Museums in Leeds. Find out about Museums in Leeds

Visit Leeds museums and entertain the kids during the school holiday or weekend. Highly recommend are the Leeds City and Armley Mills industrial museums where you can learn about the history of the city. Also
worth visiting is the Royal Armouries. Find out more about museums in Leeds.

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Ideas for family friendly days out in Leeds

Written by Jon Howe

Walking around Roundhay Park in Leeds. Every parent can paint the same picture; it’s raining, square eyes are forming on your child’s face, and the cheeriness of Kids’ TV is beginning to grate on you. You are caught in a vicious circle of tidying, washing up and providing half-consumed food and...

Written by Danny Pugsley

Temple Newsam house. Photo attribution: Rick Harrison Temple Newsam is a stunning Tudor-Jacobean house, sometimes referred to as the ‘Hampton Court of the North’. The main house, which is a Grade I listed building, and is a three-storeyed block with long wings projecting outwards towards the grounds....

Written by Louisa Parker

Henry Moore statue outside the Leeds city art gallery The Leeds art scene is growing. As well as the two main art galleries on the Headrow there are several independent galleries and arts organisations which have developed over the last decade thanks to the hard work of artists and curators in the city....

Written by Danny Pugsley

View of the historic Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds. Photo attribution: Tom Carden Set amidst beautiful parkland in a stunning riverside location on the banks of the River Aire in Leeds are the preserved ruins of Kirkstall Abbey – still at their original full height. Built between 1152-1160 by Cistercian...

Leeds attractions for money conscious families

Written by Carol Ferndale

Entrance to Thackray Medical Museum. If the little ones are feeling bored there’s nothing like a museum to engage their attention. Forget the idea of museums being stuffy places – modern museums are full of displays and activities for the young ones to enjoy, and Leeds has a good selection of...

Written by Darren Cronian

Leeds is the perfect city for a short break this summer and, while I know it sounds like a cliché, the city does have something to offer everyone. What I love about the city centre is that everything you need is so close together, and, if you are the adventurous type, you are only twenty minutes from...

Written by Carol Ferndale

Royal Armouries in Leeds. A popular for museum for family days out in Leeds If you feel like taking your family for a day out in Leeds, you will find that there are plenty of things to do. If your kids like drawing and messing about with paint, then Leeds Art Gallery offers some exciting free art sessions...

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