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
Last entry 45 minutes before
THWAITE WATERMILL
Address
Thwaite Lane
Stourton
Leeds
LS10 1RP
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Hip, hip hooray as curators find the whole tooth behind museum’s natural wonder
Leeds City Museum News, Leeds Discovery Centre, NewsMuseum experts in Leeds turned dental detectives this week to get straight to the root of an historic hippo headscratcher.
The team at the Leeds Discovery Centre were preparing a colossal hippopotamus skull for display when they discovered one of the African animal’s enormous teeth was missing.
After a lengthy search through a collection of possible candidates, they were able to correctly identify the massive incisor, carefully slotting it back into place and completing the impressive skull before it goes on display.
The hippo skull will soon move to Leeds City Museum where it will be one of the star attractions in the site’s newly-revamped Life on Earth Gallery. Once there, the skull, which first became part of the Leeds collection after it transferred from Salford Museum and Art Gallery in 1982, is set to be displayed next to its prehistoric counterpart, the famous Armley Hippo.
The elder of the two sets of hippo remains belonged to an animal which roamed a much warmer Leeds around 130,000 years ago. Its bones were discovered in 1851 by workmen digging on land near where the Armley Gyratory stands today.
Clare Brown, Leeds Museums and Galleries curator of natural sciences, said: “Working with bones is often a combination of a bit of detective work and completing a very complex jigsaw, and fragments can often get mixed up over time when they’re part of such a vast collection.
“It’s always incredibly satisfying when we’re able to find precisely the right pieces that will make a specimen complete and properly representative of the incredible animal it once was.
“Despite being separated by 130,000 years, our two hippos are in fact remarkably similar, and are both examples of Hippopotamus amphibius – the same species that still lives in Africa today.
“Like many of the animals in our Life on Earth Gallery, together they will help us to convey the extraordinary abundance of the animal kingdom and how inspiring, precious and fragile Earth’s ecosystems are. We can’t wait to welcome visitors back to the gallery and for them to discover more about the incredible story of the natural world.”
Leeds City Museum’s Life on Earth Gallery is currently closed to the public and will reopen later this summer after an exciting refurbishment project.
The new space will include updated displays with more information on the climate emergency and some in-depth histories of some of the museum’s amazing natural science objects.
Councillor Jonathan Pryor, Leeds City Council’s executive member for economy, culture and education, said: “Our world class natural sciences collection plays an important role in informing and educating people of all ages about both the stunning historic diversity of the animal kingdom and unprecedented threats facing the natural world today.
“It’s inspiring to see the city’s museums finding new and innovative ways to engage visitors and to help them discover more about the role they can play in securing the planet’s future.”