The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

A young lad is trapped in a surreal world by his evil music tutor and forced to play a giant piano with 499 other boys in this musical fantasy written by Dr Seuss. Can Bart overthrow the diabolical Dr Terwilliker and save himself, his hypnotised mother, and their plumber?

Join new film club, Hi Magpie for this 1953 visually bizarre masterpiece; with a cast of bewildering characters that includes roller skating twins conjoined at the beard and an orchestra of human instrument hybrids, it's sure to be... atomic!

Hip Hop History Day

Celebrate Hip Hop History at Leeds City Museum with this event including live music, Q&As, workshops and loads more!

Join us at Leeds City Museum for a family fun day celebrating of Hip Hop history! With live music, Q&A, deejays, Emcees, Beatboxin’ B boys B Girls, graffiti art, production, and workshops.

In association with the Hip Hop Historian Society. 

Sew-Able

Do you want to learn to sew? Or do you want to pick up the needle again after not sewing for a while? Or do you just want to improve your stitching? 

Well this six-week sewing course is for you. You will learn how to thread a sewing machine, sew the basics and meet like minded people. 

Spooky Streets

Step into the spooky streets of Abbey House Museum this half term for lots of family fun!

Wander our authentic spooky streets to encounter scary spiders, wicked witches, wiley wolves, beguiling bats and skeletons pulling pints!

Come dressed as your favourite Halloween character and pose for petrifying pics. There will be a terrifying trail and creepy competitions as you go around the museum and a monster bag of crafts and activities to take home. 

Spirograph Family Fun Day

Add your work to our giant spirograph this half term.

Join us in the main hall of the museum to add your own artistic flair to a giant spirograph artwork. Feel nostalgic about this quirky, engineered game, and introduce the kids to it too!

Meet artist Lesley Halliwell, and find out about her dazzling, spiralling artworks. Make a spirograph keepsake to take home too.

This day is kindly sponsored by the Grammar School at Leeds.

The Wrong Arm of the Law

On what would have been his 100th birthday, we celebrate Peter Sellers with a rare chance to see this underrated cops-and-robbers comedy classic. When a band of Australian criminals hit London disguised as police officers, local crime boss Pearly Gates must form an uneasy alliance with his old enemy Inspector Parker to catch the culprits on their patch.

This screening is part of the Scalarama Leeds 2025 Film Festival, a DIY celebration of pop-up cinema and independent film exhibition.

KPop Demon Hunters

A very special opportunity to watch the viral sensation on the big screen and sing-along with other fans this bank holiday weekend!

A world-renowned K-Pop girl group balances their lives in the spotlight with their secret identities as bad-ass demon hunters, set against a colourful backdrop of fashion, food, style, and the most popular music movement of the current generation.

Super Spirographs

Get into a spin with our super spirograph school holiday activities!

We're having a nostalgic week with activities inspired by the Spirograph, which was invented right here in Leeds by engineer Denys Fisher!

There'll be a trail around the museum which will give you a chance to explore the galleries whilst looking out for items on your trail.

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