What’s on at Leeds Museums & Galleries

Leeds to Innovation

Venue: Leeds Industrial Museum

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Uncover the untold tales behind the greatest creative innovators of our time.

Curious Creatures: Victorian attitudes to animals

Venue: Abbey House Museum

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Explore the world of Curious Creatures - Victorian attitudes to animals. The latest exhibition at Abbey House Museum.

Blot on the Landscape

Venue: Temple Newsam

Blot on the Landscape tells the stories of the miners, their families and the impact on the wider community of Temple Newsam during turbulent times.

Homes of the Gascoignes: The voice of their communities

Venue: Lotherton

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Discover the Homes of the Gascoignes in the latest community display at Lotherton.

Phil May Portrait Project: Laughs and Sorrows

Venue: Leeds Art Gallery

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Join us in the gallery or online as we decipher Phil May's portrait in collaboration with local communities.

Alcoholics Anonymous display

Venue: Leeds City Museum

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See the Alcoholics Anonymous display at Leeds City Museum.

Jill McKnight: Desire Lines

Venue: Leeds Art Gallery

The voices, stories and songs of generations of Leeds residents have inspired a thought-provoking new exhibition from local artist Jill McKnight.

What Shall I Wear: Eveningwear through the ages

Venue: Lotherton

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Explore eveningwear through the ages in Lotherton's latest fashion exhibition, What Shall I Wear.

Money Talks

Venue: Leeds City Museum

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Visit Money Talks, the latest exhibition at Leeds City Museum. Discover the impact and changing nature of money.

Kirkstall Lives

Venue: Abbey House Museum

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Discover the lives of the people who have lived and worked in Kirkstall over the centuries in this community display.

Shifting Perspectives

Venue: Leeds Art Gallery

A new exhibition exploring issues around (mis)representation and identity through examining mechanisms of stereotyping and unequal power relations, connecting the past and the present.

Charmaine Watkiss: The Wisdom Tree

Venue: Leeds Art Gallery

Explore the wisdom, strength and resilience of Jamaican women across generations in this new exhibition, held in partnership with the Jamaica Society Leeds Out of Many Festival.

Sustainable Summer Holidays

Venue: Lotherton

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Visit Lotherton for a sustainable summer holiday day out with different eco themes each week including nature, fashion and animals!

Once upon a time… traditional tales and rhymes

Venue: Temple Newsam

Join us for traditional tales and rhymes during the summer school holidays, including story time, activities, crafts and bookable workshops.

Summer Holidays: Fairy Tales take over the Museum

Venue: Abbey House Museum

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Fairy tales have taken over the Museum this summer holidays!

The Great Thwaite Flutterby

Venue: Thwaite Watermills

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Hunt down the missing butterflies on a self-led trail at Thwaite Watermill during the summer school holidays.

Summer holidays: Birds, bees and butterflies

Venue: Kirkstall Abbey

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Celebrate summer at Kirkstall Abbey during the school holidays with our birds, bees and butterflies trail.

Mystery Matinee’s

Venue: Leeds Industrial Museum

2:00 pm

Join us in the Palace Picture House for family favourite film screenings over the Summer school holidays.

Living with Machines: human stories from the industrial age

Venue: Leeds City Museum

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Living with Machines, co-curated with the British Library, unearths the surprising parallels between the Industrial Revolution and today’s world of ‘big tech’.

Marvellous Machines

Venue: Leeds City Museum

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Visit the museum over the school holidays and take part in our FREE family trail, exploring marvellous machines and more!