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Curator Nigel Walsh with John Atkinson Grimshaw's Iris, one of the works on display as part of Don’t Let’s Ask For the Moon: Nocturnes and Atkinson Grimshaw, which opens at Leeds Art Gallery this November 14.

Technicians at Leeds Art Gallery hang John Atkinson Grimshaw's famous depiction of Park Row in Leeds, one of the works on display as part of Don’t Let’s Ask For the Moon: Nocturnes and Atkinson Grimshaw, which opens at Leeds Art Gallery this November 14.

Technicians at Leeds Art Gallery hang John Atkinson Grimshaw's famous depiction of Park Row in Leeds, one of the works on display as part of Don’t Let’s Ask For the Moon: Nocturnes and Atkinson Grimshaw, which opens at Leeds Art Gallery this November 14.

Curator Kitty Ross with the mysterious iron cauldron at the Leeds Discovery Centre. The cauldron was originally discovered in a cellar in Chapeltown in 2012 after workers came to investigate a peculiar dripping sound which the resident could not locate. Removing a wall, they discovered what appeared to be a petrified object which was later identified as a metal cauldron, sealed behind the wall in what is believed to have been part of an ancient practice designed to protect the house and its residents from malign or supernatural forces.

Curator Kitty Ross with the mysterious iron cauldron at the Leeds Discovery Centre. The cauldron was originally discovered in a cellar in Chapeltown in 2012 after workers came to investigate a peculiar dripping sound which the resident could not locate. Removing a wall, they discovered what appeared to be a petrified object which was later identified as a metal cauldron, sealed behind the wall in what is believed to have been part of an ancient practice designed to protect the house and its residents from malign or supernatural forces.

Curator Kitty Ross with the mysterious iron cauldron at the Leeds Discovery Centre. The cauldron was originally discovered in a cellar in Chapeltown in 2012 after workers came to investigate a peculiar dripping sound which the resident could not locate. Removing a wall, they discovered what appeared to be a petrified object which was later identified as a metal cauldron, sealed behind the wall in what is believed to have been part of an ancient practice designed to protect the house and its residents from malign or supernatural forces.

The cauldron was originally discovered in a cellar in Chapeltown in 2012 after workers came to investigate a peculiar dripping sound which the resident could not locate. Removing a wall, they discovered what appeared to be a petrified object which was later identified as a metal cauldron, sealed behind the wall in what is believed to have been part of an ancient practice designed to protect the house and its residents from malign or supernatural forces.

The cauldron was originally discovered in a cellar in Chapeltown in 2012 after workers came to investigate a peculiar dripping sound which the resident could not locate. Removing a wall, they discovered what appeared to be a petrified object which was later identified as a metal cauldron, sealed behind the wall in what is believed to have been part of an ancient practice designed to protect the house and its residents from malign or supernatural forces.

The cauldron was originally discovered in a cellar in Chapeltown in 2012 after workers came to investigate a peculiar dripping sound which the resident could not locate. Removing a wall, they discovered what appeared to be a petrified object which was later identified as a metal cauldron, sealed behind the wall in what is believed to have been part of an ancient practice designed to protect the house and its residents from malign or supernatural forces.

The cauldron is part of the collection at the Leeds Discovery Centre, a state-of-the-art facility which is home to more than a million objects. The museum has recently been exploring fears and phobias over half term, with other spooky objects on display including Victorian clown dolls, a dentist-themed board game and an ageing ventriloquists dummy.

The cauldron is part of the collection at the Leeds Discovery Centre, a state-of-the-art facility which is home to more than a million objects. The museum has recently been exploring fears and phobias over half term, with other spooky objects on display including Victorian clown dolls, a dentist-themed board game and an ageing ventriloquists dummy.