Leeds_Discovery_Centre

Leeds Discovery Centre

Leeds Discovery Centre

Museum storage facility in Leeds, UK

Leeds Discovery Centre is the purpose-built display storage facility[1] built for Leeds Museums & Galleries in 2007.[2] It was funded by Leeds City Council and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.[3] The facility stores over one million objects in climate-controlled conditions and hosts regular tours.[4]

Outside of Leeds Discovery Centre
Inside Leeds Discovery Centre

Collections stored here include: natural science specimens,[5] social history (including historic board games),[6] textiles, world cultures and archaeology (including Anglo-Saxon sculpture).[7] Objects from different collections areas are displayed alongside each other to maximize visual impact.[8] In 2018, the learning team was awarded The Sandford Award for Excellence in Heritage Learning.[9] The Discovery Centre runs events including art classes.[10]

References

  1. [1]
    "Money Conscious Leeds". The Museums Journal. 107: 44. 2007.
  2. [2]
    "Project Sheet - Discovery Centre" (PDF). Buro Happold.
  3. [3]
    "Caring for Our Collections: Sixth Report 2006-07". Culture Media & Sport Committee: Houses of Parliament: 321. 25 June 2007. ISBN 9780215034663. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Discovery Centre Tours". Secret Lives of Objects.
  5. [5]
    "Colonising Animals". Colonising Animals. 22 November 2016.
  6. [6]
    "Board Games are a Blast from the Past". Yorkshire Evening Post.
  7. [7]
    Coatsworth, Eilzabeth. Corpus Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture: Volume VIII, West Yorkshire.
  8. [8]
    Brusius, Mirjam (7 September 2017). Museum Storage & Meaning: Tales from the Crypt. Figure 13.2. ISBN 9781351659420.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. [9]
    "Sandford Award Winners". Sandford Award.
  10. [10]
    "Increasing Access to Museum Storage". Collections Trust.
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