ABBEY HOUSE MUSEUM
Opening Hours
Mon: closed
Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm
Sat: 12 – 5pm
Sun: 10am – 5pm
Last admission: 4.30pm
Address
Abbey Walk
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH
Ticket Provider
ABBEY HOUSE MUSEUM
Opening Hours
Mon: closed
Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm
Sat: 12 – 5pm
Sun: 10am – 5pm
Last admission: 4.30pm
Address
Abbey Walk
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH
Ticket Provider
LEEDS ART GALLERY
Opening Hours
Mon: Closed
Tues -Sat: 10am – 5pm
Sun: 11am – 3pm
Address
The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AA
LEEDS CITY MUSEUM
Opening Hours
Mon: closed (11am – 5pm on bank holidays)
Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm
Sat & Sun: 11am – 5pm
Address
Leeds City Museum
Millennium Square
Leeds
LS2 8BH
Ticket Provider
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.
Address
Leeds Discovery Centre
Off Carlisle Road
Leeds
LS10 1LB
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.
Address
Canal Road
Leeds
LS12 2QF
KIRKSTALL ABBEY
Opening Hours
Mon: closed (10am – 4pm on bank holidays)
Tues – Sun: 10am – 4.30pm
Last admission: 4pm
Address
Abbey Road
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH
Ticket Provider
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
TEMPLE NEWSAM
Opening Hours
House: Tues – Sun: 10.30am – 5pm
Home Farm: Tues – Sun: 10am – 5pm | Open Bank Holiday Mondays and throughout summer holidays
Last entry 45 minutes before
THWAITE WATERMILL
Address
Thwaite Lane
Stourton
Leeds
LS10 1RP
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The Preservative Party Visit Berlin
Behind the Scenes, Engagement, YouthThree members of the Preservative Party, Leeds City Museum’s group for young volunteers, tell us about their recent trip to Berlin. The visit formed part of the ‘In the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time’ project at the University of Leeds.
Members of the Preservative Party were invited to Berlin as part of research with the University of Leeds into WW1 internment camps for British civilians in Germany and German civilians in Britain, focusing in on Lofthouse Park camp near Wakefield and Ruhleben camp in Spandau, Berlin. We were hosted in Berlin by JGW- the youth history workshop- a similar group to the Preservative Party.
During our weekend there, we saw an exhibition in the Spandau Citadel by German school pupils on the Lofthouse Park and Ruhleben camps, including their visit to Lofthouse Park, and spoke in a German school about the internment camps and the diary of Ruhleben internee Albert Stockwell which we have in the Leeds Museums and Galleries collection. We also visited the Berlin Wall and the military history museum on the site of the Berlin airlift and looked at some of the JGW’s other projects, such as placing stumbling stones as memorials for victims of the holocaust.
We visited the Air Museum in Berlin, which has a large collection of jets including some Russian fighter jets, and featured an interesting display showing that some civilians were bombed and went into shelters during the Second World War.
We learned a lot about the German uniforms and saw the uniform of Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering, who was a WW1 German Pilot and later became one of Hitler’s main supporters. Goering was sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials in 1946.
We saw some modern jets like the Typhoon, the MiG-29 of Russia and the F-16 as well.
Getting to visit landmarks like the Berlin Wall and Gatow air base was great, and a favourite part of the trip was exploring Carl Friedrich von Siemens gymnasium. It was really interesting being able to see how a European school ran: We went into an 8th grade (year 8) class and really enjoyed getting to talk to the teacher about our passions. As a group we discussed the Ruhleben diary with a smaller group of 15-16 year olds as well as talking with them about Brexit. It was good to hear different opinions about this current relevant debate. It was an amazing experience overall and we hope it can happen again!
By Eva, Callum and Ethan from the Preservative Party
Find out more about Leeds City Museum, and discover our youth engagement programme.