400 Years of Leeds, through the Collections Of Leeds Museums and Galleries

Overhead architectural site plan showing a large housing estate within a triangular block bordered by roads. Curved and linear residential buildings surround central green spaces, with tennis courts, pathways and service buildings arranged across the landscaped site.

Leeds Museums and Galleries

Thu 5 Nov 2026

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Leeds 400

To celebrate Leeds 400, join Assistant Community Curator Pat Bourne, from Leeds Museums and Galleries, as he takes you through his personal choice of museum objects that reflect 400 years of history since Leeds got its charter from King Charles I in 1626.

Part of the Leeds Libraries' Leeds400 programme

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