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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Leeds Museums & Galleries Statement on Human Remains
News11 Feb 2020
Statement
Leeds Museums and Galleries is committed to the respectful care and management of not just Nesyamun, but all of the human remains in its collections.
The mummy of Nesyamun, a priest who lived in Egypt 3,000 years ago, forms a central part of Leeds Museums & Galleries engagement with audiences about the ancient world. The duty of care towards Nesyamun is one that LMG in its current form never asked for, as he was acquired and unwrapped nearly 200 years ago, but one we take very seriously. We have always been open and transparent about how Nesyamun was acquired and subsequently studied.
At Leeds Museums & Galleries all decisions around human remains are made by our human remains working group in accordance with our human remains policy. The policy in turn has been shaped by visitor consultation carried out in 2018 where we asked if museums should hold and use human remains, and if museums should allow photography of human remains (both overall results were ‘yes’). As with all human remains in our care, we also provide access for research if deemed appropriate by the human remains working group. We acknowledge that issues around what is ‘appropriate’ are complex and that a consensus regarding research on human remains will never be easily reached. In this case, Leeds Museums & Galleries decided that this research was scientifically relevant for exploring ways to connect with the past (and as such it was published in a peer-reviewed ‘Nature’ journal), and involved limited risk to Nesyamun himself. The research team was initially set up in 2013 and they approached Leeds Museums & Galleries in 2015, so the process took seven years. Leeds Museums & Galleries shared the research on social media and, although the feedback to the research has been mostly positive, we fully expected that critical questions would be asked around ethics and the treatment of the dead – and rightly so.
Although this study received a great deal of attention in the press, it should be noted that research is regularly carried out on human remains in museums. If this study shines a spotlight on discussions around research and decolonisation, and it leads to an ethical review, then it is a move that Leeds Museums & Galleries welcomes. It can only be a positive thing for the sector.
Leeds Museums & Galleries Human Remains Policy can be found here.