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Armley Mills Industrial Museum

The Armley Mills Industrial Museum was a working cloth mill until 1969 when the City Council turned it into an award-winning industrial museum. Exhibits trace the history of textiles, clothing and locomotive manufacture in Yorkshire. Particularly interesting is a section devoted to the 1920s...  see full details

Thackray Museum

There is surely no more interesting day out in Leeds than a visit to the Thackray Museum, which tells the story of medical advances through the ages. A recreated Victorian street, complete with sights, sounds and smells, highlights the lives, ailments and treatment of...  see full details

Leeds Art Gallery

In the heart of the city, the Leeds Art Gallery offers a feast for art lovers, its collections covering everything from traditional prints, watercolours, paintings and sculpture to weird and wonderful contemporary works. The gallery is renowned for having the best collection of British...  see full details

Royal Armouries Museum

This fun, living museum contains five themed galleries (covering War, Tournaments, Self-Defence, Hunting and Arms & Armour of the Orient), and is filled with interactive displays, dramatic interpretations, action scenarios and some exciting exhibits. This is more a cross between a theme park and...  see full details

Abbey House Museum

The entertaining Abbey House Museum is contained in the gatehouse of the picturesque ruined Kirkstall Abbey (dating from 1152). Abbey House allows visitors to walk around the streets of 1880s Leeds, while the upstairs section features galleries detailing the history of Kirkstall Abbey and...  see full details