A family group looking down a storage aisle with taxidermy animals on

Amazing Animals Week

STORE TOUR AND WORKSHOP
Leeds Discovery Centre
Tue 11 Aug - Thu 13 Aug
Tue 11 Aug
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Thu 13 Aug
  • Tue 11 Aug
    10:00 - 12:00
    Leeds Discovery Centre
  • Tue 11 Aug
    13:00 - 15:00
    Leeds Discovery Centre
  • Thu 13 Aug
    10:00 - 12:00
    Leeds Discovery Centre
  • Thu 13 Aug
    13:00 - 15:00
    Leeds Discovery Centre
  • Give What You Can, suggested donation £5. Booking essential.

Explore our Natural Science collection with our curators to discover amazing animals.

This week hosts World Lion day, World Elephant Day and World Orangutan Day - and to recognise these important, vulnerable animals, our Natural Science Curators are coming together to look at all things animals.

After your tour of our collection, make and animal mask or turtle shell backpack out of card, paper, string and googly eyes.

Sensory quiet space available during the workshops - a tour of the site also included in the workshops.

Give What You Can

This event is give what you can. We don't want price to be a barrier to a great experience. Simply pick the price you can give when booking your place, and enjoy your visit.

Suggested donation: £5

Visitor Information

Leeds Discovery Centre is on the South-East edge of Leeds City Centre, 0.1 mile away from Leeds Dock, 1.1 mile away from Leeds Train Station.

There is a free car park on site for visitors, accessible from Sayner Lane.

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A curator holding a mammoth tusk in the Leeds Discovery Centre collection store

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