Welcome to Bradford District Museums & Galleries.

We look forward to welcoming you at one of our four wonderful sites – Bolling Hall, Bradford Industrial Museum, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery or Cliffe Castle Museum and Park.

Current Exhibitions

Black and white etching of woodland. The trees are bare of foliage and in the foreground, there is a fallen trunk

Cliffe Castle Museum

Within Nature – East & West

1 June 2024 10:00 am – 1 December 2024 4:00 pm

Bradford Industrial Museum

‘New Lands – Hidden Hands’ by Rhian Kempadoo-Millar

13 May 2024 10:00 am – 5 January 2025 4:00 pm

Bradford Industrial Museum

Mills Transformed – Neil Horsley

16 November 2024 – 26 January 2025

Over the last three years Neil Horsley, a local photographer, has been documenting the repurposing of derelict textile mills by inspiring people, who have found creative new uses for such buildings

The new Bradford Town Hall being constructed. The building’s exterior looks completed with some building materials surrounding it and outside the entrance

Bradford Industrial Museum

‘We Built This City’: 150 Years of the Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors

28 September 2024 – 2 March 2025

spooky image of Bolling Hall at night with a ghostly figure in the window

Bolling Hall Museum

Superstitions…

2 October 2024 – 2 March 2025

In 2021, Bolling Hall Museum had a popular display in the housebody about Medieval and Early Modern superstitions. Back by popular demand, this display has been revamped for Halloween 2024.

Reindeer bone (metatarsal) with a carving of a cow-like creature

Cliffe Castle Museum

Ice Age Art Now

21 June 2025 – 14 September 2025

Travel back in time at this British Museum Partnership Exhibition with Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture and encounter works of art dating back thousands of years.

Our Venues

Learn With Us

Bradford District Museum and Galleries’ Learning Team offer a range of interactive, hands-on, curriculum-linked workshops for schools.

For further information, please click the link below to visit our learning page.

What’s On

Bolling Hall Museum

Museums for Play & Growth – Bolling Hall

20 November 2024 10:30 am – 20 November 2024 12:30 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”.

Poster with event details and image of CLiffe Castle (all details repeated in text)

Cliffe Castle Museum

Music for Babies

20 November 2024 10:30 am – 20 November 2024 2:30 am

On Wednesday, 20th November, Bradford District Museums and Galleries and Baby Week Bradford are inviting you on the musical adventure at Cliffe Castle Museum and Park to round off another Baby Week!

Bradford Industrial Museum

Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers at Bradford Industrial Museum

21 November 2024 11:00 am – 21 November 2024 3:00 pm

Join the Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers every Thursday 11am – 3pm in Bradford Industrial Museum.

Victorian christmas market poster - with all the same info as in the main text

Bradford Industrial Museum

Victorian Christmas Market 2024

23 November 2024 10:00 am – 24 November 2024 4:00 pm

Photo Archive

See a range of photographs relating to everything here at Bradford District Museums & Art Galleries.

Get Involved

Could you support our work by sponsoring, donating or volunteering?

All opportunities have flexible commitment requirements and aim to provide a rewarding and enriching experience for all.

Latest News

Bradford Industrial Museum

Heather Millard
November 18, 2024

Bairds Television: Research and remembering

Bradford District Museum & Galleries

Heather Millard
November 4, 2024

Butterfield Brothers – the Businessmen

This latest blog from our volunteer Ian looks at the Butterfield Brothers as business men - which isn't a story we've told before.

Bradford District Museum & Galleries

Heather Millard
October 21, 2024

Building an Exhibition with the Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors

Bradford District Museums and Galleries (BDMG) have worked with the Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors to co-curate an exhibition marking their 150-year anniversary. The exhibition ‘We Built This City’: 150 Years of the Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors launched on the 28th of September 2024 at Bradford Industrial Museum. Assistant Curator of Collections, Dr Lauren Padgett, tells us more:

Bradford District Museum & Galleries

Heather Millard
October 7, 2024