Museum team’s COVID learning project completes top awards hat-trick
NewsA unique museum education project that has helped bring history into hundreds of homes across Leeds during the pandemic has scooped a top national award.
Leeds Museums and Galleries’ innovative Closing the COVID Gap project, the only one…
Museum takes Pride in city’s LGBTIQ+ history
NewsA poignant collection of objects capturing personal stories behind decades of protest, struggle and celebration for the city’s feminist and LGBTIQ+ communities has been rediscovered during Pride Month.
Taken from the social history collection,…
Yorkshire designer’s colourful work finds new home in Leeds
NewsShe was the little-known Yorkshire artist whose eye-catching creations encapsulated the wave of optimism which swept across post-war Britain.
Now a colourful collection of work by prolific designer Sheila Bownas has found a new home in Leeds…
Wine cooler’s time to shine as house team puts in a polished performance
NewsAs the ultimate jaw-dropping party accessory, it was specially designed to dazzle envious aristocrats.
And this week Temple Newsam’s gigantic silver wine cooler has been getting a bit of added sparkle as staff polish it up to impress a…
Opera projects finds common threads between textile workers a world apart
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A fascinating new partnership project has begun to weave together the histories of female textile workers in Leeds and Shanghai through the power of Chinese opera.
To coincide with celebrations for Chinese New Year, the project has seen…
Regal bedroom’s upkeep is a right royal affair
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Once hailed as the most beautiful woman in England and a famously close confidant of The Prince of Wales, Lady Isabella Hertford was certainly no stranger to the finer things in life.
So it’s not surprising that even after three centuries,…