Leeds City Museum
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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Leeds City Museum
Other forms of name
Leeds (England). City Museum
City Museum, Leeds
Leeds City Museums
Leeds (England). City Museums
Type of corporate body
Museums
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Museums--Management
Associated Language
eng
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Coins of the Kingdom of Northumbria, c. 700-867, 1996:t.p. (The City Museum, Leeds) p.7 (Leeds City Museum)
- Its webpage on Leeds City Council website(Leeds City Museum; located in the Leeds Institute building on Millennium Square in Leeds City Centre)
- Wikipedia, viewed 22 May 2015(Leeds City Museum; originally established in 1819, reopened on 13 September 2008 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England; housed in the former Mechanics' Institute in Cookridge Street (now Millennium Square); in 1819, a museum was established on Park Row by the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, and in 1821 it opened to the public; in 1921, control of the museum was handed to the Corporation of Leeds which later became Leeds City Council; damaged by bombing in 1941; in 1965 the museum was closed, and a few exhibits removed to a couple of rooms in the city library in 1966; in 1999 the museum went into storage; in 2005, the Leeds Mechanics' Institute building began to be redesigned as Leeds City Museum, finally to reopen in 2008; while exhibits vary, they are mainly made up of exhibits from Leeds' history)
- Burmantofts pottery, 1984?:t.p. (Leeds City Museums)
- Lib., Museums & art gall. yrbk., 1978-79(Leeds City Museum)
- Coins of the kingdom of Northumbria, 1996:t.p. (The City Museum, Leeds)
- Leeds City Museum WWW home page, Apr. 6, 1999(Leeds City Museum; The City Museum)