Abbey House Museum: Leeds residents react with joy after council U-turns on closure plans for Kirkstall site
Leeds residents have reacted with joy at the news that a museum enjoyed by generations is to remain open. Leeds City Council ...
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Why the Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall needs to be saved - Yorkshire Post Letters
I work for environmental organisation Hyde Park Source and have been running a weekly therapeutic gardening group in both the walled flower garden above the abbey ... cafe) area in the museum ...
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Abbey House Museum: Much-loved museum to stay open after 'passionate' pleas against closure
Kirkstall Abbey, founded 1152, was once home to hundreds of monks but was lost to ruin under Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries. Its old gatehouse forms the Abbey House museum ...
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Museum to stay open as council budget finalised
Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall opened in 1927 and is known for its replica Victorian streets and vintage penny slot machines. Leeds City Council ran a consultation on the future of the museum as ...
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Campaigners slam plans to shut 100-year-old museum
The permanent closure of Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall was proposed by Leeds City Council in December, claiming it could save the cash-strapped authority £160,000. At a meeting on Wednesday ...
Museum showcases 200-year-old children's books
Children's books dating back more than 200 years have gone on display in Leeds. The Story Time exhibition at Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall features tales from the early 1800s, including The Mice And ...