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A black and white image of ruins with line markings on the grass in front

'The Labyrinth' by Jacob Talbot

Leeds Mindfulness Festival

Kirkstall Abbey
Tue 9 Sep 10:00 - Fri 17 Oct 16:30
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Meditation Walks

Kirkstall Abbey
Wed 24 Sep - Wed 17 Dec
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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 1 Oct - Wed 3 Dec
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2 Capybaras at Wildlife World being fed cabbage

The Capybara Experience

Lotherton
Fri 3 Oct and Sat 1 Nov
Sold Out

The Wallaby Experience

Lotherton
Sat 4 Oct and Sat 1 Nov
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illustrated pumpkins on top of compeition entries of drawn pumpkins

Annual Pumpkin Compeition

Leeds City Museum
Tue 7 Oct 10:00 - Thu 30 Oct 17:00
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The Duchess show programmes for November 1996

On Stage: Performances in Music Leeds Us

Leeds CIty Museum
Sat 11 Oct 13:00 - Sat 27 Jun 14:00
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A vinyl record, sleeve and documents from The Who - Live at Leeds recording

'Music turned off’ Hour – Music Leeds Us exhibition

Leeds City Museum
Sun 12 Oct 15:00 - Sun 28 Jun 16:00
Give What You Can
The Refectory at Kirkstall Abbey by LMW Turner

Poetry in the Abbey: Walking in Turner's Footsteps

Leeds Mindfulness Festival

Kirkstall Abbey
Tue 14 Oct 12:30 - 13:30
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A hand on their knee to meditate

How To Meditate

Leeds Mindfulness Festival

Abbey House Museum
Tue 14 Oct 14:00 - 15:00
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illustrated pumpkins on top of compeition entries of drawn pumpkins

Annual Pumpkin Compeition

Leeds City Museum
Tue 7 Oct 10:00 - Thu 30 Oct 17:00
Give What You Can
A man talking to a room full of people in Temple Newsam

Tea and Talk

Temple Newsam
Wed 22 Oct - Wed 10 Dec
Free
Children carving pumpkins

Pumpkin Carving

Temple Newsam Estate
Wed 29 Oct 13:00 - 15:00
Free
An old drawing of Abbey House Museum

1152 Club: Talks at Abbey House Museum

Abbey House Museum
Tue 4 Nov and Tue 9 Dec
Free
A hand-stitch frame with 3 pieces of coloured thread and packets of sequins on patchwork fabric

Stitch Art

Leeds Art Gallery
Wed 5 Nov - Wed 3 Dec
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3 pieces of coloured card with 3 pencil and line drawing surrounding

Meet & Make

Leeds Art Gallery
Fri 7 Nov - Fri 6 Feb
Free
Outside of Temple Newsam house

Craft Markets

Temple Newsam Estate
Sun 9 Nov and Sun 7 Dec
Free
an archive image of kirsktall abbey ruins

Light for Leeds – Interfaith Event

Abbey House Museum
Sun 16 Nov 12:00 - 16:00
Free

Festive Community Choir Performance

Leeds City Museum
Fri 5 Dec 15:00
Give What You Can

Exhibitions                                                               

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'Don't Let's Ask For the Moon...': Nocturnes and Atkinson Grimshaw

COMING SOON | Leeds Art Gallery | 14 November 2025 - 19 April 2026 | Explore the poetic moonscapes of Leeds artist John Atkinson Grimshaw

Plant Dreaming

COMING SOON | Leeds Art Gallery | 14 November 2025 - 19 April 2026 | An exhibition of works on plants, and their real and imagined histories

Music Leeds Us: Celebrating 60 Years

10 October 2025 - 28 June 2026 | Leeds City Museum | Marking 60 years of Leeds Conservatoire, this special exhibition celebrates the people, places and magic moments that have shaped the city’s musical identity across six vibrant decades.

The Twinkling Horizon Display

Leeds City Museum | September 2025 - 4 January 2026 | Visit Leeds City Museum Community Corridor to see and hear the amazing story of the Leeds Poor Children’s Holiday Camp in Silverdale on Morecambe Bay.

Mike Nelson: M62 (East, West)

Leeds Art Gallery | 12 July - 1 February 2026 | A new commission as part of Mike Nelson's blown out tyre series

Literature in Leeds: Prose, Poetry and Plays

Abbey House Museum | 1 July 2025 - 8 March 2026 | A community display celebrating Leeds writers, from historical fiction to thought-provoking poetry, and plays written for stage and screen.

Reel-ise

Leeds Industrial Museum | 15 July 2025 - 16 July 2026 | A new community exhibition exploring the rich film history of Leeds.

Portrayals of Women

Leeds Art Gallery | 29 March 2025 - 5 April 2026 | A display from the works on paper collection exploring how women have been portrayed from the 1600s to the present day

Helen Chadwick: Artist, Researcher, Archivist

Leeds Art Gallery | 4 April 2025– 25 January 2026 | A display drawn from the archive of Helen Chadwick, providing a unique insight into the artist’s modes of working and thinking about art.

Story Time

Abbey House Museum | 25 Jan - 31 Dec 2025 | Children's books then and now. Are you sitting comfortably? Uncover a love of reading in this family-friendly exhibition.

'An Axis of Abstraction': Art in Cornwall and Yorkshire – Then and Now

Leeds Art Gallery | Until 7 June 2026 | Exploring Modernist artist practices in West Cornwall and West Yorkshire.

Engineery

Leeds Industrial Museum | Until 1 Nov 2026 | Engineery is an exhibition marking the 300th anniversary of John Smeaton, the father of civil engineering.

Preservative Party on the Case

Leeds City Museum | 28 April - 19 October 2025 | An exhibition from the Preservative Party about themes that mean the most to them.

School holidays                                            

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illustrated pumpkins on top of compeition entries of drawn pumpkins

Annual Pumpkin Compeition

Leeds City Museum
Tue 7 Oct 10:00 - Thu 30 Oct 17:00
Give What You Can
Photo of boy in pumpkin field

Pumpkin Patch Trailer Tours

Sat 18 Oct and Sat 25 Oct
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A portrait of the Blue Lady

Ghosts of Temple Newsam

Temple Newsam House
Sat 18 Oct - Sun 19 Oct
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Scarecrow Trail

Leeds Industrial Museum
Sat 25 Oct 10:00 - Sun 2 Nov 17:00
Included in Admission

Spooky Skeletons: Scarytales

Lotherton
Sat 25 Oct 10:00 - Sun 2 Nov 17:00
Included in Admission

Halloween Hauntings

Temple Newsam House
Sat 25 Oct 10:30 - Sun 2 Nov 17:00
General Admission
Someone walking through the dark cellars of Temple Newsam

Halloween Cellar Tours

Temple Newsam House
Sat 25 Oct - Sun 2 Nov
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Spirograph kit with paper and pens

Super Spirographs

Leeds City Museum
Sat 25 Oct - Sat 1 Nov
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A skeleton in fancy dress sat on a bench

Spooky Streets

Abbey House Museum
Sat 25 Oct - Sun 2 Nov
Included in Admission

Creepy Crafts

Abbey House Museum
Sat 25 Oct 14:00 - 16:00
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Half Term Store Tours

Leeds Discovery Centre
Mon 27 Oct 11:00 - Fri 31 Oct 14:00
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Blast, 1387 Minutes - detail (2007) - Lesley Halliwell

Spirograph Family Fun Day

Leeds City Museum
Tue 28 Oct 10:00 - 17:00
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Vegetable Printing Portraits

Leeds Industrial Museum
Tue 28 Oct - Thu 30 Oct
Included in Admission

Half Term Holiday - The Big Draw

Leeds Art Gallery
Tue 28 Oct - Fri 31 Oct
Give What You Can

Talks, tours and workshops               

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Meditation Walks

Kirkstall Abbey
Wed 24 Sep - Wed 17 Dec
Give What You Can
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 1 Oct - Wed 3 Dec
Book now
The Refectory at Kirkstall Abbey by LMW Turner

Poetry in the Abbey: Walking in Turner's Footsteps

Leeds Mindfulness Festival

Kirkstall Abbey
Tue 14 Oct 12:30 - 13:30
Book now
A hand on their knee to meditate

How To Meditate

Leeds Mindfulness Festival

Abbey House Museum
Tue 14 Oct 14:00 - 15:00
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Loving Kindness Meditation

Leeds Mindfulness Festival

Abbey House Museum
Tue 14 Oct 15:00 - 16:00
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Mind How You Play: A musical exploration of mindful hobbies

Leeds Mindfulness Festival

Abbey House Museum
Thu 16 Oct 10:15 - 11:15
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An silhouette of a person sat down with their hands on their knees

An Introduction to Mindfulness

Leeds Mindfulness Festival

Abbey House Museum
Thu 16 Oct 15:00 - 16:00
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A person with 4 hands holding a guitar with crossed legs

Saraswati: Inner Force of Wisdom and Creativity

Leeds Mindfulness Festival

Abbey House Museum
Fri 17 Oct 10:15 - 11:15
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A women in a meditative pose

Women's Mindfulness For Health

Leeds Mindfulness Festival

Abbey House Museum
Fri 17 Oct 14:00 - 16:00
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Study Afternoon: Leonora Cohen, the Leeds Suffragette

Abbey House Museum
Sat 18 Oct 10:30 - 13:30
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A portrait of the Blue Lady

Ghosts of Temple Newsam

Temple Newsam House
Sat 18 Oct - Sun 19 Oct
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A man talking to a room full of people in Temple Newsam

Tea and Talk

Temple Newsam
Wed 22 Oct - Wed 10 Dec
Free
Abbey House Museum street sign with cobwebs for Halloween

Make a Halloween Garland

Abbey House Museum
Wed 22 Oct 14:00 - 16:00
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Study Afternoon: Kirkstall Lives

Abbey House Museum
Thu 23 Oct 13:30 - 16:30
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Community and Youth events                                       

All community events

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A black and white image of ruins with line markings on the grass in front

'The Labyrinth' by Jacob Talbot

Leeds Mindfulness Festival

Kirkstall Abbey
Tue 9 Sep 10:00 - Fri 17 Oct 16:30
Give What You Can
illustrated pumpkins on top of compeition entries of drawn pumpkins

Annual Pumpkin Compeition

Leeds City Museum
Tue 7 Oct 10:00 - Thu 30 Oct 17:00
Give What You Can

Mind How You Play: A musical exploration of mindful hobbies

Leeds Mindfulness Festival

Abbey House Museum
Thu 16 Oct 10:15 - 11:15
Book now

Buddhism in Leeds

Leeds Mindfulness Festival

Abbey House Museum
Thu 16 Oct 14:00 - 15:00
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An silhouette of a person sat down with their hands on their knees

An Introduction to Mindfulness

Leeds Mindfulness Festival

Abbey House Museum
Thu 16 Oct 15:00 - 16:00
Book now
A man talking to a room full of people in Temple Newsam

Tea and Talk

Temple Newsam
Wed 22 Oct - Wed 10 Dec
Free
An old drawing of Abbey House Museum

1152 Club: Talks at Abbey House Museum

Abbey House Museum
Tue 4 Nov and Tue 9 Dec
Free
3 pieces of coloured card with 3 pencil and line drawing surrounding

Meet & Make

Leeds Art Gallery
Fri 7 Nov - Fri 6 Feb
Free
A community group at Leeds City Museum singing as a choir

Community Choir

Leeds City Museum
Fri 7 Nov - Fri 5 Jun
Give What You Can

Youth Collective - Sunday Social

Leeds Art Gallery
Sun 9 Nov and Sun 14 Dec
More info
an archive image of kirsktall abbey ruins

Light for Leeds – Interfaith Event

Abbey House Museum
Sun 16 Nov 12:00 - 16:00
Free
An illustration of a man on a bike

Pioneering Men in Leeds

International Men's Day

Abbey House Museum
Wed 19 Nov 15:00 - 16:30
Not on Sale
A 3d printed replica of an object from the collection on a yellow background

Replica Object Handling for Blind and Partially Sighted People

Leeds City Museum
Sun 23 Nov 14:00 - 15:00
Free

Festive Community Choir Performance

Leeds City Museum
Fri 5 Dec 15:00
Give What You Can
A foraged wreath with holly and fur

Foraged Festive Wreaths

Abbey House Museum
Mon 15 Dec 10:00 - 12:30
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A curator holding a mammoth tusk in the Leeds Discovery Centre collection store

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