Discover more about the daily lives of the monks of Kirkstall Abbey from archaeology curator Kat Baxter’s recent visit to a Norwegian Cistercian monastery.
Female Representation in Natural Science Collections
Rebecca Machin celebrates the beautiful and amazing females animals here in the collections of Leeds Museums and Galleries.
The Youth Collective Explore Works on Paper
The Youth Collective have been working on an exciting new project on women’s representation of women.
Schools Loan Boxes – The Space Box
Our schools loans box membership scheme is now up and running with over 25 boxes to choose from, with subjects ranging from the Ancient Greeks to chocolate.
Who Should Write our Object Labels?
With over 1.3 million objects, we’ve been exploring the different ways that our audiences interpret them.
Letters to John Joseph Cotman
Discover the fascinating trove of letters from the archive of Sydney Kitson in Leeds Art Gallery.
The Forgotten Street Traders of Georgian and Victorian Britain
Street vendors were an inherent aspect of Victorian Britain, but often forgotten…
The Origins of the Gascoigne Family
Chris Bovis navigates the largely destroyed history of the Gascoigne family.
Cross-Dressing, Elopement and Travels with Percy Shelley: the extraordinary life of Margaret King
Whilst digitising our collection, we discovered a publication whose author has a very interesting history…
Sculpture and Microscopic Photography
Collections and Contingency is an exhibition of sculpture and microscopic photography by Deborah Gardner, placed in and around the fascinating artefacts and specimens in our store at Leeds Discovery Centre.
Leeds Migration Stories
Discover the colourful histories behind our city’s many communities with David Harrison.
The Children of the 1891 Fancy Dress Ball: The Passavant Women
Miss Nora Passavant dressed as ‘The Leeds Daily Papers’ at the 1891 Fancy Dress Ball. Joshua King explores the life of Nora and the rest of the Passavant women.
