Free learning resources from arts, cultural and heritage organisations.
Entertaining Leeds: At the Circus
Exploring the role of circuses in leisure and entertainment, with a focus on circuses in L…
23 Images
2 Documents
1 Audio
Trophy Head of an Oryx
Decolonisation and Natural Science Collections
Exploring the colonial history behind museum collections
3 Images
1 Audio
Roman Lady's Skeleton Found in York
Roman woman of North African descent buried in York
5 Images
Gloria St Augustine Mclaren, Windrush Migrant
Interactive Image: 1970s England West Indian Front Room
Sorrel & Black Cake: A Windrush Story
Sorrel and Black Cake: A Windrush Story
Explore stories of the migration and settlement of Windrush migrants and their families
6 Images
1 Interactive
4 Documents
Leeds West Indian Carnival
All about the oldest authentic Caribbean carnival in Europe
25 Images
1 Video
2 Documents
8 Audio
Colourful costumes at Leeds West Indian Carnival
Leeds West Indian Carnival programme 1973
Art and Empire in Leeds
Exploring art and empire through objects from Leeds Museums and Galleries’ Collectio…
7 Images
2 Interactives
1 Document
Music in Leeds
Discover the vibrant music scene of Leeds, past and present
17 Images
Cutting Sugar Cane by William Berryman, 1815
Ordinary People of Leeds who Owned Enslaved Peoples
Exploring ownership of enslaved Africans in British colonies in the 1800s
3 Images
Who was George Africanus?
Piecing together the life of Nottingham’s first Black entrepreneur
14 Images
1 Document
Photograph of George Yorke, grandson of John Yorke
John Yorke, 1776, an Enslaved Man in Yorkshire
Bradford family discover their ancestry
4 Images
2 Documents
Mrs Jenny Thornton (nee Yorke) as a child
William Wilberforce
Find out about Hull's most famous son
29 Images
11 Documents
19 Audio
'Brookes Slave Ship' Diagram
Portrait of Olaudah Equiano, Formerly Enslaved Person
William Wilberforce by John Rising, c.1790
The Story of one Egyptian Shabti
Is it worthy of being in a museum, and who owns museum objects anyway?
11 Images
2 Videos
15 Documents
7 Audio
Outer Coffin Lid from Nesyamun, the Leeds Mummy
Egyptian Shabti: Amelia's Story
Egyptian Shabti: Ipi's Story
