Armley Mills, Leeds Industrial Museum

Armley Mills
Canal Rd
Armley
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS12 2QF
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills

E-mail

armleymills.indmuseum@virgin.net

Telephone

0113 263 7861

Fax

0113 247 8397

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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Formerly the largest woollen mill in the world, Armley Mills is now a museum which explores Leeds' rich industrial past. Displays cover the local textiles and clothing industries, printing, cinematography, photography and engineering. Working exhibits include a 1904 spinning mule and 1920s-style cinema.

This museum has a Designated Collection of national importance.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Open Tues-Sat 10.00-17.00 and Sun 13.00-17.00
Open Bank Holidays

Closed Mondays

 Admission charges

£3 adults, £1.50 conc and £1.00 accompanied children.

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Picnic area
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
 Disability access
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Adult lectures and courses held
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Armley Mills
Canal Rd
Armley
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS12 2QF
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills

E-mail

armleymills.indmuseum@virgin.net

Telephone

0113 263 7861

Fax

0113 247 8397

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Part of a Designated Collection of national importance is on display at this venue.

Collection details

Social History, Science and Technology, Photography, Industry, Film and Media

Key artists and exhibits

  • Designated Collection

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Armley Mills
Canal Rd
Armley
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS12 2QF
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills

E-mail

armleymills.indmuseum@virgin.net

Telephone

0113 263 7861

Fax

0113 247 8397

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Digital and online resources

A History of Animation

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=151

A simple explanation of moving image and animation development, with video clips showing how Zoetropes and Mutoscopes work.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Customer Complaints

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=102

For Tourism and Leisure students an insight into the complaints procedures of a local authority museum in Leeds.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Customer Needs

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=101

Help for tourism and leisure students to identify customer needs, routes between customers and staff, and dealing with complaints and comments.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Customer Service Records

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=55

For Tourism and Leisure students an insight into the customer service records at a local authority museum in Leeds.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Customer Service Situations

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=100

For Tourism and Leisure students an insight into some typical customer service situations of a local authority museum im Leeds.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Customer Services

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=52

For Tourism and Leisure students an insight into some typical customer servics of a local authority museum im Leeds.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Enterprise, Industry and Benjamin Gott

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=160

The life of Benjamin Gott is the model for this resource about entrepreneurial skill and understanding. Gott was a cloth buyer who became a manufacturer, and whose business developed as an example of the growth of the Victorian factory system. The resource includes the interactive Be a Victorian Millionaire!

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Entertainment and Hobbies in the 1950s

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=331

Use original documents, photos, film resources and interviews to discover the similarities and differences between life in the 1950s and the present day. Includes video clips of 1950s Holiday Camps, Sports Days and Maypole dancing.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Family Life in the 1950s

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=317

What life was like for families and children in the 1950s, with original video clips from the period.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Fashion in the 1950s

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=330

What did people wear in the 1950s? Who were the icons of the time? This learning journey has original fashion video clips from the 50s

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Film Lovers Badge

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=156

Different film genres explained plus help towards getting a Girl Guides Film Lovers badge

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Food in the 1950s

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=329

Throughout WWII food was rationed in Britain. This did not end with the war and although more foods came into the country, food rationing did not completely finish until 1954.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Louis Le Prince

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=150

A resource with original film footage from 1888 about Louis Le Prince, a Frenchman who came to Leeds in 1866 who invented a camera that was able to capture moving images.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Music at the Mill

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=130

A collection of sounds representing themes from industrial mill life, which can be downloaded by students and used with music editing software to develop their own pieces.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Working in the 1950s

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=328

A glimpse at what it was like to work in Yorkshire in the 1950s.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Armley Mills
Canal Rd
Armley
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS12 2QF
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills

E-mail

armleymills.indmuseum@virgin.net

Telephone

0113 263 7861

Fax

0113 247 8397

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Related teaching activities

Key stage 2 English, 1 lesson

En3 Writing

In the character of a Victorian child, write a diary entry conveying what it was like to live in a crowded Victorian town, such as those depicted at Leeds Industrial Museum.

Key stage 2 geography, 1 lesson

Knowledge and understanding of places

Make a list of the main features of a modern home. In what ways do modern houses differ from those that were built in Victorian times?

Key stage 2 geography, 1-2 lessons

Knowledge and understanding of places

Stephen Harding Gate is a 19th-century equivalent of a modern high street. Make a list of the similarities and differences between the street seen at Armley Mills and your local high street.

Key stage 2 history, 1-2 lessons

Historical enquiry

Compare the manager’s house and the weavers’ cottage at Armley Mills, making a list of the differences between the houses of the rich and poor in Victorian times.

Key stage 3 history, 1-2 lessons

1.5 Significance

Imagine you are taking part in one of the protest movements of the Industrial Revolution. Discuss ways that improvements to factories and homes can support change for workers.