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Explore our incredible museum store, get close to objects and enjoy fun family sessions.
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Researchers and students can consult our collections in our dedicated research room and can attend object handling sessions with our friendly and knowledgeable staff.
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The Collection Store
Explore our collections of over 1 million objects at Leeds Discovery Centre.
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We can arrange bespoke visits and events for community groups and organisations.
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Behind The Scenes Store Tour
Leeds Discovery Centre
Wed 1 Apr
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Wed 3 Jun
One of the best ways to access and see our amazing collections is to enjoy our tours. From toucans and telephones, to meteorites and masks, there is something for everyone to enjoy.
Leeds Discovery Centre
Adult Talks, Tours and Workshops
Tour
Wed 1 Apr
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Wed 3 Jun
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Grief Café
Leeds Discovery Centre
Wed 6 May
15:30

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17:00
As part of Dying Matters week, Leeds Discovery Centre will be hosting a free Grief Café. Grief Café’s are an informal opportunity to discuss death, dying, and bereavement in a relaxed environment.
Leeds Discovery Centre
Adult Talks, Tours and Workshops
Community
Drop-in
Wed 6 May
15:30
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17:00
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Everyday Heroes - May Half Term
Leeds Discovery Centre
Tue 26 May
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Thu 28 May
Celebrate everyday heroes in this workshop and tour dedicated to the people who help us!
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Family
School Holiday
Workshop
Tour
Low Cost
Tue 26 May
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Thu 28 May
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News | Visitors find a million reasons to flock to city’s museums
Council-run museums in Leeds are celebrating after new figures revealed they welcomed more than a million visitors through their doors last year.
Blog | John Grimshaw Wilkinson, the Blind Botanist of Leeds
I have been involved in volunteering with the Dead Plant Society, which is a project by Leeds Museums and Galleries partnered with Space2, to search through and do research on the herbarium sheet coll…
News | Fare to say ancient coin has travelled through time
A mysterious coin once used to pay a bus fare in Leeds was minted by an ancient civilisation more than 2,000 years ago, it has been revealed.
News | Ancient discoveries reveal fascinating highway through history
Ancient artefacts unearthed and collected during the construction of a huge Leeds transport project have been preserved at a Leeds museum.
News | Historic Cauldron Find Lifts Lid on City’s Spirited Past
A mysterious iron cauldron sealed inside the walls of a Victorian house more than a century ago in a ritual to ward off evil spirits has been revealed in Leeds.
News | City’s museums receive essential funding boost
Museums in Leeds have secured almost a million pounds in funding to help safeguard their future and support a series of transformational projects at historic sites across the city.
News | Amorous arachnids searching for love on the web during spider season
Spiders weaving their way into homes across the country this autumn are out “looking for love” museum experts in Leeds have revealed.
News | Museums give city economy multi-million pound boost
The city’s council-run museums and galleries have given a massive £47.3m boost to the local economy over the past year, new figures have revealed.
News | Call to help support city’s museums though new donation scheme
Council-run museums and galleries in Leeds are launching a new donation scheme enabling visitors to support some of the city’s most popular cultural gems.
Blog | National Biscuit Day From The Archive
Celebrate national biscuit day with our extraordinarily well-preserved, century-old biscuit carries a poignant festive message from the front lines of the First World War.
News | Museum takes time to pay striking tribute to city’s classic clocks
Beautiful vintage clocks will take museum visitors in Leeds on a journey through time this week.
News | City’s tiny Saxon treasure has a big story to tell
A beautiful ancient Saxon pendant buried for more than 1,200 years in a Leeds field is giving experts a fascinating glimpse into life in early medieval Yorkshire.
News | Experts a whisker away from discovering secrets of hippo’s facial fuzz
Museum experts in Leeds are bristling with excitement after their resident hippo’s fabulous facial hair was studied during new research into the inner workings of whiskers.
News | Mummy’s micro morsel discovered in museum’s tiny treasure trove
A crumb of bread entombed thousands of years ago alongside an ancient Egyptian’s mummified remains has been discovered amongst an astonishing collection of microscopic treasures in Leeds.
News | Museum project breathes new life into precious antique plants
Hundreds of thousands of antique plants and flowers carefully preserved for centuries will be given new life thanks to a fascinating environmental history project in Leeds.
News | Museum’s top-flight conservation effort is for the birds
A collection of antique avian giants, spectacularly preserved in time more than a century ago, has been given some top-flight conservation by museum experts in Leeds.
Blog | How Museums Can Help Schools With Recovery Curriculums
After the pandemic lockdown, we now recognise the importance of our museums and galleries in providing genuine, authentic, accessible experiences. A large part of that is giving schoolchildren access to their cultural heritage in the city. See how these experiences are evolving post-lockdown.
Blog | Gloves: Fashion and Meaning
At the Leeds Discovery Centre we have a huge collection of different clothing from a variety of places and time periods. One item of clothing that has an interesting and storied history are gloves.
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