Youth group’s prestigious award win is picture perfect
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A project giving budding curators in Leeds the chance to work with one of the country’s top contemporary art collections has scooped a prestigious industry award.
Leeds Art Gallery’s Youth Art Collective received the Volunteers for…
History laid bare as mansion staff make surprising find
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Staff at Temple Newsam made a cheeky discovery when they found a collection of nude postcards stashed in the secret section of an antique desk.
During a spot or routine upkeep, staff at the 500 year-old mansion were working on the vintage…
Birdwatching partnership takes local older people under its wing
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A group of older people in Leeds will form a flock of budding birdwatchers this winter thanks to a heart-warming new community project.
Through an innovative partnership between Leeds Museums and Galleries, arts organisation Skippko and…
Partnership explores hidden history of Leeds’s magnificent machines
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Exported across the globe, they were the extraordinary engines which helped power Leeds to the summit of industrial excellence.
But their unrivalled efficiency was also harnessed to support the growth of huge mining, railway and forced…
House’s 500-year-old inventory displayed for first time
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A 500-year-old checklist detailing the complete contents of Temple Newsam House when it was first built has gone on display in an exhibition exploring centuries of life above and below stairs.
Compiled for Thomas, Lord Darcy, thought…
High hopes for word perfect rooftop restoration project
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When notoriously shrewd Yorkshire investor Sir Arthur Ingram first commissioned the imposing lettering atop Temple Newsam House almost four centuries ago, he certainly got his money’s worth.
Thought to be the wordiest architectural…