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Leeds City Museum

Opening hours

Monday: closed
Tuesday – Friday: 11am – 5pm
Saturday & Sunday: 12 – 5pm

Millennium Square, Leeds, LS2 8BH

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Six galleries and a programme of family friendly exhibitions in the heart of Leeds.

Visit

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Opening times, access information and how to get here

See & do

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Explore our galleries and discover what’s currently on display

Fast x Slow Fashion

ONLINE EXHIBIT

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Exploring the relationship between clothes shopping and people in Leeds, from 1720 to the present day.

Discover how clothes shops have changed, and how people have sought alternative ways to consume fashion.

Explore the Fast x Slow fashion exhibition

Long-finned Pilot Whale

The skeleton of our 152-year-old long-finned pilot whale is now on display at Leeds City Museum.

We have affectionately named him Swale (Yorkshire slang for ‘it’s a whale’) and you can now visit him outside the Life on Earth gallery. Come along to see him, discover his grizzly past and find out more about what we can do to protect our oceans.

This project has been funded with the help of the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Learn more about the project

A young visitor moving bones of a pilot whale skeleton

Venue hire

Our public galleries are accompanied by a selection of contemporary conference and meeting spaces

Learn

We can help you deliver diverse, creative, skills-based learning across many different curriculum areas

Café

The perfect place to relax with friends and family. Pop in and enjoy a cup of tea, slice of cake or a spot of lunch