Leeds Discovery Centre is primarily a storage facility built to house artefacts for Leeds Museums & Galleries. The centre is open to the public with tours operating on Thursdays.
![The exterior of the Leeds Discovery Centre, the main storage facility for Leeds Museums & Galleries. (Photo: Lajmmoore [CC BY-SA 4.0])](https://englandrover.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/leeds-discovery-centre-exterior.jpg)
What to see at Leeds Discovery Centre
The centre houses over one million objects including natural science specimens, social history artefacts and artefacts relating to the ancient world including Anglo-Saxon sculpture.
![The eclectic collection held inside the Leeds Discovery Centre includes an anteater skeleton and a stuffed penguin. (Photo: Lajmmoore [CC BY-SA 4.0])](https://englandrover.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/leeds-discovery-centre-inside.jpg)
Visiting the Leeds Discovery Centre
The Leeds Discovery Centre is in a light industrial area just a short walk south from the Leeds Dock development. From here it is only a four-minute walk to Leeds Dock and the Royal Armouries Museum is a six-minute walk away. It is around a 15–20-minute walk into the city centre or you can take the Leeds Dock ferry to Granary Wharf near the railway station.
Bus route 29 is just a two-minute walk away, although there is a bus stop a five-minute walk away on Hunslet Road that has more frequent services into the city centre.
Free parking is available, which is rare for a museum in a large English city.
As this is primarily a storage facility, it does not keep the same hours as a regular museum. Admission is either by appointment only or as part of a free tour running at 11am or 2pm on Thursdays.
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