Abbey House Museum

Leeds, United Kingdom

Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England is housed in the gatehouse of the ruined Kirkstall Abbey, and is a Grade II* listed building. The house is 3mi north west of Leeds city centre on the A65 road. The museum opened in July 1927. The ground floor of the museum is set out as an area of Victorian streets, illustrating a range of shops and services and including original shop fittings etc. Upstairs galleries feature the history of Kirkstall Abbey, Childhood, and Leeds Social History, as well as temporary exhibitions. The Paranormal TV show Most Haunted visited the Abbey House Museum on the first episode of Series 19. The crew experienced apparent paranormal incidents which include knocking and the piano playing by itself.