Our Exhibition at Abbey House Museum opens

Our Exhibition at Abbey House Museum opened on Tuesday 5th May 2026 with a talk to a packed audience.

Last Tuesday 5th May, saw the opening of our exhibition at Abbey House Museum, with a talk to the 1152 Club and the first showing of a new “Before and After” slideshow covering the past seven years.

The exhibition is in a tall display cabinet and will available to visitors until November this year.

Entry and car parking are free, next to the Museum at Abbey Walk, Kirkstall, Leeds LS5 3EH.

The exhibition will be available every day, apart from Mondays and Bank Holidays. It will be refreshed on a regular basis.

Current opening hours (May 2026) are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. Saturday 12.00 noon to 5.00 pm.

All exhibits have individual QR codes that link to the relevant pages of our website. These are listed on the “button” below.

A new leaflet has been produced for the exhibition with links and contact details.

Our talk featured the story of John Newsome Barran, which was made especially poignant as his grandson, Roy was in attendance. The full story can be read at on our website at this link.

https://www.farsleyrehoboth.org/news-events/john-newsome-barran

We were proud to receive this message from one of the attendees:

“Just wanted to say that the 1152 presentation was superb - inspirational. I am in awe of what you have achieved. I would have said, but had double booked and so left early in question time. I was a founder member of the Friends of Lawnswood Cemetery - a much less daunting project as LCC are the owners.”

Please check link below for fully up to date hours.

https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/visit-abbey-house-museum-9tf5

Twelve months planning, in particular from our research team, had gone into this project. Thank you.

To view this slideshow, please use the left and right arrows below: