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 ...

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.

Leeds City Council bought Abbey House Museum in 1927. For 873 years, Grade II-listed Abbey House has stood in the shadow of Kirkstall Abbey, three miles west of Leeds city centre. Since 1927 ...