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Explore Cultural Collections

Learn about Cultural Collections at the Brotherton Research Centre. Explore what we hold in the collection and how to plan your visit.

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About Cultural Collections

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Plan your visit

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Our collections

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Subject themes

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Use the collections

Everyone is welcome to come to visit us and use our collections. Find out what you need to know about handling materials and making use of our copying and digitisation services.

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Handling books and manuscripts

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Digitisation and copying

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Three rectangular pieces of fabric tapestry are on a white table. A person is rolling one of the pieces. Protected access

Protected access

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Research spotlights

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For staff

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Teaching support

We support teaching through teaching sessions, research seminars, and group study sessions. You can also download one of our teaching packs or use our online resources in your teaching.

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Research support

Researchers at all levels are welcome to use our resources, and we actively encourage the use of Cultural Collections material as the main subject of academic research.

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Galleries

Leeds University Library Galleries showcase the University’s remarkable collections of art and artefacts in two galleries: Treasures of the Brotherton and The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery. Located in the Parkinson Court, they are open to the public and free to enter.

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Blog

A new way of seeing: ‘In Touch, with Nature’

In December, we invited Leeds STAR (Student Action for Refugees) to visit our exhibition ‘In T...

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LGBTQIA+ Workshop Reflections: Reading Queer History Through Changing Terminology

Contain warning: this blog contains discriminatory and outdated language relating to LGBTQ+ ident...

1 week ago

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LGBTQIA+ Workshop Reflections: “Gay Is Good, Gay Is Angry”, Queer Resistance in Student Publications

Content warning: This blog contains historical LGBTQ+ discrimination, ...

2 weeks ago

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