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

Image of 3 young women and a boy sat on the seat of a pony-trap. Green field in the background with blue skies

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Dreams, and Songs to Sing

18 May 2024 11:12 am – 8 September 2024

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Plants of the Qur’an

22 June 2024 10:00 am – 8 September 2024 4:00 pm

The paintings presented in this exhibition depict plants mentioned in the text of the Holy Qur’ān. It is the culmination of a research project lasting several years, undertaken by Kew scientists Dr Shahina Ghazanfar and Dr Shirley Sherwood, and botanical artist Sue Wickison.

Bradford Industrial Museum

Scouting in Bradford: the largest youth movement in the world

10 February 2024 – 16 September 2024

Girl, wearing an apron taking part in an printing activity

Bradford Industrial Museum

Design Lab Nation: Bradford Industrial Museum

27 June 2024 – 4 October 2024

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Where It Began –Osman Yousefzada

3 May 2024 10:00 am – 13 October 2024 4:00 pm

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

Our Venues

Cliffe Castle Museum

Bolling Hall Museum

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Bradford Industrial Museum

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

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Plants of the Qur’an

22 June 2024 10:00 am – 8 September 2024 4:00 pm

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Dreams, and Songs to Sing

18 May 2024 11:12 am – 8 September 2024

Bradford Industrial Museum

Small Business, Big industry: How Bradford was Built – Workshop for Young People

8 September 2024 1:00 pm – 8 September 2024 3:00 pm

Heritage Open Day Event with the Writing Squad and Bradford Museums and Galleries Young Ambassadors.

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Museums for Play & Growth (Cartwright Hall)

13 September 2024 10:30 am – 13 September 2024 12:30 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 District Museum & Galleries

Heather Millard
September 2, 2024

The British Wool Collection Project – Blog 1

Callum, currently working on archiving and researching around the wonderful collection of British Wool clothing we have which was designed and created for the British Food and Farming Year, 1989

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Heather Millard
August 19, 2024

Dreams and Songs to Sing – More stories

As 'Dreams and Songs to sing' at Cartwright Hall is being to draw to end (The final day of the exhibition is on the 8th September), we wanted to share a couple more of the stories from the community that are in the exhibition

Cliffe Castle Museum

Heather Millard
August 5, 2024

Art of the Samurai

Many of our visitors to Cliffe Castle earlier this year enjoyed the exhibition of artwork inspired by or depicting Samurai that we had on display in the Bracewell Smith Hall. Although the artworks are now safely back in storage, we wanted to be able to share them with you still, so Dale Keeton, our talented conservator, who made it all look spectacular and Ernest, our wonderful volunteer have written this blog to provide some additional insights.

Bradford District Museum & Galleries

Heather Millard
July 15, 2024

New Acquisition: Shackleton’s Preparatory Sketch of The Polar Star

Due to generous funding from The Arts Council England/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and The Friends of Bradford Art Galleries and Museums, Bradford District Museums and Galleries has an exciting new acquisition in its collection – a preparatory sketch of The Polar Star by William Shackleton.