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In 2001, Leeds City Council bid for National Lottery cash, and in 2004, it was awarded £19.5 million, [4] so in 2005, the Leeds Mechanics' Institute building (designed by Cuthbert Brodrick and built 1865–1868) [5] began to be redesigned as Leeds City Museum, finally to reopen in 2008.
The service still adds to its collections, for example through acquiring new archaeological archives. [20] Nesyamun, on display at Leeds City Museum is a widely studied Egyptian priest. The First World War program, which ran from 2014 to 2018, examined how Leeds was affected by the First World War, worked with people across the city. [21]
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The house is a Grade I listed building, [1] one of nine Leeds Museums and Galleries sites [2] and part of the research group, Yorkshire Country House Partnership. [3] The estate lends its name to the Temple Newsam ward of Leeds City Council, in which it is situated, and lies to the east of the city, just south of Halton Moor, Halton, Whitkirk ...
"Leeds New Mechanics' Institution and School of Art", engraving in The Builder, 1867. The Leeds Mechanics' Institute building, designed by Cuthbert Brodrick, was built in 1865–1868 in Cookridge Street. [8] The building is now grade II* listed, [9] and since 2008 has been the home of Leeds City Museum. [10]
The Thoresby Society: The Leeds Historical Society is the historical society for the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, and the surrounding district. It was founded in 1889 and named after the historian of Leeds, Ralph Thoresby (1658–1725).
Leeds City Square: 1898: Henry Charles Fehr: Statue on pedestal: Bronze and granite: Grade II: Q26655856 [9] [23] More images: Edward, the Black Prince: Leeds City Square: 1903: Thomas Brock: Equestrian statue on pedestal: Bronze and granite: Grade II* Q17533834 [9] [24] More images: Walter Hook: City Square, Leeds: 1903: F.W. Pomeroy: Statue ...
The Leeds Volunteer Corps was composed of two battalions, divided into the North Battalion and South Battalion. [5] It is debated as to why this was the case. One argument is that the divide was due to political alliance. [9] The Leeds Volunteers were apparently split into Lloyd's Tory-Anglican corporation and Whig-Liberal dissenting officers. [9]