BBC Midlands 1. Council's own art in trust for the public 2. Very little, if any council money is spent acquiring art. Acquisitions by most museums are made via private donations, trusts and foundation or The National Lottery Heritage Fund 3 I get tedious FOIs at least once a month about these matters

Upcoming talk about Felix Yaniewicz violinist & composer performed at Leeds Music Hall in 1807. Story of virtuosity, intrigue and migration. Felix Yaniewicz The Leeds Library

Classical Music Madeleine Mitchell Read the full article here: issuu.com/redviolinfesti… Michael Berkeley Leeds International Concert Season South Asian Arts-uk Seven Rachael Unsworth @UoLConcerts Leeds Conservatoire Events & Enterprise @sinfoniaofleeds Felix Yaniewicz Leeds Libraries Hobgoblin Music Everyman Cinema London Chamber Ensemble @tom_greed Opera North

Lots of squabbling siskins and gold finches enjoying the feeders NTLongshawExplorers National Trust RSPB RSPB England Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust

‘Model-making’ (1977) This picture was clearly captured in the 4-minute interval between opening the packet and the plasticine colours getting mixed up. Artist: Harry Wingfield

It's a good day to be in Leeds. Celebrating the city's anti fascist heritage & raising the profile of the Battle of Holbeck Moor - 30,000 people turned out to tell Oswald Mosley to shift off & a good they did too

Mammoth clean-up task for Ice Age tusk bbc.in/4gQdXfB

“Part of the UK’s malaise is our talent for creating the kind of vacuums that are then filled by the worst actors. Our museums, are repositories of real and powerful stories: if they fall into more decay and disrepair, we should all fear the consequences” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

If you have a mammoth clean-up that needs doing, Leeds Museums & Galleries are up to the tusk! Lovely to see our mega mammoth tusk (found right here in #Leeds) making bags of national news today! 🦣 📰

We’re recruiting for a parental leave cover Curator of Exhibitions role (22 hours a week) to deliver the exhibition programme Leeds City Museum within Leeds Museums & Galleries 👉🏻 jobs.leeds.gov.uk/jobs/curator-e…

Great afternoon spotting wildlife of all sizes on Big Moor RSPB Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust Wild Moors Eastern Moors CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire (Fox moth caterpillar, kestrel, red deer). Never get used to having such a spectacle on our doorstep.

Let there be light! Thanks to generous funding from the Friends of Leeds City Museums Leeds Museums & Galleries and the expertise of Glasshaus Displays visitors to Abbey House Museum can enjoy our displays without straining their eyes!

Local museums are places of inspiration, education and civic pride but are increasingly under threat… Letter The Times and The Sunday Times from English Civic Museums Network.

Today, we officially opened our new Changing Places UK toilet at Abbey House Museum Leeds Museums & Galleries with some pupils from West SILC, local councillors, tea and cake. Note the wall handles on the left, a first for #Leeds for assisted changing whilst standing. #toilet #dignity

For those escaping to alternative platforms I am now at bsky.app/profile/curato… and threads.net/@kitty.ross.90 See you there

This is the consultation on the future of Leeds Museums & Galleries Abbey House #Museum which is threatened with closure to save £160,000. Please do respond if you can: museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQoMAtw/abbe...

Lovely to see so many visitors here today at Abbey House Museum. ⁦Leeds Museums & Galleries⁩ ⁦leedscitycouncil⁩ ⁦Visit Leeds⁩ ⁦Welcome to Yorkshire⁩

Join me online at 11am on Friday 10th January for a FREE talk on the fascinating history of The Bradford Reform Jewish Burial Ground. 🪦 Sign up via Abraham Events mailing list 👇 tinyurl.com/33yysa2r Bradford 2025 #jewishhistory JHSE New Generation Group #cemet