Keeper at Leeds Industrial Museum and Thwaite Watermill. Printmaker, human, and occasional gardener. Opinions expressed are my own.
Leeds, England
Joined January 2012
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Have your say on proposals to close a museum and change the way culture is accessible in Leeds museumsandgalleries.leeds.go…
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The Christmas Committee at #LeedsIndustrialMusem presented their ideas today to our site keeper @TallMr to bring festive cheer for years to come.
Thank you @pinccollege for these wonderful placements.
Below is the cover picture from their presentation.
ALT This picture is from a PowerPoint presentation. It reads Christmas at Leeds Industrial museum. The image is of the entrance to Leeds Industrial Museum, it has a border of snowflakes and pine tree needles. In the top right hand corner is the logo for PINC College.
Shhh… Special screening tomorrow at Leeds Industrial Museum - this filmed theatre is stunning ❤️ @archipelagoarts @LeedsMuseums instagram.com/reel/C_fphBoJV…
Nice to see #LeedsIndustrialMuseum was in an answer in @guardian Thursday quiz today! And agree with the recommendation to visit 👍
@LeedsMuseums @LeedsClarkKent – at Leeds, England
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In the next episode of #GreatBritishCities we're uncovering the innovative and fascinating history of #Leeds!
Tune in on Friday at 9pm on @channel5_tv.
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Brilliant piece here on our teeny, tiny loom at Leeds Industrial Museum and the skill it took the make and operate these marvelous machines (big and small!)
Tiny loom harks back to Leeds dominance in textile industry bbc.in/47S3Q43
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Smashing 📸s by @TonyJohnsonYPN in today’s @yorkshirepost capturing our amazing miniature loom as it gets a bit of TLC at Leeds Industrial Museum. A lovely little bit of Yorkshire’s textile heritage!
The smiles say it all! 😊
I’ve had the most inspiring week with excellent colleagues, new friends, and… buttons!
Thanks to @bdnil, @KateHFellows, and all involved - Have a great time all at Tilburg in June, the next of the #textilecities! – at Leeds, England
Last day Winter School Textile Cities @LeedsCityMuseum The participants shared their projects and looked back at an amazing and inspiring week supported by @LeedsMuseums Excited for Spring School in Tilburg in June, look out for the announcement next week! @Guislainmuseum
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Day 3 Textile Cities Winter School at #LeedsIndustrialMuseum. The participants were immersed in the brilliant work of the outreach team @LeedsMuseums, big thanks to colleagues of @KateHFellows and @TallMr, and @ShoddyArts for their inspiration and insights!
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Day 2 Textile Cities Winter School at #LeedsIndustrialMuseum with workshop Connective Threads from @cwellesleysmith, participants contributed to collective art engagement connected to theme's of Textile Cities. Looking forward to workshops delivered by @LeedsMuseums tomorrow
ALT International Winter School Cultural Heritage & Wellbeing: Textile Cities in Leeds, Day2 Leeds Industrial Museum
ALT International Winter School Cultural Heritage & Wellbeing: Textile Cities in Leeds, Day2 Leeds Industrial Museum
ALT International Winter School Cultural Heritage & Wellbeing: Textile Cities in Leeds, Day2 Leeds Industrial Museum
ALT International Winter School Cultural Heritage & Wellbeing: Textile Cities in Leeds, Day2 Leeds Industrial Museum
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Day 1 Textile Cities Winter School @LeedsCityMuseum very interesting kick off with @object_lessons and Bart Marius from @Guislainmuseum , looking forward to tomorrow at #LeedsIndustrialMuseum with @cwellesleysmith
@TallMr @KateHFellows
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Exciting news - we're holding an exhibition in the new year 📸
Grateful thanks, as always, for all their support & encouragement, to @skippko @arthurliverpool @CathBrooke @Sally_Storr and Nicki Taylor.
Exciting opportunity in Leeds this January for people working in culture, heritage, and community well-being… check the link! 👇 – at Leeds, England
The Winter School Cultural Heritage & Wellbeing, 22-26 2024 in Leeds (UK) is to be delivered by a highly experienced team of experts who are leading in different fields connected to heritage, community engagement and wellbeing. Still a few place left 🔗bit.ly/3pahEH5
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Visited Industrial Museum in Leeds, one of the locations that will host the Winter School Cultural Heritage & Wellbeing 22-26/01/'24. Good talk with curator @TallMr about the program that contains workshops, talks and much more. Still a few places left: bit.ly/3pahEH5
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Check out the fantastic @we_are_foxglove in full HD across two whopping pages of today’s @LeedsNews! Great piece breaking down Engineery at Leeds Industrial Museum for @smeaton300 and @LEEDS_2023 news.leeds.gov.uk/news/histo…
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This might just be our favourite exhibition title ever.
Engineery is open now at Leeds Industrial Museum, celebrating the 300th anniversary of Leeds's very own John Smeaton, the "Father of Civil Engineering," and engineering in all its forms.
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There's an amazingly cheap (£5) stone carving workshop at Armley Mills on Friday 3 Nov. Only 9 places available. 11am- 3pm. Suitable for adults or older kids.
🎫 Tickets 👇
smeaton300.co.uk/event/stone…