Creativity & Wellbeing Week 2025

Charity says bringing service back into local authority is ‘best guarantee for the future’

Three years since the full-scale Russian invasion began, the conflict has raised questions about the protection of culture in an age of modern warfare

By John Baron Green-fingered volunteers are helping to improve the infrastructure and ecological diversity of Kirkstall Abbey Park. The Friends of Kirkstall Abbey Park have already made a real differe...

A voluntary group supporting Leeds’ museums and heritage has called on Leeds City Council to reconsider ‘misguided’ proposals to close Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall. Members of the Friends of […]

Dr. Fozia Bora delves into the captivating story of Bradford's 1904 Somali Village

Yorkshire Accessible Museums Network (YAMN) is a group of museum professionals who want to make spaces, places and programmes more inclusive and accessible. We meet three or four times a year to explo...

Engaging with arts improves quality of life, increases productivity and creates financial ‘dividend’

For today, a little sidestep from Annabelle to her husband Tom. He finally found the woman at half-past five on a cold December evening. She was sitting on the pavement, knees clasped against her c…

Abbey House Museum Consultation