Abbey House Museum is found in Kirkstall, Leeds and is located in the Gatehouse of Kirkstall Abbey which can be seen across the road from the museum.
Abbey House Museum is a wonderful museum set out in the style of Victorian Leeds. The museum comes complete with streets set out as they would have been during Victorian times.
As well as the main theme of Victorian Leeds, Abbey House Museum also has displays about Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds social history and many other interesting exhibits about the region on the second floor.
Abbey House Museum is fun to visit and comes complete with interactive displays and people in Victorian dress. You can visit Leeds High Street in the nineteenth century and visit Stephen Harding Gate to see just what shopping heaven in the nineteenth century was like. There are also houses where you can see the games and conversation Victorian families used to pass the time.
Abbey House Museum boasts a recreation of the poor residential area of the time called Abbey Fold. Here you can see the true divide of rich and poor from the rich pawn brokers sumptuous home to the chilly and cold home of an undertaker.
For those wishing to take a break why not take a look at the exhibits of Victorian toys, games and dolls in the Victorian dolls house or for something more adult visit the recreated Victorian drinking house called the Hark to Rover Inn.
Abbey House Museum also hosts a quaint coffee shop with inside and outside seating where you can buy hot and cold drinks, cakes, sandwiches and homemade soups.
Visiting Abbey House Museum – Opening Times and Admission Prices
Opening Times
Abbey House Museum is open from Tuesday to Friday 10am to 5pm, Saturday from 12pm to 5pm and Sunday from 10am to 5pm. Last admission for visitors is 4pm.
The museum is closed on Mondays with the exception of bank holidays (besides Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day) when it is open from 10am to 5pm.
Prices:
Adult: £3.50
Concession: £2.50
Child: £1.50
Family: £5.00.
If you own a Leeds card you will get a discount on all prices above.
By bus take the 33 or 33A Metro bus from the Leeds bus station, the buses run regularly every hour and it takes around 15 minutes to get to the museum.
Abbey Walk,
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH
Events and What’s On at the Abbey House Museum 2009/10
2nd and 23rd October 10.15am to 12 pm Messy Monkeys
11th October 2pm to 4pm Street Kids do the Big Draw
22nd October 10.30am to 11.30am and 2pm to 3pm Memory Lane
24th October Abbey House Christmas Shop Preview
27th October 1pm to 3pm Halloween Family Fun
29th October 10am to 12 pm and 2pm to 4pm Be a Victorian
30th October 10 am to 12pm Halloween Family Fun
3rd November 10.30am to 11.30am and 2pm to 3pm Memory Lane
6th and 27th November Messy Monkeys
22nd November 2pm to 4pm Street Kids Celebrate World Television Day