Be involved, be inspired,
it may be old but it’s never tired
Mostly Older than Your Gran is a group of museum professionals, aged 14 upwards, who want to tell the stories of objects and collections within Leeds Museums and Galleries.
These are your stories and your collections.
Get involved, tell us what you want to see and help us make a future your Gran would be proud of.
Upcoming events...
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Pharaoh: King of Egypt Exhibition
Wow! This exhibition, in the Arena at Leeds City Museum, has over 100 objects from the British Museum. They all tell the story of Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs. Free Entry. Families Leeds Ad (180 x 130)
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Silver 70s Exhibition
We don’t remember the 70s but visit this exhibition to get a taste of life in the decade that invented Star Wars! Exhibition is at Leeds City Museum until 22nd April 2012. Free Entry
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Treasured! Smuggled, stolen, saved?
Friday 2oth July 2012- Sunday 13th January 2013, This exciting exhibition, curated by the Precious Cargo team, features objects from all around the globe. Come and follow their journeys to Leeds, discover their stories, and decide for yourself: were they smuggled, stolen, or saved? Free Entry
Latest from our blog...
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The World in Yorkshire…
My name is Jordan Keighley, I am 17 years old and was part of the Yorkshire World Collection project, aiming to put together a publication revealing the hidden treasures of the world, found within Yorkshire. I heard about the project through Leeds City Museum, it seemed perfect for me and felt I had to [...]
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‘Can’t tell me about the struggle…’
As part of our campaign to brighten up Leeds City Museum, Leeds Youth Offending Services came down to do some pieces of graffiti artwork. They wanted to look at the stories of amazing women as part of International Women’s Day, and we have some pretty cool women we could show them – including Leonora Cohen. [...]
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Touching History
Hi all. My name is Calum. On Wednesday the 4th of April I took part in a photography session where we picked some of the items we might want in our exhibition, ‘Treasured! Smuggled, Stolen, Saved?’ This sounds exciting enough, getting out hundred year old objects and setting them up for photos, but Wednesday was [...]
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Get involved with 2012
In 2012 there will be an exhibition in Leeds City Museum and we hope it will be completely designed, promoted and filled by you. Find out more...
