Henry Moore Institute
74 The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AH
Tel (0113) 234 3158
Admission: FREE
The Institute contains three beautiful galleries showing a changing and diverse programme of exhibitions supported by books, and other events. The Institute also oversees the curation and development of the Leeds City Art Gallery sculpture collection and is joined to the Art Gallery by a bridge. It also has an active research programme, archive and library.
Leeds City Art Gallery
Leeds City Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AA
Tel (0113) 247 8248
Admission: FREE. The regions premier Art Gallery covering three floors, the Leeds City Art Gallery, houses England's best collection of 20th-century art outside of London, including collections of contemporary British sculpture, prints, watercolors,drawings and French post impressionist paintings.
Next door to the Henry Moore Institute
Liston Studios
University of Leeds
Tel (0113) 343 5274
University Gallery
Parkinson Building, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds
Tel (0113) 343 2777
Admission Free
Kirkstall Abbey
Admission: FREE
Built in 1100s next to the River Aire by Cistercian monks. Kirkstall Abbey is one of the best preserved monastic sites in the country and currently is being further restored.
Guided Tours in Summer
How to Get to Kirkstall Abbey A65, 3 miles west of Leeds city centre - Kirkstall Abbey can be found approximately 1ยท4 mile after the Kirkstall Retail Park on the right. Level access from the main road. Car park on the other side of the road.
Buses - Kirkstall Abbey is located directly on a well serviced bus route. Buses 33, 732, 733, or 736 from Central Bus Station via Park Row and Wellington Street, go direct to the Abbey.
Abbey House Museum
Admission: Charged
Abbey Road, Kirkstall, Leeds LS5 3EH (On the opposite side of Kirkstall Road from Kirkstall Abbey)
Tel (0113) 230 5492
Armley Mills Industrial Museum
Leeds Industrial Museum, Armley Mills, Canal Road, Leeds LS12 2QF
Tel (0113) 263 7861
Working machinery that turned Leeds into a great industrial City. Try to visit when the 100 year old steam engine is fired up. See also the waterwheels. The mill shows how the indusrial revolution which started in Brtitain changed the World and made Britain a wealthy country.
The mill also contains a selection of cinema projectors. There are occasional shows at the 1920s cinema. Admission Charged (Concessions available)
Leeds City Museum
The Museum has reopened in New Premices, Leeds Institute building on Millennium Square, formerly the Civic Theatre
Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square, Leeds, LS2 8BH
Horsforth Village Museum
Situated on the village green. Tel: (0113) 281 9877
The history of Horsforth
Fulneck Moravian Settlment and Museum
55-57 Fulneck, Pudsey, Leeds
Tel: (0113) 257 5474 / 256 4147
Open: Easter to October Wednesday and Saturday 2-4 PM Charge made
Thwaite Mills Watermill
Thaite Lane, Stourton, Leeds LS10 1RD
Tel (0113) 249 6453
2 mile from the City Centre along Hunslet Road. This grinding mill is operated by 2 large waterwheels. Admission: Charged
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