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miffy looking at an art gallery wall covered in miffy outlines

Miffy Trail

Leeds City Museum
Tue 1 Jul 10:00 - Sun 7 Sep 16:00

Eonarium: Enlightenment

Leeds City Museum
Thu 3 Jul 12:00 - Sun 21 Sep 19:00

A Lotherton Summer Holiday

Lotherton
Sat 19 Jul 10:00 - Sun 31 Aug 17:00

Artspace x SPILL

Leeds Art Gallery
Tue 22 Jul - Sun 31 Aug
Two heads poking around the side of a large miffy book

A Magical Miffy Summer

Leeds City Museum
Tue 22 Jul 10:00 - Sun 31 Aug 16:00

Be Inspired this Summer

Temple Newsam
Tue 22 Jul 10:30 - Sun 31 Aug 17:00
Family sitting in a small cinema

Mystery Matinees

Leeds Industrial Museum
Tue 22 Jul 14:00 - Sun 31 Aug 16:00

Birds, Bees and Butterflies

Kirkstall Abbey
Wed 23 Jul 10:00 - Sun 31 Aug 15:00

Stories in the Streets

Abbey House Museum
Wed 23 Jul 11:00 - Sun 31 Aug 17:00

Summer Store Tours

Leeds Discovery Centre
Thu 24 Jul 13:00 - Thu 28 Aug 14:00

Free events

All free events

miffy looking at an art gallery wall covered in miffy outlines

Miffy Trail

Leeds City Museum
Tue 1 Jul 10:00 - Sun 7 Sep 16:00
An old drawing of Abbey House Museum

1152 Club: Talks at Abbey House Museum

Abbey House Museum
Tue 5 Aug - Tue 9 Dec
A hand-stitch frame with 3 pieces of coloured thread and packets of sequins on patchwork fabric

Stitch Art

Leeds Art Gallery
Wed 6 Aug - Wed 3 Dec
Outside of Temple Newsam house

Craft Markets

Temple Newsam Estate
Sun 24 Aug - Sun 7 Dec
A man talking to a room full of people in Temple Newsam

Tea and Talk

Temple Newsam
Wed 27 Aug - Wed 10 Dec
gloved hands holding an ornate iron buckle

Archaeology Talk: the Melsonby Iron Age Hoard

Leeds City Museum
Sat 6 Sep 14:00 - 15:15
Children carving pumpkins

Pumpkin Carving

Temple Newsam Estate
Wed 29 Oct 13:00 - 15:00

Exhibitions                                                               

All exhibitions

School holidays                                            

All school holiday events

miffy looking at an art gallery wall covered in miffy outlines

Miffy Trail

Leeds City Museum
Tue 1 Jul 10:00 - Sun 7 Sep 16:00

Eonarium: Enlightenment

Leeds City Museum
Thu 3 Jul 12:00 - Sun 21 Sep 19:00

A Lotherton Summer Holiday

Lotherton
Sat 19 Jul 10:00 - Sun 31 Aug 17:00
Two heads poking around the side of a large miffy book

A Magical Miffy Summer

Leeds City Museum
Tue 22 Jul 10:00 - Sun 31 Aug 16:00

Be Inspired this Summer

Temple Newsam
Tue 22 Jul 10:30 - Sun 31 Aug 17:00
Family sitting in a small cinema

Mystery Matinees

Leeds Industrial Museum
Tue 22 Jul 14:00 - Sun 31 Aug 16:00

Birds, Bees and Butterflies

Kirkstall Abbey
Wed 23 Jul 10:00 - Sun 31 Aug 15:00

Stories in the Streets

Abbey House Museum
Wed 23 Jul 11:00 - Sun 31 Aug 17:00

Summer Store Tours

Leeds Discovery Centre
Thu 24 Jul 13:00 - Thu 28 Aug 14:00
Image of a boy looking at a flock of sheep at Temple Newsam Home Farm

Summer Fun on the Farm

Temple Newsam Home Farm
Mon 28 Jul - Mon 25 Aug

Kids Aloud 2025

With Art Fund

Leeds Art Gallery
Fri 1 Aug - Sun 31 Aug

Artisan Market

Lotherton
Sat 2 Aug and Sun 3 Aug

Who's There?

Leeds Art Gallery
Sat 2 Aug - Thu 14 Aug
A tree with the moon and bats in the background

Bat Walk

Temple Newsam Estate
Sat 2 Aug 19:00 - 22:00

Talks, tours and workshops               

All talks, tours and workshops

A view of Temple Newsam House from the roof

Rooftop Experience

Temple Newsam House
Sat 2 Aug - Sun 7 Sep
An old drawing of Abbey House Museum

1152 Club: Talks at Abbey House Museum

Abbey House Museum
Tue 5 Aug - Tue 9 Dec

Meditation Walks

Kirkstall Abbey
Wed 6 Aug - Wed 27 Aug
A woman painting a craft piece at Leeds City Museum

Keep Crafting

Leeds City Museum
Wed 6 Aug 15:00 - 16:00

Throwback Thursday

Abbey House Museum
Thu 14 Aug - Thu 6 Nov
A horned goat stood on top of a feeder at Home Farm

Guided Farm Tour

Temple Newsam Farm
Fri 15 Aug 10:30 - 11:30

Summer Stride

Temple Newsam Estate
Sat 23 Aug 10:30 - 12:30
A man talking to a room full of people in Temple Newsam

Tea and Talk

Temple Newsam
Wed 27 Aug - Wed 10 Dec
Two people looking at a taxidermy penguin and other items in Leeds Discovery Centre's collection store

Behind The Scenes Store Tour

Leeds Discovery Centre
Wed 3 Sep - Wed 5 Nov

Sociable History Club

Leeds City Museum
Fri 5 Sep - Fri 5 Dec
A portrait of John Smeaton

Smeaton at Temple Newsam

Temple Newsam Estate
Sat 6 Sep 11:00 - 13:00

To Improvise A Mountain - Lunchtime Talks

Leeds Art Gallery
Sat 6 Sep and Sat 4 Oct
gloved hands holding an ornate iron buckle

Archaeology Talk: the Melsonby Iron Age Hoard

Leeds City Museum
Sat 6 Sep 14:00 - 15:15

Community events                                       

All community events

An old drawing of Abbey House Museum

1152 Club: Talks at Abbey House Museum

Abbey House Museum
Tue 5 Aug - Tue 9 Dec
A man talking to a room full of people in Temple Newsam

Tea and Talk

Temple Newsam
Wed 27 Aug - Wed 10 Dec
SJ Bradley holding her book on the HoldFast bookshop boat in Leeds

Ideas Are Everywhere!

With SJ Bradley

Abbey House Museum
Fri 26 Sep 14:00 - 16:00
A curator holding a mammoth tusk in the Leeds Discovery Centre collection store

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