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
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
LEEDS ART GALLERY
Monday: Closed
Tuesday-Saturday: 10am – 5pm
Sunday: 11am – 3pm
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
LEEDS DISCOVERY CENTRE
Opening Hours
Visits by appointment only.
Please note that our free drop-in public store tours are currently unavailable.
Address
Leeds Discovery Centre
Off Carlisle Road
Leeds
LS10 1LB
LEEDS INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM
Opening Hours
Mon: closed
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 – 4.30pm
Last admission: 4pm
*Open Bank Holiday Mondays 10am – 4.30pm
Address
Abbey Road
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH
LOTHERTON
Opening Hours
Open Daily
Estate opens: 7.30am
Hall: 10am – 5pm
Wildlife World: 10am – 5pm
Estate closes: 8pm
Last entry to estate 45 mins before estate closing time
TEMPLE NEWSAM
House: Tues – Sun: 10.30am – 5pm
Home Farm: Tues – Sun: 10am – 5pm
Last entry: 4.15pm
THWAITE WATERMILL
Thwaite Lane
Stourton
Leeds
LS10 1RP
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Retro computer makes exhibition’s online reboot easy PC
NewsA classic 1980s Systime computer is on display in a museum
It might not the most attractive piece of hardware for the modern home office.
But the retro Leeds-made Systime computer is still a captivating keystroke in the history of British technology.
The nostalgic number-cruncher is among the exhibits featuring in Leeds to Innovation, a newly-online exhibition exploring some of Leeds’s most impressive inventions. It was also one of the key components in the little-known rise and fall of a global tech giant.
From humble beginnings in a derelict factory in Leeds in 1973, Systime grew to become a major manufacturer and by the early 80s, it was the second largest computing firm in the UK.
With an annual turnover of more than £400m, the firm employed more than 1,300 people at their futuristic Leeds headquarters, which was opened by HRH the Princess Royal in 1983 and today is the site of the White Rose Office park in south Leeds.
The company produced IT solutions for huge names including British Rail, Marks and Spencer and the NHS and even sponsored Leeds United in the 1983/84 season.
However, a series of supply disputes with American rivals and a number of management buy-outs followed and Systime was no more, with a number of companies rising from its ashes including Burley-based Visionware.
John McGoldrick, Leeds Museums and Galleries’ curator of industrial history, said:
“The meteoric rise of Systime aptly demonstrates just how quickly and spectacularly a bright idea can flourish and what a powerful catalyst innovation can be for success in business.
“Historically, Leeds is known as an industrial powerhouse, but Systime shows how the city has been at the cutting edge of some impressive advancements in technology, media and computing over the years too.
“While many of us are currently working from home, looking back at this intriguing chapter in the story of the PC is also the perfect way to welcome visitors to our exhibition online and encourage them to explore more stories of innovation, invention and creativity.”
Originally opening at Leeds Industrial Museum, Leeds to Innovation looks at some of the city’s most creative minds and the inventions they made.
They include pioneering stargazer Washington Teasdale, creator of a revolutionary field microscope and subject of the world’s first selfie, Elizabeth Beecroft, who hammered out a successful enterprise at Kirkstall Forge, and John Smeaton, the ‘Father of Civil Engineering’ and designer of the Eddystone Lighthouse.