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Featured exhibitions

Fairy Tales
A family adventure through magical worlds and enchanted stories.

Story Explorers in Leeds
Our Story Explorers exhibition is launching off to Leeds! Play your way around this family exhibition co-produced with Leeds Libraries.
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In the Heat Together: Couples in the Kitchen
Couple and sibling relationships in the pressure cooker of the commercial kitchen.

Much Ado About Cooking
Appetite, feasting and hunger in Shakespeare, with Simon Russell Beale and guests.

Please Sir, I Want Some More: Revolutionising What Kids Eat
How some school cooks are creating magic on a shoestring.

Palm Oil: The Crisis of a Contested Food
Sunday 14 June 11.30 How a vital cultural ingredient came to be demonised.

Ruthie Rogers: On Kitchens, Culture and River Cafe
Sunday 14 June 11.30 The award-winning chef, restaurateur and podcaster in conversation with Cynthia Shanmugalingam.

Silk Roads and Ottoman Routes: How Ingredients and Tastes came to Europe
Sunday 14 June 12.45 A journey along the routes that remade global eating.

Seaweed
Sunday 14 June 13.00 Seaweed’s culinary past and its future on our plates.

The Legacy of Edna Lewis
Sunday 14 June 14.00 How the mother of soul food shaped modern cookery.

From Masala to Miso: the Many Worlds of Curry
Sunday 14 June 14.30 From India to Japan, Southeast Asia to Trinidad, how curry carries meaning and identity.
Featured exhibitions

Fairy Tales
27 March – 23 August 2026 A family adventure through magical worlds and enchanted stories.

Story Explorers in Leeds
Thursday 19 February – Saturday 29 August Our Story Explorers exhibition is launching off to Leeds! Play your way around this family exhibition co-produced with Leeds Libraries.