Projects & Partnerships

A sepia photograph of a captain in the army

Captain James Walker Foreman

Collections, Engagement, Featured, Leeds City Museum, Legacy project: Commemorating WW1 2015-2018, Social History, Work experience

Leeds-born Captain James Walker Foreman flew 637 hours on the front line in World War One, and survived a bullet wound from below.

1906 Ordinance survey map (published 1908)

Skating in Edwardian Leeds

Abbey House Museum, Featured, Leeds City Museum, Projects & Partnerships, Social History

In 1909, there were 5 skating rinks in Leeds. Using historic maps, Catherine Robins has found out exactly where they were and what became of the buildings after they closed.

Sloped handwriting that is very scrawled with errors scribbled out

Transcribing the Past

200th Birthday, Archaeology, Collections, Engagement, Featured, Projects & Partnerships, Volunteers

Volunteers share their experience working on the transcription of a notebook, found in the rubble of Leeds City Museum after the Leeds Blitz of 1941.

A handwritten page showing a list of objects written in very small hard to read writing

Lanuvium and the Leeds Blitz

200th Birthday, Archaeology, Collections, Engagement, Featured, Volunteers

This notebook contains lists of objects unearthed from the rubble left by the Leeds Blitz in 1941. But how did they come to be here in the first place?

A black and white photograph of a woman looking into a microscope with a notebook next to her

Alfred Eisenstaedt, Time & Life Pictures, Getty Images

Dead Inspiring Women in Science: Rachel Carson

Dead Inspiring, Engagement, Featured, Natural Science, Volunteers

Celebrate International Women's Day with the story of scientist Rachel Carson, who exposed the harmful effects of pesticides.

A city and its welcome intro panel at Leeds City Museum in 2019

West Yorkshire’s Local Authority Museums: Supporting the West Yorkshire Economy

News, WYLAMP

New figures show that last year, West Yorkshire’s local authority museum services were visited by 2,068,137 people and contributed nearly £39 million to the regional economy. Thanks to their use of local services, our museums also…

ABBEY HOUSE MUSEUM

Opening Hours

Mon: closed
Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm
Sat: 12 – 5pm
Sun: 10am – 5pm
Last admission: 4.30pm

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Address

Abbey Walk
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH

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LEEDS ART GALLERY

Opening Hours

Mon: Closed
Tues -Sat: 10am – 5pm
Sun: 11am – 3pm

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Address

The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AA

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LEEDS CITY MUSEUM

Opening Hours

Mon: closed (11am – 5pm on bank holidays)
Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm
Sat & Sun: 11am – 5pm

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Address

Leeds City Museum
Millennium Square
Leeds
LS2 8BH

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LEEDS DISCOVERY CENTRE

Opening Hours

Visits by appointment/special event only.

Free public store tours are now available by booking in advance. Please call or email us.

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Address

Leeds Discovery Centre
Off Carlisle Road
Leeds
LS10 1LB

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LEEDS INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM

Opening Hours

Mon: Closed (10am – 5pm on bank holiday Mondays)

Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm

Sat – Sun: 12 – 5pm

Last admission one hour before closing.

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Address

Canal Road
Leeds
LS12 2QF

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KIRKSTALL ABBEY

Opening Hours

Mon: closed (10am – 4pm on bank holidays)
Tues – Sun: 10am – 4.30pm
Last admission: 4pm

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Address

Abbey Road
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH

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LOTHERTON

Opening Hours

Open Daily

Estate opens: 7.30am
Hall: Open (Downstairs only) 10am-5pm
Wildlife World: 10am – 5pm
Estate closes: 7pm
Last entry 45 mins before estate closing time

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Address

Lotherton Lane
Aberford
Leeds
LS25 3EB

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