![A group of young people standing on a stage smiling and holding an award trophy. A screen behind them reads: Preservative Party](https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MH_awards-800x321-1-495x321.jpg)
Young volunteers scoop top award for telling city’s untold stories
Leeds City Museum, Leeds City Museum News, NewsA group of young volunteers who researched and rediscovered a fascinating series of untold Leeds stories has brought home a top national award.
![A person kneels on brown earth holding a ring in their gloved hand](https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Garforth-cemetery-800x321-1-495x321.jpg)
Historic Leeds cemetery discovery unearths secrets of ancient Britain
Leeds City Museum News, NewsAn ancient lead coffin has been unearthed in a 1,600-year-old Leeds cemetery and could unlock the secrets of a significant period in British history.
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Global award put Leeds learning project top of the class
Leeds City Museum News, NewsMuseums in Leeds have scooped a top international award for an innovative project to bring history to life in classrooms across the city.
![Lego figurines of David Bowie. A person in the background is wearing Bowie style makeup and reaching for the figurines.](https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Bowie-800x321-1-495x321.jpg)
Starman super fan helps museum celebrate Bowie’s golden years
Leeds City Museum, Leeds City Museum News, NewsA collection of memorabilia charting David Bowie's glittering career has gone on display, 50 years after the legendary Starman dazzled the city.
![Audience Development Officer Sara Merritt looks at a hermarium page from the collections](https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Herbarium-11-800x400v2-495x400.jpg)
Botanist’s spectacular collection revealed during night at the museum
Leeds City Museum News, NewsPrecious plants frozen in time by a blind botanist who identified specimens using his tongue will be explored during a special event in Leeds this week.
The work of famed 19th century collector John Grimshaw Wilkinson, a former grocer from…
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Museum’s new tiny treasure is small change
Leeds City Museum, Leeds City Museum News, NewsLeeds Museums & Galleries have acquired a tiny sceat which has been pierced to be used as a piece of jewellery.