A Leeds museum which was threatened with closure under council budget proposals will now stay open after a "passionate" response from the public. Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall opened in 1927 and is ...

Leeds residents have reacted with joy at the news that a museum enjoyed by generations is to remain open. Leeds City Council announced on Tuesday that it was shelving its plans to close Abbey House ...

Abbey House Museum is a re-creation of Leeds streets and houses from the year 1880. The museum also contains galleries about the history of Kirkstall Abbey, Childhood and Leeds Social History.

The Story Time exhibition at Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall features tales from the early 1800s, including The Mice And Their Picnic: A Moral Tale, published by Mary Belson Elliott in 1809.