Leeds Museums and Galleries: About Us
Leeds Museums and Galleries are delivered and funded by Leeds City Council. The service is part of the cultural section of the council which presents a wide range of fun and exciting leisure pursuits including parks, sport, festivals, concerts and events to the people of Leeds and beyond.
Nine museum sites make up the museums and galleries service: Abbey House Museum, Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Lotherton Hall, Temple Newsam House, Thwaite Mills Watermill, Leeds Museum Discovery centre, and the major new Leeds City Museum due to open in August this year.
Together, Leeds Museums and Galleries collectively present the opportunity to discover the history of the city from its earliest days to the Leeds we live in today as well as investigate the world through fascinating collections covering the natural world, industrial history, world cultures, archaeology, costume and the fine and decorative arts.
All our museum collections are housed in sites as varied as majestic medieval abbey ruins, grand country houses, brooding industrial mills and galleries of intriguing art.