What’s on at Leeds Museums & Galleries
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Revive, Repair, Re-use: Stories of Sustainability
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: Included in admission
A display co-curated with volunteers about the practices and effects of sustainability in Leeds.
Overlooked Legacies
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
Overlooked Legacies is a free extended display of stories which we could not fit into the Overlooked exhibition.
Engineery
Venue: Leeds Industrial Museum
Price: Included in admission
Dubbed the Father of Civil Engineering, our exhibition celebrates John Smeaton and civil engineering in its many forms!
The Power of Persuasion
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: Included in admission
A peep into the history of advertising. This exhibition takes a nostalgic and critical look at the history of advertising and branding in Leeds and beyond.
Hidden Temple Newsam Tour
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £3.50 plus General Admisson
Tue, Sat, Sun 11am & 2pm
Go beyond the ropes, find out about life below stairs, see places exclusive to our hidden tour and discover some secrets along the way!
‘An Axis of Abstraction’: Art in Cornwall and Yorkshire – Then and Now
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
Exploring Modernist artist practices in West Cornwall and West Yorkshire.
Living with Death
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
Living with Death is an exhibition exploring death, dying and bereavement. Adult and family events will run throughout the year.
Nothing Lasts Forever: Peter Mitchell
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
Leeds Art Gallery is thrilled to present a major retrospective of British documentary photographer Peter Mitchell.
Entangled
Venue: Leeds Industrial Museum
Price: Included in General Admission
A new exhibition with the International Felt Maker's Association Region 10
Leeds Tattooists
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
Marvel at photographs and artwork from Leeds based tattoo artists, in partnership with Ultimate Skin and Leeds Tattoo Expo.
Sculpture Photographed: A View from the Archive of Sculptors’ Papers
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
This display explores the role played by photography across the history and practice of sculpture from the late-nineteenth century to the present day.
Requiem pour Pianos
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
Requiem pour Pianos is a photography display by artist Romain Thiery, exploring abandoned pianos around the world.
Tiny Tigers
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Join us for fun, messy craft sessions for under 5s and their carers. Babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers welcome!
Farm Tour Friday
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in farm ticket
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join our farm tour on a Friday to find out more about our animals and what life is like on a working farm.
Lotherton Autumn Harvest
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £2.50 per bag plus general admission
Pick from over 100 apple varieties in Lotherton's very own orchard.
The Penguin Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for upto 2 people/additional participants (up to a maximum group size of 4) £25pp
Meet and feed our Humboldt penguins in an up-close animal experience like no other.
Arbeau Dancers
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in admission
Please check with us first to confirm the group are performing.
Watch our Arbeau Dancers rehearse in the Picture Gallery of Temple Newsam, with a repertoire spanning 500 years of historic dance!
Sports Day at the Museum
Venue: Leeds Discovery Centre
Price: FREE
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
See some of our amazing sports objects in our collection and take a behind the scenes tour of our museum store.
Rory’s Saturday Club
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Looking for something creative to do with kids in the city? Come down to Leeds City Museum for our craft sessions for families.
Rooftop Experience
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £25
11am & 2pm
Explore Temple Newsam House and Estate as you’ve never seen them before with this unique rooftop experience tour.
The Leeds’ Sessions – I, Clara: Clara Schumann – A Life in Music
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: £35
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Internationally renowned Pianist, Lucy Parham, and Dame Harriet Walter perform I, Clara: Clara Schumann - A Life In Music.
Rooftop Experience
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £25
2:00 pm
Explore Temple Newsam House and Estate as you’ve never seen them before with this unique rooftop experience tour.
Care Creatives
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Creative workshops inspired by our exhibitions and collections, designed for young adults aged 16-24 with lived experience of the care system.
Justin SleeAn evening with Peter Mitchell
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: SOLD OUT
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Join one of the most renowned photographer's of the 20th century for an unforgettable evening.
Tiny Tigers
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Join us for fun, messy craft sessions for under 5s and their carers. Babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers welcome!
Farm Tour Friday
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in farm ticket
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join our farm tour on a Friday to find out more about our animals and what life is like on a working farm.
Talk: I am the Resurrection and the Life (Village Funeral): The Victorian Way of Death By Dr Helen Frisby
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Join historian Dr Helen Frisby to find out about Frank Holl's intriguing painting 'I am the Resurrection and the Life (Village Funeral)' in this free talk.
The Penguin Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for upto 2 people/additional participants (up to a maximum group size of 4) £25pp
Meet and feed our Humboldt penguins in an up-close animal experience like no other.
Arbeau Dancers
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in admission
Please check with us first to confirm the group are performing.
Watch our Arbeau Dancers rehearse in the Picture Gallery of Temple Newsam, with a repertoire spanning 500 years of historic dance!
Rory’s Saturday Club
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Looking for something creative to do with kids in the city? Come down to Leeds City Museum for our craft sessions for families.
Armley Print Fest 2024
Venue: Leeds Industrial Museum
Price: Included as part of entry ticket (pre-booking recommended)
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Our annual printing festival returns for some inky fun!
Volunteers of Leeds – Celebrating Diversity in Volunteering
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
Artists Polly Chilcott and Farhad Abdulla have created a original artworks to showcase the different ways that volunteers transform our city.
Tea & Talk Club: Painting, Performing & Putting out Fires…
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
On the last Wednesday of every month, our friendly Tea & Talk Club meets for an hour of sociable history in the grand surroundings of Temple Newsam House.
Nothing Lasts Forever exhibition tour
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: SOLD OUT
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Enjoy a tour with the artist behind Nothing Lasts Forever.
Seed Collecting Walk
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: Free - booking required
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Inspired by the Revive, Repair, Re-use community exhibition we will going on seed hunt, collecting seeds to support the Woodland Creation Initiative. Meet outside the museum entrance.
Tiny Tigers
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Join us for fun, messy craft sessions for under 5s and their carers. Babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers welcome!
Farm Tour Friday
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in farm ticket
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join our farm tour on a Friday to find out more about our animals and what life is like on a working farm.
Meet & Make
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Free creative, playful crafting sessions for adults with the opportunity to make something in response to our exhibitions and displays.
Arbeau Dancers
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in admission
Please check with us first to confirm the group are performing.
Watch our Arbeau Dancers rehearse in the Picture Gallery of Temple Newsam, with a repertoire spanning 500 years of historic dance!
Myths Tour
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £5
11am & 2pm
Discover myths and legends reflected in the amazing furniture collection and interior design at Temple Newsam on this fascinating tour.
Rory’s Saturday Club
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Looking for something creative to do with kids in the city? Come down to Leeds City Museum for our craft sessions for families.
Abbey House Craft Fayre
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: Free
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Come along to Abbey House Museum's indoor craft fayre and support local Yorkshire-owned. Art, gifts, homeware and more!
The Penguin Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for upto 2 people/additional participants (up to a maximum group size of 4) £25pp
Meet and feed our Humboldt penguins in an up-close animal experience like no other.
Stitch Art
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Take a closer look at artworks in our collections and exhibitions and notice the textures, colours and shapes to help inspire your own textile art.
Keep Crafting
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Come along to our monthly creative crafting session for adults with a different theme each time.
Karanjit Panesar: Furnace Fruit
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
New works inspired by the British Library and Leeds Art Gallery collections.
Tiny Tigers
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Join us for fun, messy craft sessions for under 5s and their carers. Babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers welcome!
Farm Tour Friday
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in farm ticket
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join our farm tour on a Friday to find out more about our animals and what life is like on a working farm.
Community Choir
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Join our monthly community choir at Leeds City Museum. Free, fun, and open to all.
The Penguin Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for upto 2 people/additional participants (up to a maximum group size of 4) £25pp
Meet and feed our Humboldt penguins in an up-close animal experience like no other.
Pumpkin Patch Trailer Tours
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £10 (pumpkin and tractor ride/ £5 tractor ride only)
Get in the Halloween spirit with pumpkin picking and a thrilling tractor ride!
Leeds Steampunk Market
Venue: Leeds Industrial Museum
Price: Included as part of entry ticket (pre-booking recommended)
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Leeds Steampunk Market returns to Leeds Industrial Museum
Arbeau Dancers
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in admission
Please check with us first to confirm the group are performing.
Watch our Arbeau Dancers rehearse in the Picture Gallery of Temple Newsam, with a repertoire spanning 500 years of historic dance!
Ghosts of Temple Newsam Tour
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £5
11am & 2pm
Join this spine-tingling tour and discover ghostly goings on, terrifying tales, strange sightings, orbs, noises, and visions. You may even get a glimpse of the Blue Lady…
Rory’s Saturday Club
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Looking for something creative to do with kids in the city? Come down to Leeds City Museum for our craft sessions for families.
Ghosts of Temple Newsam Tour
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £5
11am & 2pm
Join this spine-tingling tour and discover ghostly goings on, terrifying tales, strange sightings, orbs, noises, and visions. You may even get a glimpse of the Blue Lady…
Youth Collective – Stitch Street Photography
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free - booking essential
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Join artist Michelle Duxbury to create a set of embroidery polaroid images, inspired by Peter Mitchell
Care Creatives
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Creative workshops inspired by our exhibitions and collections, designed for young adults aged 16-24 with lived experience of the care system.
Home Education Workshop: Skeletons
Venue: Leeds Discovery Centre
Price: £5
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Workshop for home educated children. Learn about bones of the body and how animals use muscles for support, protection and movement while exploring our fascinating natural history collection.
1152 Club: Talks at Abbey House Museum
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 11:15 am
The 1152 Club is a history and heritage talks series for people aged 55 and over, held at Abbey House Museum.
Loving Kindness Meditation
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: PAYF
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm
Mindfulness festival 2024 session - Loving Kindness Meditation. Tickets are PAYF.
Managing Pain with Meditation
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: PAYF
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Mindfulness festival 2024 session on managing pain with meditation. Tickets are PAYF and everyone is welcome.
Kirkstall Abbey Through Turner’s Eyes
Venue: Kirkstall Abbey
Price: Pay what you feel
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Walk in silence, study Turner pictures, hear some poems in the inspirational setting that inspired J M W Turner to paint. Lead by Clare Wigzell, Leeds-based poet.
Introducing Secular Mindfulness
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: PAYF
10:30 am - 11:15 pm
Mindfulness festival 2024 session introducing secular mindfulness. Tickets are PAYF and everyone is welcome.
Encountering the Sacred
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: PAYF
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm
Mindfulness festival 2024 session - encountering the sacred. Tickets are PAYF and everyone is welcome.
Visions of the Ultimate
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: PAYF
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Mindfulness festival 2024 session - visions of the ultimate. Tickets are PAYF and everyone is welcome.
Tiny Tigers
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Join us for fun, messy craft sessions for under 5s and their carers. Babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers welcome!
Farm Tour Friday
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in farm ticket
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join our farm tour on a Friday to find out more about our animals and what life is like on a working farm.
Higher States of Consciousness in Buddhism
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: PAYF
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Mindfulness festival 2024 session - Higher States of Consciousness in Buddhism. Tickets are PAYF and everyone is welcome.
Exploring Happier States of Being and Self Nurturing
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: PAYF
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm
Mindfulness festival 2024 session - Exploring Happier States of Being and Self Nurturing. Tickets are PAYF and everyone is welcome.
Approaching Equanimity
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: PAYF
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Mindfulness festival 2024 session - approaching equanimity. Tickets are PAYF and everyone is welcome.
The Penguin Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for upto 2 people/additional participants (up to a maximum group size of 4) £25pp
Meet and feed our Humboldt penguins in an up-close animal experience like no other.
Tilly & Primrose Artisan Market
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Join us to browse a wonderful selection of artisans and independent businesses showcasing their work.
Enhancing Positive Emotion
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: PAYF
10:15 am - 12:00 pm
Mindfulness festival 2024 session - Enhancing Positive Emotion. Tickets are PAYF and everyone is welcome.
Arbeau Dancers
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in admission
Please check with us first to confirm the group are performing.
Watch our Arbeau Dancers rehearse in the Picture Gallery of Temple Newsam, with a repertoire spanning 500 years of historic dance!
Ghosts of Temple Newsam Tour
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £5
11am & 2pm
Join this spine-tingling tour and discover ghostly goings on, terrifying tales, strange sightings, orbs, noises, and visions. You may even get a glimpse of the Blue Lady…
Rory’s Saturday Club
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Looking for something creative to do with kids in the city? Come down to Leeds City Museum for our craft sessions for families.
Film screening: Paa Joe and the Lion
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Pay As You Feel
11.30am & 2.30pm
Join us for a film screening of 'Paa Joe and the Lion', a documentary film by Ben Wigley which features the lion coffin currently on display in the Living with Death exhibition.
Fungus Foray
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £8
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Join this guided foraging walk for families and beginners looking at fungi around the Temple Newsam estate.
Autumn Open Day
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Pay As You Feel
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
On this special open day, you can explore Temple Newsam house and Farm and Pay As You Feel! There are activities for all the family too.
Adult Crafts: Make a Halloween Wreath
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: £9
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Inspired by the Revive, Repair, Re-use community exhibition we will be using scrap fabrics and haberdashery to make a Halloween garland.
Adult Crafts: Make a Hedgehog Family
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: £9
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Inspired by the Revive, Repair, Re-use community exhibition we will be using scrap fabrics and haberdashery to make a cute Hedgehog family.
Opening to Buddhist Meditation
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: PAYF
2:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Mindfulness festival 2024 session - Opening to Buddhist Meditation. Tickets are PAYF and everyone is welcome.
Buddhism in Leeds
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: PAYF
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm
Mindfulness festival 2024 session - Buddhism in Leeds. Tickets are PAYF and everyone is welcome.
Loving Kindness Meditation
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: PAYF
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Mindfulness festival 2024 session - Loving Kindness Meditation. Tickets are PAYF.
The Picture Library
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
Join us on the selection weekend to choose from hundreds of new original artworks to take away and hang up at home.
Will Writing Workshop
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Do you need to make a Will? Alison Wright of The Wright Will Company will explain all in this free workshop.
Tiny Tigers
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Join us for fun, messy craft sessions for under 5s and their carers. Babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers welcome!
Farm Tour Friday
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in farm ticket
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join our farm tour on a Friday to find out more about our animals and what life is like on a working farm.
Lakshmi – Divine Feminine Power of Abundance and Grace
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: PAYF
10:30 pm - 11:30 pm
Mindfulness festival 2024 session - Lakshmi - Divine Feminine Power of Abundance and Grace. Tickets are PAYF.
The Penguin Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for upto 2 people/additional participants (up to a maximum group size of 4) £25pp
Meet and feed our Humboldt penguins in an up-close animal experience like no other.
Arbeau Dancers
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in admission
Please check with us first to confirm the group are performing.
Watch our Arbeau Dancers rehearse in the Picture Gallery of Temple Newsam, with a repertoire spanning 500 years of historic dance!
Rory’s Saturday Club
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Looking for something creative to do with kids in the city? Come down to Leeds City Museum for our craft sessions for families.
Ghosts of Temple Newsam Tour
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £5
11am & 2pm
Join this spine-tingling tour and discover ghostly goings on, terrifying tales, strange sightings, orbs, noises, and visions. You may even get a glimpse of the Blue Lady…
Ghosts of Temple Newsam Tour
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £5
11am & 2pm
Join this spine-tingling tour and discover ghostly goings on, terrifying tales, strange sightings, orbs, noises, and visions. You may even get a glimpse of the Blue Lady…
Care Creatives
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Creative workshops inspired by our exhibitions and collections, designed for young adults aged 16-24 with lived experience of the care system.
Tea & Talk Club: Gertrude Bray & the Kitchen Niche
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
On the last Wednesday of every month, our friendly Tea & Talk Club meets for an hour of sociable history in the grand surroundings of Temple Newsam House.
Pumpkin Competition
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Leeds City Museum's ever-popular pumpkin design competition is back for another hair-raising Halloween!
Tiny Tigers
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Join us for fun, messy craft sessions for under 5s and their carers. Babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers welcome!
Farm Tour Friday
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in farm ticket
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join our farm tour on a Friday to find out more about our animals and what life is like on a working farm.
Meet & Make
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Free creative, playful crafting sessions for adults with the opportunity to make something in response to our exhibitions and displays.
Once Upon a Nightmare: Twisted Tales Unveiled
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £12.50/£10 Breezepass (children only)/£10 Lotherton Members
5:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Breeze presents a spine-chilling Halloween experience for brave souls aged 8 to 15...
Spooky Streets: Halloween at Abbey House Museum
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: Included with admission
Wander our Spooky Streets to encounter scary spiders, wicked witches, wily wolves, beguiling bats and skeletons pulling pints!
Haunted Halloween Hunt
Venue: Kirkstall Abbey
Price: Included with admission
Join our fun family trail through the abbey ruins to find creepy creatures, spooky statues and peculiar props.
Spooky Skeletons: Scarytales
Venue: Lotherton
Price: Included in general admission.
Enjoy eerie encounters and spine-tingling tales with our Halloween trail.
Halloween Hauntings at Temple Newsam
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: General Admission
Temple Newsam is infamous for its ghostly residents. Join us over October half term for spooky family fun. Enjoy the themed rooms and creepy crafts.
The Penguin Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for upto 2 people/additional participants (up to a maximum group size of 4) £25pp
Meet and feed our Humboldt penguins in an up-close animal experience like no other.
Arbeau Dancers
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in admission
Please check with us first to confirm the group are performing.
Watch our Arbeau Dancers rehearse in the Picture Gallery of Temple Newsam, with a repertoire spanning 500 years of historic dance!
Spooky Cellar Tours
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £5 plus General Admission
Every half hour between 11am - 4pm
Dare you venture into the cellars of Temple Newsam House?! Explore the dark and scary route below the creaking floorboards, what horrors will await you?!
Adinkra Printing Workshop
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: £25
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Try the Ghanian printing technique of adinkra ‘farewell’ with creative Nana-Essi (Part of Black History Month).
Rory’s Saturday Club
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Looking for something creative to do with kids in the city? Come down to Leeds City Museum for our craft sessions for families.
Meet The Capybaras Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for 2 people
2:30pm on Weekends and School holidays
Meet and feed our happy Capys, Carly and Bryan, in an up-close experience like no other.
Artisan & Craft Markets
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Free/Included in admission
Times vary - please see event details.
Join us throughout the year for seasonal artisan and craft markets with local makers, producers, and creatives.
Family Workshop: Day of the Dead
Venue: Leeds Discovery Centre
Price: Free
10am - 12pm & 1 - 3pm
Come and learn about Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) and the widely practised Mexican tradition of honouring the deceased each November.
Half Term: Calacas Crafts
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
Celebrate Mexican and Latin American artists by designing your own Day of the Dead mask or assembling a flower crown.
Owls in the Abbey
Venue: Kirkstall Abbey
Price: Included with admission - donations welcome
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Join us in the cloister at Kirkstall Abbey to meet some feathered friends from the Wise Owl Bird of Prey Rescue.
Lego© Build the Change: Rewild our Museum!
Venue: Leeds Industrial Museum
Price: Included as part of entry ticket
10:30 am - 2:00 pm
Get creative and environmentally sustainable with LEGO© this half term.
Half Term Store Tours
Venue: Leeds Discovery Centre
Price: Free
11am - 12pm & 1 - 2pm
Join us this October half term for behind the scenes tours of the Leeds Museums and Galleries collection store.
Family Workshop: Adinkra Printing
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: £7.50
Learn about Adinkra printing and try it yourself with artist Nana-Essi in this family workshop (part of Black History Month).
Tiny Tigers
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Join us for fun, messy craft sessions for under 5s and their carers. Babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers welcome!
Farm Tour Friday
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in farm ticket
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join our farm tour on a Friday to find out more about our animals and what life is like on a working farm.
Community Choir
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Join our monthly community choir at Leeds City Museum. Free, fun, and open to all.
Arbeau Dancers
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in admission
Please check with us first to confirm the group are performing.
Watch our Arbeau Dancers rehearse in the Picture Gallery of Temple Newsam, with a repertoire spanning 500 years of historic dance!
Rory’s Saturday Club
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Looking for something creative to do with kids in the city? Come down to Leeds City Museum for our craft sessions for families.
Care Creatives
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Creative workshops inspired by our exhibitions and collections, designed for young adults aged 16-24 with lived experience of the care system.
Leonora Cohen – The Leeds Suffragette
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: £6
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
An online study session focussed on the Leeds Suffragette Leonora Cohen, with objects and discussion.
1152 Club: Talks at Abbey House Museum
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 11:15 am
The 1152 Club is a history and heritage talks series for people aged 55 and over, held at Abbey House Museum.
Stitch Art
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Take a closer look at artworks in our collections and exhibitions and notice the textures, colours and shapes to help inspire your own textile art.
Keep Crafting
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Come along to our monthly creative crafting session for adults with a different theme each time.
Museum Lates: Day of the Dead
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: £10
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Explore Leeds City Museum by night in this after-hours event inspired by the Mexican tradition of Day of the Dead.
Tiny Tigers
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Join us for fun, messy craft sessions for under 5s and their carers. Babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers welcome!
Farm Tour Friday
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in farm ticket
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join our farm tour on a Friday to find out more about our animals and what life is like on a working farm.
Meet & Make
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Free creative, playful crafting sessions for adults with the opportunity to make something in response to our exhibitions and displays.
The Penguin Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for upto 2 people/additional participants (up to a maximum group size of 4) £25pp
Meet and feed our Humboldt penguins in an up-close animal experience like no other.
Tilly & Primrose Artisan Market
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Join us to browse a wonderful selection of artisans and independent businesses showcasing their work.
Arbeau Dancers
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in admission
Please check with us first to confirm the group are performing.
Watch our Arbeau Dancers rehearse in the Picture Gallery of Temple Newsam, with a repertoire spanning 500 years of historic dance!
Rory’s Saturday Club
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Looking for something creative to do with kids in the city? Come down to Leeds City Museum for our craft sessions for families.
Meet The Capybaras Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for 2 people
2:30pm on Weekends and School holidays
Meet and feed our happy Capys, Carly and Bryan, in an up-close experience like no other.
Youth Collective – Pop Up Portraits
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free - booking essential
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Have fun in our pop up portrait workshop with Curtis Holder, inspired by his exhibition.
Tiny Tigers
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Join us for fun, messy craft sessions for under 5s and their carers. Babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers welcome!
Farm Tour Friday
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in farm ticket
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join our farm tour on a Friday to find out more about our animals and what life is like on a working farm.
The Penguin Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for upto 2 people/additional participants (up to a maximum group size of 4) £25pp
Meet and feed our Humboldt penguins in an up-close animal experience like no other.
Arbeau Dancers
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in admission
Please check with us first to confirm the group are performing.
Watch our Arbeau Dancers rehearse in the Picture Gallery of Temple Newsam, with a repertoire spanning 500 years of historic dance!
Rory’s Saturday Club
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Looking for something creative to do with kids in the city? Come down to Leeds City Museum for our craft sessions for families.
Meet The Capybaras Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for 2 people
2:30pm on Weekends and School holidays
Meet and feed our happy Capys, Carly and Bryan, in an up-close experience like no other.
Light for Leeds – Interfaith Event
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: Free
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
A day of music and contemplation with a chance to meet and speak to representatives of different beliefs and faiths in Leeds.
Care Creatives
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Creative workshops inspired by our exhibitions and collections, designed for young adults aged 16-24 with lived experience of the care system.
Tiny Tigers
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Join us for fun, messy craft sessions for under 5s and their carers. Babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers welcome!
Farm Tour Friday
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in farm ticket
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join our farm tour on a Friday to find out more about our animals and what life is like on a working farm.
The Penguin Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for upto 2 people/additional participants (up to a maximum group size of 4) £25pp
Meet and feed our Humboldt penguins in an up-close animal experience like no other.
The Christmas Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: Various
Join us at Lotherton for Yorkshire's ultimate festive day out.
Arbeau Dancers
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in admission
Please check with us first to confirm the group are performing.
Watch our Arbeau Dancers rehearse in the Picture Gallery of Temple Newsam, with a repertoire spanning 500 years of historic dance!
Rory’s Saturday Club
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Looking for something creative to do with kids in the city? Come down to Leeds City Museum for our craft sessions for families.
Meet The Capybaras Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for 2 people
2:30pm on Weekends and School holidays
Meet and feed our happy Capys, Carly and Bryan, in an up-close experience like no other.
Artisan & Craft Markets
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Free/Included in admission
Times vary - please see event details.
Join us throughout the year for seasonal artisan and craft markets with local makers, producers, and creatives.
Care Creatives
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Creative workshops inspired by our exhibitions and collections, designed for young adults aged 16-24 with lived experience of the care system.
Tea & Talk Club: Rail History of Leeds
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
On the last Wednesday of every month, our friendly Tea & Talk Club meets for an hour of sociable history in the grand surroundings of Temple Newsam House.
Tiny Tigers
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Join us for fun, messy craft sessions for under 5s and their carers. Babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers welcome!
Farm Tour Friday
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in farm ticket
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join our farm tour on a Friday to find out more about our animals and what life is like on a working farm.
The Penguin Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for upto 2 people/additional participants (up to a maximum group size of 4) £25pp
Meet and feed our Humboldt penguins in an up-close animal experience like no other.
Arbeau Dancers
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in admission
Please check with us first to confirm the group are performing.
Watch our Arbeau Dancers rehearse in the Picture Gallery of Temple Newsam, with a repertoire spanning 500 years of historic dance!
Abbey House Craft Fayre
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: Free
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Come along to Abbey House Museum's indoor craft fayre and support local Yorkshire-owned. Art, gifts, homeware and more!
Christmas at Temple Newsam
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Up to £9.50
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Explore the beautifully decorated House with Christmas trees adorning the rooms, and traditional historical garlands which transport you back to the festivities Temple Newsam experienced over the past 500 years.
Father Christmas at Temple Newsam
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £12 per visit, including house entry and a gift
Allotted time slots from 11.15am - 3pm
Visit Father Christmas this year, will be inviting you to tell him your Christmas wishes and give you an early Christmas present to take home.
Festive Storytime with Mrs Claus
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £12 per visit, including house entry and a gift
Allotted time slots from 11.15am - 3pm
Visit Father Christmas this year, will be inviting you to tell him your Christmas wishes and give you an early Christmas present to take home.
Rory’s Saturday Club
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Looking for something creative to do with kids in the city? Come down to Leeds City Museum for our craft sessions for families.
Meet The Capybaras Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for 2 people
2:30pm on Weekends and School holidays
Meet and feed our happy Capys, Carly and Bryan, in an up-close experience like no other.
Care Creatives
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Creative workshops inspired by our exhibitions and collections, designed for young adults aged 16-24 with lived experience of the care system.
1152 Club: Talks at Abbey House Museum
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 11:15 am
The 1152 Club is a history and heritage talks series for people aged 55 and over, held at Abbey House Museum.
Death Café hosted by Good Grief Guiseley
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: FREE
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Death Café hosted by Good Grief Guiseley. All welcome to join this accessible, respectful and confidential session.
Stitch Art
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Take a closer look at artworks in our collections and exhibitions and notice the textures, colours and shapes to help inspire your own textile art.
Keep Crafting
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Come along to our monthly creative crafting session for adults with a different theme each time.
Tiny Tigers
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Join us for fun, messy craft sessions for under 5s and their carers. Babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers welcome!
Farm Tour Friday
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in farm ticket
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join our farm tour on a Friday to find out more about our animals and what life is like on a working farm.
Meet & Make
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Free creative, playful crafting sessions for adults with the opportunity to make something in response to our exhibitions and displays.
Community Choir
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Join our monthly community choir at Leeds City Museum. Free, fun, and open to all.
The Penguin Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for upto 2 people/additional participants (up to a maximum group size of 4) £25pp
Meet and feed our Humboldt penguins in an up-close animal experience like no other.
Arbeau Dancers
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in admission
Please check with us first to confirm the group are performing.
Watch our Arbeau Dancers rehearse in the Picture Gallery of Temple Newsam, with a repertoire spanning 500 years of historic dance!
Christmas at Temple Newsam
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Up to £9.50
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Explore the beautifully decorated House with Christmas trees adorning the rooms, and traditional historical garlands which transport you back to the festivities Temple Newsam experienced over the past 500 years.
Father Christmas at Temple Newsam
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £12 per visit, including house entry and a gift
Allotted time slots from 11.15am - 3pm
Visit Father Christmas this year, will be inviting you to tell him your Christmas wishes and give you an early Christmas present to take home.
Rory’s Saturday Club
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Looking for something creative to do with kids in the city? Come down to Leeds City Museum for our craft sessions for families.
Festive Storytime with Mrs Claus
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £12 per visit, including house entry and a gift
Allotted time slots from 11.15am - 3pm
Visit Father Christmas this year, will be inviting you to tell him your Christmas wishes and give you an early Christmas present to take home.
Meet The Capybaras Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for 2 people
2:30pm on Weekends and School holidays
Meet and feed our happy Capys, Carly and Bryan, in an up-close experience like no other.
Youth Collective – Sculpture Photographed
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free - booking essential
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Go on a curatorial journey of discovery as we explore the Henry Moore Institute Archive Gallery, connecting the relationship between sculpture and photography.
Care Creatives
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Creative workshops inspired by our exhibitions and collections, designed for young adults aged 16-24 with lived experience of the care system.
Tea & Talk Club: Temple Newsam Archaeology
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
On the last Wednesday of every month, our friendly Tea & Talk Club meets for an hour of sociable history in the grand surroundings of Temple Newsam House.
Home Education Workshop: Ancient Greece
Venue: Leeds Discovery Centre
Price: £5
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Workshop for home educated children. Learn about the life and religion of the Ancient Greeks. This workshop also includes a tour of our store where we care for over 1 million objects.
Tiny Tigers
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Join us for fun, messy craft sessions for under 5s and their carers. Babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers welcome!
Farm Tour Friday
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in farm ticket
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join our farm tour on a Friday to find out more about our animals and what life is like on a working farm.
Talk: Living with the dead: The stories families tell with Dr Laura King
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
What stories do we tell of the dead, and why? This talk will focus on the way we connect with and remember the dead through stories.
The Penguin Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for upto 2 people/additional participants (up to a maximum group size of 4) £25pp
Meet and feed our Humboldt penguins in an up-close animal experience like no other.
Arbeau Dancers
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in admission
Please check with us first to confirm the group are performing.
Watch our Arbeau Dancers rehearse in the Picture Gallery of Temple Newsam, with a repertoire spanning 500 years of historic dance!
Christmas at Temple Newsam
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Up to £9.50
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Explore the beautifully decorated House with Christmas trees adorning the rooms, and traditional historical garlands which transport you back to the festivities Temple Newsam experienced over the past 500 years.
Father Christmas at Temple Newsam
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £12 per visit, including house entry and a gift
Allotted time slots from 11.15am - 3pm
Visit Father Christmas this year, will be inviting you to tell him your Christmas wishes and give you an early Christmas present to take home.
Rory’s Saturday Club
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Looking for something creative to do with kids in the city? Come down to Leeds City Museum for our craft sessions for families.
Festive Storytime with Mrs Claus
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £12 per visit, including house entry and a gift
Allotted time slots from 11.15am - 3pm
Visit Father Christmas this year, will be inviting you to tell him your Christmas wishes and give you an early Christmas present to take home.
Meet The Capybaras Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for 2 people
2:30pm on Weekends and School holidays
Meet and feed our happy Capys, Carly and Bryan, in an up-close experience like no other.
Care Creatives
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
Price: Free
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Creative workshops inspired by our exhibitions and collections, designed for young adults aged 16-24 with lived experience of the care system.
Festive Mystery Matinees
Venue: Leeds Industrial Museum
Price: Included in admission
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join us in the Palace Picture House, for festive family favourites in the run-up to Christmas.
Tiny Tigers
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Join us for fun, messy craft sessions for under 5s and their carers. Babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers welcome!
Farm Tour Friday
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in farm ticket
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join our farm tour on a Friday to find out more about our animals and what life is like on a working farm.
Relaxed Christmas at Temple Newsam
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Up to £9.50
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Our Relaxed Christmas at Temple Newsam is a day for families who would prefer a quieter and more relaxed Christmas event.
Relaxed Father Christmas at Temple Newsam
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Up to £9.50
Allotted time slots between 11am - 3pm
Our Relaxed Father Christmas at Temple Newsam is perfect for families who would prefer a quieter and more relaxed Christmas event.
Relaxed Festive Storytime with Mrs Claus
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Up to £9.50
Allotted time slots between 11.15am - 3pm
Our Relaxed Festive Storytime with Mrs Claus experience is perfect for families who would prefer a quieter and more relaxed Christmas event.
The Penguin Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for upto 2 people/additional participants (up to a maximum group size of 4) £25pp
Meet and feed our Humboldt penguins in an up-close animal experience like no other.
Arbeau Dancers
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in admission
Please check with us first to confirm the group are performing.
Watch our Arbeau Dancers rehearse in the Picture Gallery of Temple Newsam, with a repertoire spanning 500 years of historic dance!
Christmas at Temple Newsam
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Up to £9.50
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Explore the beautifully decorated House with Christmas trees adorning the rooms, and traditional historical garlands which transport you back to the festivities Temple Newsam experienced over the past 500 years.
Father Christmas at Temple Newsam
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £12 per visit, including house entry and a gift
Allotted time slots from 11.15am - 3pm
Visit Father Christmas this year, will be inviting you to tell him your Christmas wishes and give you an early Christmas present to take home.
Rory’s Saturday Club
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Price: Free
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Looking for something creative to do with kids in the city? Come down to Leeds City Museum for our craft sessions for families.
Festive Storytime with Mrs Claus
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: £12 per visit, including house entry and a gift
Allotted time slots from 11.15am - 3pm
Visit Father Christmas this year, will be inviting you to tell him your Christmas wishes and give you an early Christmas present to take home.
Meet The Capybaras Experience
Venue: Lotherton
Price: £70 for 2 people
2:30pm on Weekends and School holidays
Meet and feed our happy Capys, Carly and Bryan, in an up-close experience like no other.
Farm Tour Friday
Venue: Temple Newsam
Price: Included in farm ticket
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join our farm tour on a Friday to find out more about our animals and what life is like on a working farm.
2022 Nick SingletonHome Education Workshop: Activism Through Time
Venue: Leeds Discovery Centre
Price: £5
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Workshop for home educated children. Linking with the national curriculum's ‘theme through time’ learn about the history of activism and protest in Leeds. This workshop also includes a tour of our store where we care for over 1 million objects.
Home Education Workshop: Stone Age to Iron Age
Venue: Leeds Discovery Centre
Price: £5
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Workshop for home educated children. Learn about changes in technology and lifestyle in Britain from the stone age through to the invasion of the Romans (43AD). This workshop also includes a tour of our store where we care for over 1 million objects.
