Leeds Industrial Museum

Temporarily closed

Canal Road, Leeds LS12 2QF

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Leeds Industrial Museum is closed under national government restrictions. Experience Leeds Museums & Galleries from home and support the us by browsing our online shop. Please stay safe and we look forward to welcoming you back soon.

Industrial heritage with collections of textile machinery, railway equipment and heavy engineering.

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Song of the Female Textile Workers

ONLINE EXHIBIT

4 female Chinese textile workers in a factory

Coinciding with Chinese New Year celebrations (12–27 February 2021), this online exhibition presents historical information and six specially created documentary films to highlight commonalities between the UK-China textile industries, whilst telling the stories of industrial and cultural development in Shanghai.

Explore Song of the Female Textile Workers

Leeds to Innovation

ONLINE EXHIBIT

The word 'innovation' spelled out in wooden blocks on a wooden peg board

Uncover the untold tales behind the greatest creative innovators of our time. From Scootacars to steam engines and space food to Spirograph, explore the inventions which shaped Leeds; the City of 1,000 Trades. Featuring objects and stories from great inventors both past and present, including Washington Teasdale, famed for creating what may have been Leeds’ first ‘selfie’!

Explore the Leeds to Innovation exhibition