Read about the success of our Armistice & After programme, which involved local communities and volunteers.
Category: Abbey House Museum
Record Shops in Leeds
Discover the impressive history of record shops throughout Leeds.
Leeds Festival and its Posh Predecessor
Ahead of the upcoming Music exhibition in 2020, Ellie Parmenter has uncovered an early predecessor to the Leeds Festival we know today.
Who Should Write our Object Labels?
With over 1.3 million objects, we’ve been exploring the different ways that our audiences interpret them.
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.
The Children of the 1891 Fancy Dress Ball: Wilfred Nicholson
The second in our 1891 Fancy Dress Ball series, this time on the life of Wilfred Nicholson who attended dressed as Mephistopheles.
The Children of the 1891 Fancy Dress Ball: The Scarborough Loe’s
The first in a series exploring the children who attended the Juvenile Fancy Dress Ball at Leeds Town Hall in 1891.
The Bones of Home Education and Museums
Natalie Haigh reveals the positive impact of running workshops for home educating families.
Chimney Sweep Portraits in the Social History Collection
Explore the portraits in our ‘Sweepiana’ collection of items relating to chimney sweeps with Leila Prescott.
Sandford Awards for Heritage Education
Leeds City Museum, Temple Newsam House, Abbey House Museum and Kirkstall Abbey all gained the 5 year Sandford Award for Heritage Education.
Our New Primary School Membership scheme
It’s here! Find out everything you need to know about the three levels of membership.
Heart of a Lion and the Hands of a Lady: Lord Moynihan of Leeds
Discover the story of the famous Leeds surgeon, Lord Moynihan, who had ‘the heart of a lion and the hands of a lady’.
