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Leeds Museums & Galleries began life as the museum of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, which opened in 1821. In 1921, the collection was purchased by Leeds Corporation, to continue as a municipal museum (Leeds City Museum). [7] In 1928, Abbey House Museum was purchased by the Leeds Corporation, as place to display social history.
The modern city council was established in 1974, with the first elections being held in advance in 1973. Under the Local Government Act 1972, the area of the County Borough of Leeds was combined with those of the Municipal Borough of Morley, the Municipal Borough of Pudsey, Aireborough Urban District, Horsforth Urban District, Otley Urban District, Garforth Urban District, Rothwell Urban ...
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 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 ...
It holds an art collection that includes the Gascoigne Gift, given to the City of Leeds along with the hall, which sits alongside collections of fine and decorative arts added to the collection since becoming a museum in 1968. [8] The hall is licensed to hold wedding and civil partnership ceremonies. [9] [10]
Leeds Discovery Centre is the purpose-built display storage facility [1] built for Leeds Museums & Galleries in 2007. [2] It was funded by Leeds City Council and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. [3] The facility stores over one million objects in climate-controlled conditions and hosts regular tours. [4]
Leeds Civic Hall is a municipal building located in the civic quarter of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It replaced Leeds Town Hall as the administrative centre in 1933. [2] The Civic Hall houses Leeds City Council offices, council chamber and a banqueting hall, and is a Grade II* listed building. [3]
A series of meetings with the City Council Planning Officers, the building owner Emco, and English Heritage, concluded that the western and southern sections of the building must be demolished. In March 2018, Leeds City Council granted Rushbond Group permission to restore the building.