
The Children’s Fancy Dress Ball
(OLD) 19th century, (OLD) Abbey House Museum, (OLD) Ephemera, (OLD) Family History, (OLD) Leeds History, (OLD) Photography, (OLD) Social HistorySocial History Curator Kitty Ross opens up a fascinating Victorian photo album in the collection!

Christmas traditions from the collection
(OLD) Christmas, (OLD) Social HistorySocial History Curator Nicola Pullan explores Christmas objects from the collection - from trees to pantomime
Christmas may only come once a year, but in social history we have a nice collection of objects for the festive season, as people…

A Kitchen Cabinet of Curiosity
(OLD) Collections, (OLD) Leeds Discovery Centre, (OLD) Social HistoryPamela Crowe explores the contents of a 1950s kitchen cabinet and the origins of museum collecting
The wooden space-saving kitchen cabinet at Leeds Discovery Centre (pictured above) dates from the mid-twentieth century and incorporates…

Childhood in the collections
(OLD) Abbey House Museum, (OLD) Leeds Museums, (OLD) Social History
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,…

Burn time: Light related objects
(OLD) Collections, (OLD) Conservation, (OLD) Decorative Art, (OLD) Leeds Museum Discovery Centre, (OLD) Social HistoryPamela 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…

WW1 Leeds – a timeline
(OLD) First World War, (OLD) Leeds History, (OLD) Local History, (OLD) Social History, (OLD) WarStephanie Webb reveals key moments in Leeds' First World War history.