Together we celebrate life.

Join us with your family and friends for the 7 Locks Walk where we invite you to celebrate life, whether it is lives lost, people who have supported you within your own life or the NHS who take care of lives.

This a beautiful 4.4 mile (7km) walk, starting at Kirkstall Forge and ending at Granary Wharf, where we can come together as a community to honour, remember and celebrate.

This event is open to all, including wheelchair users, families and pets.

On the Day:

9:30am Meet at Kirkstall Forge – registration

Taking place across our Autumn/Winter season, Thackray Insights invites you to delve deep into eye­ opening topics and explore the unheard stories of medicine.

Louis XIV’s rear end inspired the British National Anthem.
Queen Victoria’s armpit led to the development of antiseptics.
Robert Jenkin’s ear started a war.

Taking place across our Autumn/Winter season, Thackray Insights invites you to delve deep into eye­ opening topics and explore the unheard stories of medicine.

In the Victorian era, in the shadow of Darwin’s ideas about evolution, a controversial new idea began to grow in the clubs, salons and offices of the powerful. Enjoying huge popular support for over 60 years, the legacy of eugenics persists in our language and literature, from the words ‘moron’ and ‘imbecile’ to the themes of some of our greatest works of culture.

Taking place across our Autumn/Winter season, Thackray Insights invites you to delve deep into eye­ opening topics and explore the unheard stories of medicine.

In the 1950s, polio terrified Americans almost as much as the atom bomb. Thanks to a 30-year global campaign, we are on the brink of eradicating polio for good – but can we ever succeed? This is a compelling story of heroes and villains, that begins in Ancient Egypt and brings in a US President, the iron lung, two brilliant scientists who hated each other’s guts, and a cutthroat race to develop an effective vaccine.

A Horsforth Village Historical Society talk at the Museum. All welcome.

Disappearing village green pubs and the interesting history of a turnpike coach house.

£3 including refreshments.  

Call 0113 2819877 or  horsforthmusem@hotmail.co.uk for further information.

Ambition, power and political unrest explode onto the stage in The Merchant of Venice 1936, direct from selling out the RSC and London’s West End.

Starring Tracy-Ann Oberman (EastEnders, Doctor Who) as Shylock, Shakespeare’s classic is transported to 1930s Britain in this ‘striking and impactful’ (Guardian) new production that ‘makes theatre history’ (The Telegraph). It is adapted by Brigid Larmour and Tracy-Ann Oberman.

Meet Ivy: an inquistive young lass desperate for adventure.

One dark night in December, Mr Cracker’s infamous Christmas pudding is snatched from the window sill. The next morning, the whole town is flabbergasted; no one knows who could have taken the delicious dessert. Ivy is even accused of the deed! Her mission? To find the real culprit. And to prove that her hands aren’t sticky!

Join us at SCRAP for a Clothes Swap as part of Sustainable Fashion Week and refresh your wardrobe sustainably.

From Friday 20th September to Saturday 28th September we're celebrating Sustainable Fashion Week, with a series of events focusing on how we buy, wear, care and dispose of clothing.

Our Clothes Swap is the perfect opportunity to refresh your wardrobe without spending a penny. Simply bring along your clean, good quality adult clothes, shoes, and bags to swap with fellow clothes swappers.

Join us for an engaging discussion on sustainable fashion, tackling clothing waste, and navigating the retail industry, led by Kaitlyn Bullen, the designer and brand manager for Blue Rinse.

Since 1997, Blue Rinse has been at the forefront of reworking and upcycling clothing, partnering with prominent retailers like Urban Outfitters, Topshop, and Topman.