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New Openings Coming to Leeds in 2022
With a new year comes
a whole raft of exciting new openings. Get ready for beer houses,
breweries, distilleries, street food joints, bakeries, modern workplaces,
glamorous restaurants, fitness studios and oh-so-much more. 2022 promises
to be a doozy!
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The
Best Restaurant Offers and Deals in Leeds This Jan
Post-Christmas wallet
hangover? Get some amazing food for a lot less with our pick of the best
offers and deals in January. There's half-priced dining on everything
from burgers to high end fare, as well as a sensational tasting menu for
a mere £25. Fingers crossed we can all dig in!
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Where
to Find the Very Best Vegan Food in Leeds
Whether you're a
full-time vegan or just giving 'Veganuary' a go, these are the essential
places for plant-based grub. From breakfast bowls to Indian street food,
Leeds is a vegan paradise.
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What’s
On In Leeds – 2022’s Big Event Calendar
2022 is set to be a
biggie – stacks of festivals, gigs, plays, pantos and more are lined up
for Leeds – fingers crossed they all go ahead so you can pack your
diaries full to busting with long overdue fun.
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Inspiration for the holiday season
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We’ve got lots to see and do this holiday period across all our museums
and online.
Seek out the themed Christmas tree at each of our museums, follow a
family trail, wrap up for a wintertime walk at the National Museum of
Flight or National Museum of Rural Life, or explore our current
exhibitions at the National Museum of Scotland.
And if you’re planning to spend some time at home, why not join our Museum Art Challenge.
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Museum Art Challenge
Until Sun 2 Jan 2022
Looking for something creative to do at home? Our online Museum Art
Challenge invites you to make art inspired by our collections. With a
different theme each week, you can take part from near or far simply by
emailing us a picture of your finished artwork.
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Winter Trail
National Museum of Scotland
Follow our new family trail around the museum galleries to find
everything you need for the perfect winter celebration: a dazzling
outfit, music, games and more.
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DOWNLOAD
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Origami Dove Making
Fri 21–Sun 23 Jan 2022
National Museum of Scotland
Join a drop-in session at the museum to create your own
origami dove to be flown alongside 2,500 others in Les Colombes (The Doves).
This installation by Michael Pendry will be displayed in St.
Giles’ Cathedral as part of Burns&Beyond 2022.
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The University of Edinburgh Short Courses
From Thu 20
Jan 2022
National Museum of Scotland
We are delighted to welcome back The
University of Edinburgh Short Courses – a great way to discover our
collections and their history with experts. Explore Victorian Edinburgh, Georgian Scotland or Decorative Arts.
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Explore gallery
now open
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The Explore
gallery has reopened at the National Museum of Scotland. Test your
skills with family-friendly science interactives and check out key
objects, from a 20-tonne steam engine to a NASA space capsule and
everyone’s favourite sheep, Dolly.
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Exhibitions at the National Museum of
Scotland
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Extinction Bell
Until Sun 9 Jan 2022
Using a fire engine bell from our collection, adapted to toll 150–200
times each day, this work by artist Luke Jerram draws our attention to
biodiversity loss. By the time the display closes, the bell will have
rung up to 21,000 times, with each ring symbolising the extinction of a
species.
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The Typewriter Revolution
Until Sun 17 Apr 2022
Featuring highlights from our outstanding typewriter collection, from
weighty early machines to modern style icons, this free special
exhibition traces the typewriter’s social and technological influence
over more than 100 years.
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Audubon's Birds of America
Opens Sat 12 Feb 2022
Learn about the making of John James Audubon’s Birds of America,
one of the rarest books in the world, in this once-in-a-lifetime
exhibition. Exhibition tickets are now on sale,
along with tickets for a special in-person event with the
exhibition's curator and paper conservator.
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Last-minute
gifts
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Despairing over your Christmas shopping
list? Our shops are open until Christmas Eve, giving you plenty of time
to browse our shelves and find the perfect present. You can even shop
online and collect from our Entrance Hall shop, until 22 December.
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COLLECT
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Clyde's Winter Trail
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Until Sun 9 Jan 2022
National Museum of Rural Life
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Clyde the horse and his friends are
getting ready to celebrate the season by decorating their stable,
delivering presents and preparing a festive feast. See what miniature
scenes you can spot around the museum galleries in this family trail,
free with museum entry.
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Museum Trails
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Weekends only, until Thu 31 Mar 2022
National Museum of Flight
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Enjoy a family day out exploring the
museum’s home at East Fortune Airfield. Find out how engineers are
making air travel less damaging to the environment with our Flying
into the Future Trail, or follow our Second World War Trail
to learn how the site was used by the Royal Air Force. Free with museum
entry.
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RSPB Big Garden
Birdwatch
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Fri 28–Sun 30 Jan 2022
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The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch returns
28–30 January 2022. Whether you’re a birding beginner or a wildlife
expert, it’s fun, free and open to everyone. Register now and join in the
world’s largest wildlife survey.
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Our mailing address is:
National Museums Scotland
Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF
Copyright © 2021 National Museums Scotland, All rights reserved.
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Ireland
has some of the most fascinating characters in the world. From
storytellers to oyster farmers, wilderness guides to cheesemakers,
chefs and goat herders, we’d like to introduce you to some of
Ireland’s cheery locals that we’re so famous for.
So, stick on the kettle, pour yourself a cosy cup of tea, settle down
with a few biscuits and get ready to be transported to Ireland’s
rural communities, rugged coastlines, emerald hills and pretty
islands.
We're also sharing our Essential Guide to Hiking in Ireland, for you
to download and read at your leisure.
Is mise le meas,
Louise
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Essential Guide
to Ireland: Hiking
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From
the truth about leprechauns (they are real, right?) to Ireland’s
annual rainfall and how many pints of Guinness are produced every
day, to our guides to Ireland’s very best hikes and Hiking in
Ireland 101, take a look at our essential guide here to see how you
can experience the true spirit of Ireland.
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Insider's
Ireland Video Series
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Book with Confidence
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Copyright © 2019 Wilderness Ireland,
All rights reserved.
Wilderness Ireland, Unit 8A 1/2, Northwest Business Park, Collooney,
Co. Sligo, Ireland
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Ireland's Natural
Phenomena
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You can’t get much wilder than the thousands of strange basalt
columns of the Giant’s Causeway jutting out the Causeway Coast. Sea
stacks, towering columns and rocky coves meander across Ireland’s
northern coasts.
On the west coast, millions of people come to admire our beautiful
cliffs - with good reason. The sheer precipices of the Cliffs of
Moher are perhaps the most famed cliffs in the world (and also the
stand-end for the Cliffs of Insanity for the cult classic The
Princess Bride!) Further north, we have even wilder cliffs - those at
Slieve League, which are actually three times the height of the
Cliffs of Moher.
The lunar-like exposed limestone landscape is so otherworldly that
it’s said to have inspired J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth on a trip to
Ireland.
And off the coast of the southwest are the Skellig islands, two
jagged rock pinnacles rising dramatically from the sea. So remote
they are that for centuries, they were home to monks isolating
themselves from the rest of the world.
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Exploring the
Giant’s Causeway
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Visit
this wild landscape dipped in myth and legend, and check out our
tips for exploring the Giant’s Causeway and the surrounding region.
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Walking Along the
Cliffs of Moher
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Discover
why the Cliffs of Moher are among the most beloved and visited
cliffs in the world and what makes them so special.
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Slieve League
Cliffs
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Slieve
League is very different from the Cliffs of Moher. Wild, remote and
rugged, hike the narrow clifftops, find ancient mass rocks and
signal towers and follow a pilgrim’s path.
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Wild Skelligs
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These
iconic and rugged islands were once home to monks, and then Jedi.
Today, they are home to colonies of seabirds, including thousands
of nesting pairs of puffins.
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Copyright © 2019 Wilderness Ireland,
All rights reserved.
Wilderness Ireland, Unit 8A 1/2, Northwest Business Park, Collooney,
Co. Sligo, Ireland
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From Novels to the
Big Screen
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Travelling through Ireland sometimes feels like visiting another
world. So fantastical is Ireland that it has inspired countless
stories, from folklore to fantasy novels and TV shows.
Game of Thrones has filmed countless scenes here, from castles to
caves to cliffs all over Northern Ireland. CS Lewis, author of
childhood classic The Chronicles of Narnia, grew up near Belfast with
the Causeway Coast and the Mourne Mountains his playground - and he
has said that he was inspired by all he saw to create the world of
Narnia. JRR Tolkien is said to have been inspired by visits to
Ireland, particularly the desolate lunar Burren landscape of County
Clare, while writing the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It’s said too
that the name for Gollum came from his visit to Pollnagollum cave,
which made a strange noise that resembles the character’s signature
sound.
Zipping into the world of scifi, Star Wars has commandeered the
Skellig Islands and rural parts of Kerry, Clare and Donegal to film
iconic Star Wars scenes (notably, Luke’s world’s-end hideout).
The island also has a rich quiltwork of folklore and mythology, from
warring giants to mermaids and selkies, humans turned to swans,
fairies from the other world, tragic lovers chased across the island
and battles fought over magical bulls.
Let Ireland inspire you….
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Welcome to
Westeros
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HBO’s
hit series Game of Thrones famously used dozens of sites of
Northern Ireland as its backdrop - and it’s not hard to see why.
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Through the
Wardrobe to Narnia
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Remember
reading The Chronicles of Narnia as a child? No need to climb
through wardrobes to reach Narnia - C.S. Lewis was inspired by
Ireland to create his magical land.
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A Galaxy Far, Far
Away
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If
you’ve seen recent Star Wars films, you’ve seen the Skelligs. These
iconic islands and other corners of Ireland for Luke Skywalker’s
hideaway.
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Irish Folklore
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From
giants to witches and swans to selkies, take a look at our series
on Irish folklore. Tune in for upcoming articles.
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Copyright © 2019 Wilderness Ireland,
All rights reserved.
Wilderness Ireland, Unit 8A 1/2, Northwest Business Park, Collooney,
Co. Sligo, Ireland
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Okay, so we know that Ireland itself is an island. But we also have
dozens of lovely islands clinging to our shores.
On Irish islands, explore their rich offering of Neolithic monuments,
Iron Age forts, medieval abbeys - many of which were invaded by the
Vikings - manor houses, historic cottages, and more.
Islands are microcosms of culture. On Ireland’s islands, discover
small communities alive with local traditions. Pick up a bit of Irish
in the cosy village pub, tap your foot to the live trad music, learn
how sheep are sheared or goats cheese is made, and immerse yourself
in the rich heritage of the islands of Ireland.
Get inspired below for your own future adventures along Ireland's
wild coasts.
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Ireland’s Top 15
Most Amazing Islands
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Ireland
itself is an island. Heading to the Wild Atlantic Way, explore some
of Ireland’s most spectacular, fascinating, and culturally-rich
islands we have to offer.
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Ireland’s Best
Coastal Villages
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Ireland
is an island, meaning lots of coastlines. And lots of coastal
villages. We bring to you our favourite of Ireland’s coastal
communities. And don’t worry - they all have at least one pub, and
gorgeous vistas to boot!
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Book with Confidence
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Copyright © 2019 Wilderness Ireland,
All rights reserved.
Wilderness Ireland, Unit 8A 1/2, Northwest Business Park, Collooney,
Co. Sligo, Ireland
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