ABBEY HOUSE MUSEUM
Opening Hours
Monday: closed
Tuesday – Friday: 10am – 5pm
Saturday: 12 – 5pm
Sunday: 10am – 5pm
Last admission: 4.30pm
Address
Abbey Walk
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH
Ticket Provider
ABBEY HOUSE MUSEUM
Opening Hours
Monday: closed
Tuesday – Friday: 10am – 5pm
Saturday: 12 – 5pm
Sunday: 10am – 5pm
Last admission: 4.30pm
Address
Abbey Walk
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH
Ticket Provider
LEEDS ART GALLERY
Opening Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday-Saturday: 10am – 5pm
Sunday: 11am – 3pm
Address
The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AA
LEEDS CITY MUSEUM
Opening Hours
Monday: closed*
Tuesday – Friday: 10am – 5pm
Saturday & Sunday: 11am – 5pm
*Open Bank Holiday Mondays 11am – 5pm
Address
Leeds City Museum
Millennium Square
Leeds
LS2 8BH
Ticket Provider
LEEDS DISCOVERY CENTRE
Opening Hours
Visits by appointment 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 (open bank holiday Mondays only 10am-5pm)
Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm
Sat – Sun: 12 – 5pm
(last admission one hour before)
Address
Canal Road
Leeds
LS12 2QF
KIRKSTALL ABBEY
Opening Hours
Monday: closed*
Tuesday – Sunday: 10am – 4pm
Last admission: 3.30pm
*Open Bank Holiday Mondays 10am – 4pm
Address
Abbey Road
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH
Ticket Provider
LOTHERTON
Opening Hours
Open Daily
Estate opens: 8am
Hall: 10am – 5pm
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 – 5pm
Last entry 45 minutes before
THWAITE WATERMILL
Opening Hours
Mon – Fri: closed (open 10am – 4pm during the school holidays)
Sat – Sun: 12 – 4pm
Last admission: 3pm
Address
Thwaite Lane
Stourton
Leeds
LS10 1RP
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Historic umbrella project is a brolly good show
Leeds Discovery Centre News, NewsA collection of beautiful umbrellas is being saved for a rainy day thanks to a painstaking conservation project.
More than 230 umbrellas and parasols housed at the Leeds Discovery Centre are being carefully documented and catalogued by students from the University of York working with curators from Leeds Museums and Galleries.
The huge collection, which dates from the late 18th century, includes a range of both practical and stunningly decorative examples which were once used to shield their former owners from the elements or to make a bold fashion statement.
Examples include a delicate pink silk parasol dating from the 1850s, which features a frilled border, black silk lining and a carved ivory handle.
Also part of the collection is a sturdier black umbrella, with a hand-carved Indian ivory handle and a gold cap which dates from around 1865. The umbrella was crafted by JJ Leggat in Harrogate and was donated by a member of the public whose great aunt was presented it by its maker.
Among the more colourful examples is a paper and bamboo parasol thought to be brought from Hong Kong in the 1920s. With a bamboo handle and a frame of bamboo strips, it is decorated with a floral design in red, white, yellow and black.
Vanessa Jones, Leeds Museums and Galleries assistant curator of costumes and textiles, said: “It’s amazing to see the full scope of this remarkable collection, accumulated over so many years and with such an astonishing breadth of designs, materials and colours.
“Umbrellas and parasols do obviously have a practical, functional purpose in keeping the sun and rain off, but what we can clearly see from our collection is that they have also very much been used over the centuries as a status symbol, a fashion statement or as a very beautiful accessory.
“By documenting and cataloguing them as we are now, we can help build a picture of not only how these objects have changed through time and in line with evolving fashions, but also the wonderful creativity and imagination of those who have designed and made them too.”
Once the collection has been fully catalogued, key examples will be photographed and featured online before further work to showcase them digitally takes place.
Councillor Jonathan Pryor, Leeds City Council’s executive member for economy, culture and education, said: “The fantastic work that goes on behind-the-scenes in our museums service is what enables us to put on such a diverse, varied and exciting programme of events and activities in our museums and galleries.
“Protecting, preserving and cataloguing this spectacular range of objects also gives future visitors the opportunity to enjoy them and to learn about history and heritage in new and innovative ways.”
The Leeds Discovery Centre is home to more than a million objects and is used to store parts of the Leeds collection which are not currently on display, spanning tens of millions of years of world history.
The centre is free to visit by appointment. For more details on how to book, visit: https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/leeds-discovery-centre