Leeds Art Gallery The Headrow · City Centre
One of the finest collections of 20th-century British art outside London, with a busy programme of temporary exhibitions and the richly decorated Tiled Hall.
Mila-wall® – MBA regional – Leeds and surrounding area
Modular
museum walls
in Leeds
Mila-wall offers museums, galleries and exhibitors in Leeds and the surrounding area modular museum walls and exhibition walls that return in a new floor plan after every temporary exhibition – almost tool-free and TÜV GS certified.
Modular museum walls and temporary walls for museums in Leeds
Mila-wall: modular wall system for Leeds
Built in minutes. Rebuilt for the next exhibition.
Developed and manufactured by MBA, Mila-wall uses a patented, almost tool-free connector that joins complete wall modules into finished spatial structures – and separates them just as quickly. Surfaces remain virtually seamless, the technology stays hidden, and the system is TÜV GS certified.
A modular wall system for venues in Leeds whose spaces are reimagined season after season. Because every component is reusable, the same stock returns in a completely new layout for the next exhibition instead of ending up as waste. Sustainable and endlessly reconfigurable – a long-term asset for the institution rather than a one-off expense.
Wall systems for museums and exhibitions in Leeds
Temporary, mobile or permanent: Mila-wall adapts to your exhibition.
Temporary walls for museums
Temporary walls for museums in Leeds often have to look as permanent as the architecture around them for the weeks of an exhibition. Freestanding exhibition walls and partition walls go up in minutes and disappear cleanly after the programme; height-adjustable feet compensate for uneven historic floors.Mobile wall systems for museums
Mobile wall systems for museums in Leeds need to be as mobile as the loans and touring exhibitions themselves. The aluminium-framed panels withstand repeated transport and are light enough for in-house teams – in historic galleries as well as new buildings.Museum wall systems
Museum wall systems in Leeds have to handle very different curatorial approaches: Series 100 with an aluminium edge for flagship venues, Series 160 for long freestanding runs and heavy hangs, Series 840 with a wooden edge for tighter budgets, and SCENARIO as a plug-in system for pop-ups.Modular exhibition walls
Modular exhibition walls in Leeds serve museums, galleries, design studios and universities from a single stock: build heights of up to six metres, corners and angles without custom construction, and the same connection logic for every project.Temporary exhibition wall systems
Temporary exhibition wall systems in Leeds combine speed and a clean finish with Mila-wall: invisible connections, no visible technology – and 176 surfaces that are low-reflection, rich in colour and scratch-resistant, either permanently adhesive or removable without residue.Modular walls for exhibitions
Modular walls for exhibitions in Leeds must switch between Old Masters, history, design and contemporary art – and a single platform can carry this whole range. The lightweight honeycomb core in an aluminium frame remains repairable, and a stock typically pays for itself by around its fourth use.
In detail
Museums in Leeds: 10 museums that show what museum walls need to deliver
From The Headrow and Millennium Square to Leeds Dock and the university quarter, Leeds combines Victorian civic architecture with one of the strongest sculpture and exhibition scenes in the North. Leeds Art Gallery, the Henry Moore Institute and Leeds City Museum stand side by side in the city centre, the Royal Armouries fills a contemporary building on the waterfront, university galleries present changing exhibitions, and just south of the city the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and The Hepworth Wakefield make the region one of the leading centres for sculpture in Europe. The demands on museum walls could hardly be more varied: listed Victorian halls with uneven floors on one side, open contemporary galleries on the other. Mila-wall is made for exactly this range.
Whether art museum, national museum or exhibition hall: museums across Europe and worldwide already work with Mila-wall museum walls.
View references
Royal Armouries Museum Leeds Dock · Waterfront
The national collection of arms and armour on five floors, with the spectacular Hall of Steel as its centrepiece.
Leeds City Museum Millennium Square · City Centre
Natural history, archaeology and world cultures in Cuthbert Brodrick's former Mechanics' Institute, with changing special exhibitions.
The Hepworth Wakefield Gallery Walk · Wakefield
David Chipperfield's gallery on the River Calder, dedicated to Barbara Hepworth and modern and contemporary art.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park West Bretton · Wakefield
Open-air gallery with works by Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and many others across 500 acres of historic parkland, plus indoor galleries.
Henry Moore Institute The Headrow · City Centre
Centre for the study of sculpture with free exhibitions, a research library and an archive of sculptors' papers, next door to Leeds Art Gallery.
Thackray Museum of Medicine Beckett Street · Burmantofts
The history of medicine and health, from Victorian streets to modern surgery, in a former workhouse building.
National Coal Mining Museum for England Caphouse Colliery · Wakefield
National museum of the coal industry, with underground tours, galleries and changing exhibitions on mining life and heritage.
Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery Parkinson Building · University of Leeds
The University of Leeds' art gallery, with its collection of British art and changing exhibitions alongside the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery.
Blenheim Walk Gallery Blenheim Walk · Leeds Arts University
Public gallery of Leeds Arts University presenting a year-round programme of exhibitions by contemporary artists and designers.
Planning an exhibition?
Whether in your region, across England or worldwide – museum, gallery or trade fair: we support every exhibitor. Get in touch.
- Our team will get back to you within 24 hours.
- A sample box of small original walls by post, plus advice in a video call.
- Planning from the first sketch to handover.
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MBA is your point of contact for modular museum walls and exhibition walls – for museums, galleries and exhibitors across England.
Your MBA partner for museum walls in Leeds and the surrounding area
Modular museum walls, mobile wall systems and exhibition walls from MBA – for museums, galleries and exhibitors in Leeds and the surrounding area: Wakefield, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Halifax, Dewsbury, Batley, Pontefract, Castleford, Otley, Wetherby and other towns.