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 🥚
7. Egg workshop at Leeds Discovery Centre
The egg workshop was fun for all the family. | Jonathan Gawthorpe
8. Egg workshop at Leeds Discovery Centre
The workshops also gave visitors a chance to decorate egg shells. | Jonathan Gawthorpe
9. Egg workshop at Leeds Discovery Centre
The eggs in the collection specimens come from specimens from around the world. | Jonathan Gawthorpe
10. Egg workshop at Leeds Discovery Centre
Part of the collection is an egg from an incredibly rare egg of a Madagascan elephant bird, a three-metre-tall extinct flightless bird that was one of the largest that ever lived. | Jonathan Gawthorpe
11. Egg workshop at Leeds Discovery Centre
The workshops offered visitors the chance to learn more about eggs in nature. | Jonathan Gawthorpe
12. Egg workshop at Leeds Discovery Centre
Leeds Discovery Centre is open to the public for pre-booked tours and is a Give What You Can museum, where visitors are invited to donate to support the museum if they are able. | Jonathan Gawthorpe