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A group of people looking at a wall in the Picture Gallery at Temple Newsam

Temple Newsam Tours

Temple Newsam House
Tue 23 Jun 11:00 - Tue 20 Oct 14:00
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Two children wearing yellow hard hats and orange high-visibility jackets, holding clipboards that say danger detectives

Danger Detectives

Leeds Industrial Museum
Wed 8 Jul 10:00 - Wed 30 Jun 16:00
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Little Lotherton

Lotherton
Fri 10 Jul 10:00 - Fri 13 Nov 12:00
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A Lotherton Summer Holiday

Lotherton
Sat 18 Jul 10:00 - Mon 31 Aug 17:00
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4 puzzle pieces in teal, navy, light blue and yellow on a pink background

Puzzles & Riddles Trail

Leeds City Museum
Sat 18 Jul 11:00 - Sun 30 Aug 17:00
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Birds, Bees, Bats and Butterflies at Kirkstall Abbey

Birds, Bees, Bats & Bugs

Kirkstall Abbey
Wed 22 Jul 10:00 - Sun 30 Aug 15:00
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Temple Newsam House with illustrated flowers bursting from the building

Summer Holidays: Plant Power!

Temple Newsam House and Home Farm
Wed 22 Jul 10:30 - Sun 30 Aug 17:00
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Wild summer at the Mill

Leeds Industrial Museum
Sat 25 Jul 10:00 - Mon 31 Aug 17:00
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The Magic Faraway Tree book cover

The Magic Faraway Tree Museum Adventure

Abbey House Museum
Sat 25 Jul 10:00 - Sun 30 Aug 17:00
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A group of adults and children doing craft activity around a table

Summer of Play - Step into the Game

Leeds City Museum
Sat 25 Jul 11:00 - Sun 30 Aug 16:00
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4 puzzle pieces in teal, navy, light blue and yellow on a pink background

Puzzles & Riddles Trail

Leeds City Museum
Sat 18 Jul 11:00 - Sun 30 Aug 17:00
Give What You Can
Temple Newsam House with illustrated flowers bursting from the building

Summer Holidays: Plant Power!

Temple Newsam House and Home Farm
Wed 22 Jul 10:30 - Sun 30 Aug 17:00
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A group of adults and children doing craft activity around a table

Summer of Play - Step into the Game

Leeds City Museum
Sat 25 Jul 11:00 - Sun 30 Aug 16:00
Give What You Can
A mum and daughter crafting at a table

Craft a Cardboard Game

Leeds City Museum
Tue 4 Aug 10:00 - Thu 6 Aug 13:00
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An adult and 2 children buying plants from a stall

Craft Markets

Temple Newsam
Sun 9 Aug - Sun 22 Nov
Free
Punch and Judy puppet show box

Puppet Theatre: Dame Judy and Mr. Punchinello

Leeds City Museum
Tue 11 Aug Multiple times
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A toddler looking in a sensory toy at Leeds City Museum

Sensory Room for SEND Families

Leeds City Museum
Wed 12 Aug Multiple times
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A family group looking down a storage aisle with taxidermy animals on

Amazing Animals Week

Store Tour and Workshop

Leeds Discovery Centre
Thu 13 Aug Multiple times
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A white and black printed circle with other cut out circles above

Meet & Make

Every second Friday of the month, 1pm - 3pm

Leeds Art Gallery
Fri 14 Aug - Fri 12 Mar
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Two children and a tour group in Leeds Discovery Centre Collection Store

Home Educators Workshop: Leeds Young Film Festival Screenings

With Leeds Young Film Festival

Leeds Discovery Centre
Tue 18 Aug 10:00 - 12:00
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Adult and child sat at a crating table smiling. The child is wearing crafted flower headband.

Summer Tuesdays: Kids Go Free

Temple Newsam House
Tue 18 Aug and Tue 25 Aug
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A clipboard with a pile of white and blue coloured paper with cut outs and different shapes drawn on

Mark Making Workshop

Leeds Art Gallery
Tue 18 Aug - Tue 29 Sep
Give What You Can
A curator with a tour group in Leeds Discovery Centre's Collection Store

Leeds Young Film Festival Screenings

STORE TOUR, ACTIVITES AND FILM SCREENINGS

Leeds Discovery Centre
Wed 19 Aug 10:00
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A shelf with old cameras on from Leeds Discovery Centre's collection store

In the Frame: World Photography Week

Store Tour and Workshop

Leeds Discovery Centre
Thu 20 Aug Multiple times
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Summer Zone at Leeds City Museum

25 July - 30 August | Leeds City Museum | This summer Leeds city centre is being transformed into a giant game of Trivial Pursuit. Get ready to step onto the oversized gameboard within Leeds City Museum.

Reflections in Silver at Temple Newsam

COMING SOON | Temple Newsam | 12 August - 23 October 2026 | Reflections in Silver | Temple Newsam is proud to unveil two new commissions of contemporary silver by leading silversmiths Miriam Hanid and Yusuke Yamamoto.

Now We Breathe Free

Leeds City Museum | 29 September - 25 October | Breathe Free is a 19-week trauma-informed recovery programme for women aged 16 and over who have experienced domestic abuse and complex trauma at Women’s Health Matters, through the Photovoice process, women reflected on their journeys.

Our Memories of Leeds Banner

27 July - 16 November | Leeds City Museum | Our Memories of Leeds textile banner was made in response to the exhibition Don’t Let’s Ask for the Moon, we have the stars as part of the Community Program at Leeds Art Gallery.

Dinner Party: With Matthew Smith, Jacob Epstein, Olivia Bax

26 June 2026 – 29 August 2027 | Leeds Art Gallery | The exhibition revisits one of the pioneering and legendary exhibitions the then Leeds Curator Phillip Hendy organised for Temple Newsam House during the dark years of the Second World War when the City Art Gallery was closed.

Ludd in the Machine at Leeds Industrial Museum

Leeds Industrial Museum | 17 August 2026 - 13 August 2027 | A community exhibition focusing on trade unions and workers rights from 1812 to the time of AI.

Untangled at Leeds Industrial Museum

Leeds Industrial Museum | 23 May 2026 - 6 June 2027 | A new exhibition from the International Felt Makers Association Region Ten, celebrating the connections between nature and industry.

Arp: The Plasters

22 May 2026 – 4 October 2026 | Leeds Art Gallery | Arp: The Plasters celebrates the recent acquisition of plaster sculptures by French-German sculptor, painter and poet Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966), a gift from the Stiftung Arp, e.V. to Leeds Museums and Galleries and The Hepworth Wakefield.

Garth Evans: The Anti-Virus Sculptures

22 May 2026 – 4 October 2026 | Leeds Art Gallery | British sculptor Garth Evans (b. 1934) presents his Anti-Virus plaster sculptures, created during the first Covid lockdown in his home in Connecticut, USA.

Hannah Catherine Jones: UNEARTHING(S)

22 May - 30 August 2026 | Leeds Art Gallery | A new commission by artist Hannah Catherine Jones in collaboration with Yorkshire Contemporary

Peat. Plants. People.

Leeds City Museum | 18 May - 13 December | What is Peat? Why is it so important and what does it have to do with People?

Lines of Enquiry: Drawings from the collection

21 April 2026 – 11 April 2027 | Leeds Art Gallery | This display brings together a range of drawings from the Leeds Museums and Galleries renowned works on paper collection.

Gordon Brooke's Bus Collection Display

19 January - October 2026 | Leeds City Museum | | See a glimpse of Gordon Brook's bus collection dating back to 1949.

Botanically Beautiful: Art and design inspired by nature

Lotherton | March - 18 October 2026 | Explore why artists, designers and markers have been inspired by nature to create a wealth of decoration for our homes and bodies.

In the Picture: Objects in Focus

Abbey House Museum | 28 February - 31 December | Discover iconic objects from Leeds Museums and Galleries collection paired with paintings and photographs of their history.

‘Some Steel’: Sculpture and Steel in Britain, 1960-90

31 January 2026 – 10 January 2027 | Leeds Art Gallery | Tracing the relationship between sculpture and steel over a period of thirty years,

Mike Nelson: M62 (East, West)

Leeds Art Gallery | 12 July 2025 - 30 August 2026 | A new commission as part of Mike Nelson's blown out tyre series

Literature in Leeds: Prose, Poetry and Plays

Abbey House Museum | Until 20 September 2026 | A community display celebrating Leeds writers, from historical fiction to thought-provoking poetry, and plays written for stage and screen.
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Two children wearing yellow hard hats and orange high-visibility jackets, holding clipboards that say danger detectives

Danger Detectives

Leeds Industrial Museum
Wed 8 Jul 10:00 - Wed 30 Jun 16:00
Included in Admission

A Lotherton Summer Holiday

Lotherton
Sat 18 Jul 10:00 - Mon 31 Aug 17:00
Included in Admission
4 puzzle pieces in teal, navy, light blue and yellow on a pink background

Puzzles & Riddles Trail

Leeds City Museum
Sat 18 Jul 11:00 - Sun 30 Aug 17:00
Give What You Can
Birds, Bees, Bats and Butterflies at Kirkstall Abbey

Birds, Bees, Bats & Bugs

Kirkstall Abbey
Wed 22 Jul 10:00 - Sun 30 Aug 15:00
Give What You Can
Temple Newsam House with illustrated flowers bursting from the building

Summer Holidays: Plant Power!

Temple Newsam House and Home Farm
Wed 22 Jul 10:30 - Sun 30 Aug 17:00
Included in Admission
The Magic Faraway Tree book cover

The Magic Faraway Tree Museum Adventure

Abbey House Museum
Sat 25 Jul 10:00 - Sun 30 Aug 17:00
Included in Admission

Wild summer at the Mill

Leeds Industrial Museum
Sat 25 Jul 10:00 - Mon 31 Aug 17:00
Included in Admission
A group of adults and children doing craft activity around a table

Summer of Play - Step into the Game

Leeds City Museum
Sat 25 Jul 11:00 - Sun 30 Aug 16:00
Give What You Can
A mum and daughter crafting at a table

Craft a Cardboard Game

Leeds City Museum
Tue 4 Aug 10:00 - Thu 6 Aug 13:00
Give What You Can
A group of sporting memorabilia

Champion Crafting: Sports Family Fun

Store Tour and Workshop

Leeds Discovery Centre
Thu 6 Aug Multiple times
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Loud Gallery Tour

Part of Kids Aloud

Leeds Art Gallery
Thu 6 Aug - Thu 20 Aug
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People on a trailer looking at Deer

Summer Deer Tractor Tours

Lotherton
Thu 6 Aug - Fri 28 Aug
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Children wearing aprons using printing rollers to create art

Summer Holidays: Art workshops

Temple Newsam House
Sat 8 Aug - Sat 29 Aug
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Generation Groove

Lotherton
Sun 9 Aug 14:00 - 16:00
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A group of people looking at a wall in the Picture Gallery at Temple Newsam

Temple Newsam Tours

Temple Newsam House
Tue 23 Jun 11:00 - Tue 20 Oct 14:00
More info

Wet Felting Workshops

With the International Feltmakers Association

Leeds Industrial Museum
Wed 5 Aug 13:00 - Wed 26 Aug 16:00
Included in Admission
A white and black printed circle with other cut out circles above

Meet & Make

Every second Friday of the month, 1pm - 3pm

Leeds Art Gallery
Fri 14 Aug - Fri 12 Mar
More info
A clipboard with a pile of white and blue coloured paper with cut outs and different shapes drawn on

Mark Making Workshop

Leeds Art Gallery
Tue 18 Aug - Tue 29 Sep
Give What You Can
A red frame held up against the sky and the Victoria Gate sign in Leeds

Wellbeing Walks

Leeds Art Gallery
Thu 20 Aug and Thu 17 Sep
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The rooftop and view of temple newsam house

Rooftop and Cellar Experience

Temple Newsam House
Fri 21 Aug - Sun 13 Sep
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A man talking to a room full of people in Temple Newsam

Tea and Talk

Temple Newsam
Wed 26 Aug - Wed 16 Dec
Free
A stone pillar in a circle, with a pathway around and flower beds on all sides

Monthly Historic Gardens Tour

Lotherton
Wed 26 Aug 13:00 - 14:00
Included in Admission

Hannah Catherine Jones UNEARTHING(S) Live Performance

Leeds Art Gallery
Sat 29 Aug 14:00 - 15:00
Included in Admission
An old drawing of Abbey House Museum

1152 Club: Talks at Abbey House Museum

Abbey House Museum
Tue 1 Sep - Tue 1 Dec
Free

Stitch Art

Leeds Art Gallery
Wed 2 Sep - Wed 2 Dec
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Ikebana workshop

Lotherton
Wed 2 Sep 13:00 - 16:00
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A adult working on paper crafts on a table

From Ashes: Create a paper craft model of Leeds

Leeds City Museum
Wed 2 Sep 15:00 - 16:00
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A woman painting a craft piece at Leeds City Museum

Keep Crafting

Leeds City Museum
Wed 2 Sep - Wed 3 Mar
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Community and Youth events                                       

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A community group at Leeds City Museum singing as a choir

Community Choir

Leeds City Museum
Fri 7 Aug - Fri 20 Nov
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A white and black printed circle with other cut out circles above

Meet & Make

Every second Friday of the month, 1pm - 3pm

Leeds Art Gallery
Fri 14 Aug - Fri 12 Mar
More info
A clipboard with a pile of white and blue coloured paper with cut outs and different shapes drawn on

Mark Making Workshop

Leeds Art Gallery
Tue 18 Aug - Tue 29 Sep
Give What You Can
A man talking to a room full of people in Temple Newsam

Tea and Talk

Temple Newsam
Wed 26 Aug - Wed 16 Dec
Free
An old drawing of Abbey House Museum

1152 Club: Talks at Abbey House Museum

Abbey House Museum
Tue 1 Sep - Tue 1 Dec
Free

Stitch Art

Leeds Art Gallery
Wed 2 Sep - Wed 2 Dec
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A adult working on paper crafts on a table

From Ashes: Create a paper craft model of Leeds

Leeds City Museum
Wed 2 Sep 15:00 - 16:00
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A shot of the cast of Dreamers posing as a group in a dance studio

Lisa Holdsworth: Inside stories

Discover how some of the UK’s biggest shows are built from the page up, with behind the scenes stories and craft insights

Abbey House Museum
Wed 2 Sep 18:30 - 20:00
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Artisan Fayre tents in the Ampitheatre

Artisan Fayre

Temple Newsam Estate
Sun 6 Sep and Sun 4 Oct
Free
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