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 – 4pm
Last admission: 3.30pm
Address
Abbey Road
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH
Ticket Provider
LOTHERTON
Opening Hours
Open Daily
Estate opens: 8am
Hall: Closed
Wildlife World: 10am – 4pm
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 – 4pm
Last entry 45 minutes before
THWAITE WATERMILL
Opening Hours
Mon – Fri: closed (open 10am – 4pm during school holidays)
Sat – Sun: 12 – 4pm
Last admission: 3pm
Address
Thwaite Lane
Stourton
Leeds
LS10 1RP
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All aboard as museum goes loco for trains celebration
Leeds Industrial Museum News, NewsThey were the industrious steam-powered stalwarts that put Leeds on the right track to becoming the pride of the nation’s railways.
And later this month the city’s impressive collection of locomotives will once again be taking centre stage during a spectacular celebration of the wonderful world of trains.
Leeds Industrial Museum’s popular Trains, Trains, Trains event will give visitors the opportunity to get an up close look at the impressive engines, manufactured in Leeds, which once rode the rails across the UK and around the world.
In 1812, Leeds became home to the world’s first economically viable steam railway in the shape of the Middleton Railway and by the 1890s Hunslet was the base for eleven firms manufacturing locomotives
They included industry bastions The Hunslet Engine Company, Hudswell Clarke and Manning Wardle who in their heyday, crafted historic engines like Aldwyth, Elizabeth and Junin which will be on show during the event.
Visitors will also get the chance to see the gravestone of Robert Morrow, one of the first drivers on the iconic Stockton and Darlington Railway, whose father-in-law lived at Armley Hall and whose headstone now fittingly resides in the museum’s locomotive sheds.
John McGoldrick, Leeds Museums and Galleries’ curator of industrial history, said: “Leeds made a massive contribution to the railway industry and established a long and storied track record of producing exceptional engines which were not only standard-bearers for the industry in the UK, but which were also shipped around the world.
“We’re very fortunate to have such a significant and well-preserved collection of them here at the museum and to be able to tell their story and the important role Leeds played in the long and complex history of the train.”
The locomotive shed tours at Trains, Trains, Trains, will be the last chance for the public to see the collection before they are moved to prepare for upcoming flood alleviation work at the site.
Visitors will also be able to learn about the fascinating links the museums has forged with the Sierra Leone Railway Museum as well as seeing a collection of model trains which include replicas of locomotives manufactured in Leeds.
Councillor Jonathan Pryor, Leeds City Council’s executive member for economy, culture and education, said: “Our museums are such an important part of telling the story of how Leeds came to be the city we know today and we’re extremely fortunate that so much of our heritage has been preserved so superbly.
“Celebrations like this give us the chance to tell that story in new and different ways and for visitors of all ages to see parts of the city’s history brought to life first-hand.”