Living with Death

02 May 2024

Adam Jaffer, Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of world cultures, with a stunning Leeds Ofrenda, on loan from artist Ellie Harrison, recreates beautiful, traditional Mexican Day of the Dead displays. Leeds City Museum’s Living with Death exhibition, which opens today (May 3) features a remarkable array of objects spanning thousands of years of world history and tradition which all explore how different cultures experience death, dying, and bereavement.

Living with Death: Adam Jaffer, Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of world cultures, with a stunning Leeds Ofrenda, on loan from artist Ellie Harrison, recreates beautiful, traditional Mexican Day of the Dead displays.
Leeds City Museum’s Living with Death exhibition, which opens today (May 3) features a remarkable array of objects spanning thousands of years of world history and tradition which all explore how different cultures experience death, dying, and bereavement.

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