Discover the fascinating trove of letters from the archive of Sydney Kitson in Leeds Art Gallery.
Category: Volunteering
Growing for Colour: The Leeds Industrial Museum Gardens
Every week, volunteers from the local community gather to work on and maintain the Colour Gardens at Leeds Industrial Museum.
The Preservative Party Visit Berlin
The Preservative Party, Leeds City Museum’s group for young volunteers, tell us about their recent trip to Berlin.
Chimney Sweep Portraits in the Social History Collection
Explore the portraits in our ‘Sweepiana’ collection of items relating to chimney sweeps with Leila Prescott.
Farewell to ‘Skeletons’ at Leeds City Museum
On 7 January we said goodbye to our final visitors to the last leg of the exhibition tour, developed in partnership with Wellcome Collection and the Museum of London.
Leeds Museums and Galleries gets International
Tejshvi Jain, founding director of ReReeti, describes her experience at LMG during a visit to the UK.
Framing a Watercolour
Explore the different framing trends for watercolour paintings through the John Sell Cotman exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery.
Monopoly: The Leeds Edition
Explore the fascinating history of the nation’s favourite board game with placement student Chelsea Knight.
John Sell Cotman’s Watercolours: Kitson, Cotman and “Hicky”
Volunteer Brian Richardson explores Leeds architect Sydney Kitson’s critical eye in assessing the watercolours of John Sell Cotman.
4000 Miles, 400 Pictures, 1 Year and 1 Man With An Obsession
Volunteer Linda Bower explores Sydney Kitson’s obsession with collecting and documenting the work of artist John Sell Cotman.
The ‘Cotmania’ Archive: From Leeds to the Web
On John Sell Cotman’s 235th birthday, volunteer Karen Mackie explores how Cotman’s work was obsessively researched by Sydney Kitson, who meticulously recorded his findings in a collection of journals known as ‘Cotmania’.
Conservation Volunteers at Leeds Discovery Centre
With the closing of one exhibition comes the opening of another, and our helpful team of dedicated Conservation volunteers have been keeping themselves extremely busy with caring for the objects involved in the changeover at Leeds City Museum. Conservator Emma Bowron tells us more about what exactly this entails.
