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Description: | Undated. Situated on Park Row, the building was originally the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society headquarters, built in 1821, designed by Robert Chantrell. The museum section was enlarged in 1861/2 with a new entrance on Park Row. An air raid in 1941 caused severe damage to the museum; the Park Row entrance was destroyed. A concrete frontage replaced it but the museum finally closed in 1965. Service was transferred to a floor in the Municipal Buildings joining Leeds Central Library and Leeds Art City Gallery. The museum was closed in 1999 when the building was renovated. A new museum was opened in the Leeds Institute building (Civic Theatre) in 2008. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Museum | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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