Leeds City Museum
Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 8BH
Telephone 0113 2243732
Leeds City Museum's new FREE special exhibition!
Dr Rock's Lost Gallery
29 January - 4 July 2010
3rd floor
Builders working on a new exhibition at Leeds City Museum have discovered a lost gallery inhabited by a rogue museum curator.
The curator, Dr Rock, is a member of the museum team that has been missing from his usual workplace for quite sometime. It seems Dr Rock, a mineral fanatic, has been slowly gathering materials for his own unauthorised exhibition about his favourite subject.
Since Dr Rock has put together such a fascinating exhibition Leeds City Museum had to open this space for free to the public so they could enjoy it too. Although he is hard to track down Dr Rock will be visiting the gallery from time to time to explain to visitors what exactly he has been up to, but if he you don’t catch him there are plenty of films that he has made to view.
You’ll also be able to see poisonous rocks, human implants and the effects of putting a mobile phone in a blender!
Opening times
Monday - closed, except on bank holidays
Tuesday - 11am - 6pm
Wednesday - 11am - 6pm
Thursday - 11am -8pm
Friday - 11am - 6pm
Saturday - 11am - 5pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm
The museum presents lively and informative displays from the impressive collections of objects and art works owned and cared for by Leeds Museums and Galleries.
In the museum, the Life on Earth gallery is dedicated to natural history, and features the much loved Leeds Tiger that was once on display at Leeds Central Library; Ancient Worlds which includes the Leeds Mummy 'Nessy; the World View gallery which opens with an exhibition showcasing Africa; and of course, The Leeds Story gallery which looks at Leeds from pre-historic times to the modern day.
All activities and admission to the museum are free
Please note that temporary exhibitions may incur an entrance fee.
For further information visit www.leeds.gov.uk/citymuseum
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