Leeds, WYK Museums
• A WorldWeb.com Travel Guide to Museums in Leeds, WYK, England.
Visitors can explore four floors of exhibitions and displays at the Leeds City Museum. The galleries featured include Life on Earth, Ancient Worlds, World View and The Leeds Story. Some highlights inside the museum include the beloved Leeds tiger and the Leeds mummy.
At the Abbey House Museum visitors can step back in time to Victorian Leeds. The recreated streets feature streets, shops and houses that are true to the 1880s.
Gain teeth-clenching insight to the progression of medicine in Leeds during the last 150 years. Visitors can gaze on surgical equipment and medical literature, or explore one of the interactive exhibits. Try the "empathy belly" to feel what pregnancy is like or stroll through the "Pain, Pus and Blood" exhibit to learn how surgery went from biting down on a stick to the use of anesthesia.
A popular textile museum that was once the site of the world's largest woollen mill. Visitors can watch a working Mule or learn about the history of cinema projections.
The Royal Armouries Leeds contains the national collections of arms and armour. Five galleries are filled with items relating to war, self- defence, hunting, tournament play and armor of the Orient. Items from the Tower of London arsenal, including King Henry VIII's foot combat armor are on display, as well as paintings and drawings of the arms theme.
