Closure notice
While our museums and galleries are closed in response to coronavirus (COVID-19), we invite you to experience Leeds Museums & Galleries from home and discover exhibitions, online activities and collections.
Sounds of Our City
25 January 2020 - 31 December 2020
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Sounds of Our City takes visitors on a journey through the musical stories of Leeds.
Sounds of Our City Talk and Tour for Groups
26 January 2020 - 05 January 2021
Venue: Abbey House Museum
Group talk and tour of Sounds of Our City at Abbey House Museum
Collection Display: Staged Grand Guignol: Surrealism and Beyond
28 January 2020 - 31 March 2021
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
This display brings together a selection of Surrealist works alongside photography, painting and sculpture which embrace acts of ventriloquism, puppetry and performance.
Collection Display: The Lives of Others & Joseph Gott
28 January 2020 - 31 March 2021
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
This display brings together a range of paintings, sculpture and film depicting people.
Collection Display: The Camden Town Painters: An Intimacy of Place
28 January 2020 - 31 March 2021
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
This display brings together one of the most significant collections of Camden Town pictures in the UK.
Light For Leeds
14 February 2020 - 24 January 2021
Venue: Abbey House Museum
An exhibition exploring the importance of light, organised with members of the Interfaith Week group.
Making Japan. Art | Culture | Life
01 March 2020 - 18 October 2020
Venue: Lotherton
Making Japan is an exhibition about Japanese life, art and culture.
Florence Nightingale Bicentenary: Inspiration to Genius
01 March 2020 - 18 October 2020
Venue: Lotherton
A display marking 200 years since the birth of Florence Nightingale and her links to Lotherton.
Below the Salt
04 April 2020 - 01 November 2020
Venue: Temple Newsam
Discover the secrets that have been lying in the architecture for 500 years in our latest exhibition.
Open Minds: a display about mental health
21 April 2020 - 12 July 2020
Venue: Leeds City Museum
Open Minds is a display exploring mental health in Leeds.
Leeds to Innovation
26 October 2019 - 26 September 2021
Venue: Leeds Industrial Museum
Uncover the untold tales behind the greatest creative innovators of our time.
Sisterhood
03 July 2020
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Visual workshops for young adults with babies and young children to come along and enjoy playful activities that respond to current exhibitions.
Meet & Make
03 July 2020
Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Get crafty with us every Friday afternoon in our adult arts and crafts sessions at Leeds Art Gallery.
Virtual Museum Choir
03 July 2020
Venue: Leeds City Museum
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Join our monthly virtual choir with Leeds City Museum.
Community Choir
03 July 2020
Venue: Leeds City Museum
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Join in our relaxed community choir on the first Friday of every month.
Under 5s: Little Shoppers
03 July 2020
Venue: Abbey House Museum
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join us every Friday morning in term time for fun and games set amongst our beautifully recreated Victorian streets.
Rory’s Tiger Club
04 July 2020
Venue: Leeds City Museum
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.
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