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Abbey House: Study Afternoon – Queen Victoria
May 15 @ 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
We wonder what Queen Victoria would think about us talking about her now, 124 years after her death, as we eat a piece of Victoria Sponge cake and daintily sip our tea (probably not as nice a cup as the one pictured- sorry) in a Victorian museum, looking at a scrapbook of her visit to open Leeds Town Hall in 1858? Or how she’d feel about us discussing her lifetime, achievements, family, and surviving 7 assassination attempts? Would she be amused, do we think? Join us for this study day to learn all about Queen Victoria’s life, personality and achievements.We are amused. Not just a serious old lady dressed in black and scowling at the camera, Queen Victoria had a long life full of many contradictions, from bright vivacious saviour of the monarchy to surviving 7 assassination attempts.
Join us to look at her early life, marriage and children, her visit to Leeds and her very own annus horribilus.
Booking essential:
Tickets £12.50. Includes hot drink and cake, and admission to the rest of the museum.
