Leeds Art Gallery and the Henry Moore Institute
A strong twentieth-century British collection and a sculpture institute next door, both free.
The gallery's Victorian tiled hall café is worth a visit alone; upstairs are Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Francis Bacon and a good run of twentieth-century painting. The Henry Moore Institute through the door shows contemporary sculpture. Free, central and a natural first stop on a wet morning.
When it works
Indoors, so the weather does not matter. Best morning, afternoon.
Good for a date, going solo and step-free visits.
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