November 2019
Leeds United Centenary
To celebrate the club will be sharing stories and showing artefacts from the highs and lows of its 100 years history.
Find out more »February 2020
Shopping For Clothes In Leeds 1720-2020.
An exhibition exploring how and why shopping for clothes has changed over more than 300 years and how an insatiable passion for fashion saw Leeds grow to become one of the country's biggest modern retail destinations.
Find out more »Wakefield’S Postal Service
Local and family history network for beginners. Free.
Find out more »Lost Industries Of Wakefield
A talk by Dave Russ to South Leeds Archaeology. The talk will highlight some of the many and varied industries and companies and will show how some of them have survived to the present day. £4 non-members
Find out more »March 2020
Castleford’s Lost Pits
Free local and family history event.
Find out more »Rugby League’s Greatest Sacrifices
100 years after WW1 Rugby League's Roll of Honour was finally revealed. Free talk for adults and children 12+ tells the stories of these sporting heroes. Book on 0113 3786982
Find out more »Death & Disease In Victorian Leeds
Talk by Patrick Bourne to Horbury Historical Society. £3 visitors.
Find out more »Pit Banners.
. An illustrated talk by Anne Bradley to Wakefield Family History Society.
Find out more »Mining Disasters and the Changes They Brought About
Join the friends of the museum for a talk with refreshments. Free with a collection of the Friends.
Find out more »Wakefield Historical Society AGM and Member’s Evening
After the AGM members will be speaking on assorted historical subjects. Visitors £2
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