Galleries exhibitions

Frances and the Fairies, July 1917. Image credit: Special Collections, University of Leeds

The Cottingley Fairies: A Study in Deception

Do you believe in fairies?

Monet and Seago on display in The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery.

Monet and more - Marks & Spencer loans on display

Bringing Monet and more to the people of Leeds. A major art loan from Marks & Spencer is on public display in The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery.

Books from Special Collections open on a table with someone reading them.

A Library and a Legacy: Celebrating 100 years of the Brotherton Collection

In February 1922 Lord Brotherton bought the rare book of poetry that was to become the first volume in the Brotherton Collection. This year we are celebrating the man and his extraordinary legacy. 

An array of material from the Kevin Crossley-Holland Collection is laid out, including handwritten notes with the name 'Arthur' circled

Poem, Story & Scape in the work of Kevin Crossley-Holland

Delve into the world of writer Kevin Crossley-Holland in this new exhibition.

A detail of Hondartza Fraga's work 'Saturn and Melancholy'

Seeing Stars

See outer space through a different lens.