Heritage Show + Tell is back!

(And there's still) three minutes to change the future of heritage in Yorkshire.

Heritage Show + Tell is a chance for people passionate about heritage in Yorkshire to come together and share their work, get feedback on ideas and meet new collaborators.

Everyone welcome: community heritage groups, freelancers, museum professionals, students and academics.

Last seen in 2018, we are returning rested and refreshed – and now as a collaboration between the Centre for Critical Studies in Museums, Galleries and Heritage at the University of Leeds and the Heritage Network.

We have 8 three-minute presentations lined up for our return edition of Heritage Show + Tell, followed by lots of opportunity to meet and mingle over refreshments (not to forget the legendary twiglets!).

Speakers

Heritage Toolbox: From skills masterclasses to expert mentoring
Charlotte Tomlinson and Sophie Bodenham, Heritage Network 

If Walls Could Talk: Exploring Continuity and Change through Chinese Export Wallpaper
Louise Atkinson, Visiting Research Fellow, School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds

‘Cartoons, Catalogues and Collaboration': an insight into the Baxendale & Kayll archives
Samantha Yates, MA Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management, University of York

Leeds Libraries, Leeds 400 and the Story of Leeds
Antony Ramm, Senior Librarian, Collections and Heritage, Leeds Libraries

Four times three: Insights from Heritage Toolbox projects in West Yorkshire
A set of three minute talks from four speakers, including Joanne Hudson (National Trust West Yorkshire). The other talks in this set are:

National Poetry Centre: transforming a heritage building into a landmark national cultural centre
Emily Penn, Operations Manager, National Poetry Centre

More Than A Pool: Bramley Baths
Helen Whiteley, Business Development Manager, Bramley Baths

Otley Lido: Making A Big Splash
Francesca Gains, Trustee of Friends of Otley Lido

Book your place

If you would like to come along to this return edition of Heritage Show + Tell at Leeds Central Library this October, please book your place by emailing us at ccsmghinfo@leeds.ac.uk.

Venue details

Sanderson Room (3^rd floor)
Leeds Central Library
Calverley Street
Leeds LS1 3AB

About Heritage Network

Heritage Network (previously Heritage Trust Network) is the UK’s umbrella organisation for not-for-profits rescuing and restoring historic buildings, structures and places. We’re a member-led organisation with networking and peer-to-peer advice and learning at its heart.

Throughout 2025 we’ve been running Heritage Toolbox, a series of skills masterclasses and 1:1 expert mentoring for organisations working on, or from, historic sites across West Yorkshire. The programme has been made possible thanks to funding from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

Image

Image features ‘Georgian? hourglass’ from the Wellcome Collection. License: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).