leeds History, (OLD) Local History, (OLD) Social HistoryCurator Kitty Ross explores the riots that broke out in New Wortley in 1890, through objects we have in our collection.