Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills
Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills
Canal Rd
Armley
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS12 2QF
England
Website
armleymills.indmuseum@virgin.net
Telephone
0113 263 7861
Fax
0113 247 8397
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, Industrial heritage site, Heritage site
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
Potts of Leeds: Clocks of Character
- 5 October 2013 — 28 September 2014 *on now
From the Town hall to the Corn Exchange, so many of the clocks familiar to us in the townscape of Leeds and beyond were made by Potts of Leeds. To celebrate the work of this great Leeds company Armley Mills is exhibiting the Potts family’s private collection of clocks for the public for the very first time. The Potts of Leeds – Clocks of Character exhibition opens on Saturday 5th October and runs until Sunday 28th September 2014.
William Potts began making clocks in Pudsey in 1833 before moving to central Leeds in 1862. With a growing fame for the quality and reliability of their clocks the company received a Royal Warrant from Queen Victoria in 1897. Over five generations the Potts family produced some 1,600 public clocks for towns all over Britain and across the world.
This exhibition brings together examples spanning the history of the company and features a varied collection of turret clocks, wall clocks, drum clocks and unusual clock-based items. There are prominent royal clocks and an example of the company’s famous railway clock from Argentina. There will also be never-before-seen archive documents from the earliest days of the Potts company.
Uniquely, all of the clocks on display will be wound daily and will run for the duration of the exhibition. If you’ve ever wondered what the workings of a cathedral clock look like, or questioned where the tick-tock sound comes from then the Potts of Leeds – Clocks of Character exhibition is the place to get all the answers.
Suitable for
- Any age
Website
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries/Pages/armleymills/Clocks-of-Character.aspx
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.
Little Bobbins Under 5s Club
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/armleyMills/Armley_Mills/Learning_Zone/Early_Years.aspx
Bring your little ones to our fun activity sessions every first Friday afternoon of the month. We will be exploring, investigating and being inspired by the Mill and collections in a fun and creative way. The sessions will include trails, storytelling, music and craft activities around different themes.
How to obtain
Admission to the Mill is free, however there will be a session charge of £1.50 per child. There is no charge for children under 12 months. To book a place for your child/children or for further information please check out the What's On section of the website or contact Cara O’Callaghan on 0113 224 4368.
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.
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