Activities
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Abbey House Museum, Leeds
The museum is in the gatehouse of Kirkstall Abbey, a ruined monastery in amazing parkland. Set up like a Victorian street, with shops and houses the museum makes you think about social history, especially the lives of Victorian children.
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Bagshaw Museum, Batley
The building was originally called 'The Woodlands', built in 1875 by mill owner George Sheard. When Sheard died in 1902 it was bought by the local authories. Walter Bagshaw converted it into a museum in 1911. The museum contains two local history galleries, a South Asia gallery and an Egyptological gallery.
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Bolling Hall, Bradford
The earliest dating part of the hall dates back to the 14th-Century, but the Manor of Bolling is first mentioned in the Domesday Book. It is currently used as a museum and education centre, with rooms furnished and decorated to give an accurate representation of life at different periods of the house's history.
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Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford
Built on the former site of Manningham Hall, the gallery opened in 1904 in Lister Park.
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Eureka! The National Children's Museum, Halifax
The National Children's Museum is an interactive educational museum for children in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, with a focus on learning through play. It is run as an educational charity and not-for-profit organisation. Eureka!
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Impressions Gallery, Bradford
First opened in 1972 as one of the first specialist photography galleries in the country, Impressions Gallery has played a vital role in changing the way people think about photography, in Bradford and around the world. All of their exhibitions and the vast majority of their events are free, and the gallery works with communities to support photography learning at all levels and ages.
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Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds
The gallery presents a dynamic exhibition programme, holding a significant collection of modern and contemporary British art.
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Leeds City Museum, Leeds
Established in 1819, the museum is in the former Mechanics Institute in Millennium Square.
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Leeds Discovery Centre, Leeds
This is a state of the art museum storage facility which stores and protects over 1 million objects.
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Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Leeds
This museum exhibits industrial heritage, with collections of textile machinery, railway equipment and heavy engineering.
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National Coal Mining Museum for England, Wakefield
The museum keeps the history of coal mining alive, collecting and preserving the industry’s heritage.
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National Science and Media Museum, Bradford
The museum explores the science and culture of image and sound technologies, and the impact they have on our lives.
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Oakwell Hall, Batley
Oakwell Hall was built in 1583 by John Batt, and is now run as a ‘living museum’ furnished as the Batt family home in the 1690s.
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Temple Newsam House, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Home to 40 rooms spilling with artwork, 1500 acres of fun and the largest rare breed farm in Europe, Newsam Temple makes for a great stop-off on your tour of the UK.
