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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Young curators bring people together to share tales of life in isolation
NewsThe front of Leeds City Museum
Telling the story of lockdown in Leeds
A group of young history-lovers are calling on people across the city to share their experiences and help tell the story of lockdown in Leeds.
Leeds City Museum’s Preservative Party wants to hear about the different ways residents have been coping with isolation as they look to create a new animated film documenting the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on local communities, individuals and families.
Raising awareness
While looking at the subject in the context of the current restrictions, the group are also keen to raise awareness about the fact that many people can experience physical, emotional and social isolation as part of their daily lives.
Their finished film will be shared on social media and at the museum as part of a planned display looking at mental health, which is set to be installed once the attraction is able to reopen to the public.
We want to hear from you
Esther Amis-Hughes, Leeds Museums and Galleries’ youth engagement officer, said:
“The group began bringing the display together earlier this year, looking at a variety of prominent mental health issues and how they affected different people’s lives.
“After the coronavirus pandemic was declared, the members were still really committed to the project and by working together online, they decided that isolation would be an important and relevant theme to explore as well as an opportunity to bring people together.
“The current lockdown has made us all much more aware of how it feels to be cut off from our friends, family and social lives, but sadly, for many people being isolated and feeling alone isn’t a new experience.
“We’d really like to hear from people who have something they want to share about isolation, whether it’s in the context of the current pandemic or something they’ve felt as a result of unemployment, starting university, growing up in care, being a new parent, or relocating.”
The Preservative Party
The Preservative Party, all aged 14-24, work with Leeds Museums and Galleries to plan and create displays and exhibitions at Leeds City Museum.
Their previous projects have included displays on the armed forces and the First World War, a nostalgic look at life as a teenager in Leeds and a time capsule which was recently installed at Leeds Town Hall.
Get involved
If you would like to share your own experience of lockdown and isolation during this time, please get in touch either by name or anonymously by emailing [email protected] by 22 April.