From April 13-14, the museum hosted egg-themed workshops for Easter where participants could get an up-close look at some of the remarkable array of eggs which make up the venue’s vast collection.
Leeds Discovery Centre is home to around 10,000 bird eggs, with specimens from around the world.
Participants also had the chance to take part in an egg-blowing workshop where they could blow the insides of chicken eggs out of their shells and learn more about exactly how eggs work.
Here are 12 cracking pictures from this week’s workshops 🥚
1. Egg workshop at Leeds Discovery Centre
Leeds Discovery Centre hosted a fascinating egg-themed workshop where participants could see their historic egg collection. | Jonathan Gawthorpe
2. Egg workshop at Leeds Discovery Centre
The egg-themed workshops were held from April 13-16. | Jonathan Gawthorpe
3. Egg workshop at Leeds Discovery Centre
Leeds Discovery Centre is home to around 10,000 bird eggs. | Jonathan Gawthorpe
4. Egg workshop at Leeds Discovery Centre
The workshops were held to mark Easter. | Jonathan Gawthorpe
5. Egg workshop at Leeds Discovery Centre
The majority of the eggs in the collection today came into the museum through changes to the law in the early 1950s that restricted the collecting of bird eggs. | Jonathan Gawthorpe
6. Egg workshop at Leeds Discovery Centre
Some eggs also came from other museums and organisations. | Jonathan Gawthorpe