Bradford Industrial Museum

We Built this City

30 October 2024 11:00 am – 30 October 2024 3:00 pm

About this event

30 October 2024 11:00 am – 30 October 2024 3:00 pm
Bradford Industrial Museum

Join our Big Tinkering Challenge and build your own bridge which must hold a toy car or train for two minutes!

It can be done!

This is part of our new exhibition celebrating 150 years of Bradford Architects and the amazing buildings in Bradford.

As well as tinkering, you get hands on with some real museum objects and even build a 3D city.

Free. No booking required, just drop-in.

Bradford Industrial Museum

Address
Moorside Mills, Moorside Road Eccleshill, Bradford, BD2 3HP

Christmas Opening Hours

24 December – Early close at 2.30pm

25 & 26 December – Closed

27 – 30 December normal opening hours apply

31 December – Early close at 2:30pm

1 & 2  January – Closed

3 January Normal opening resumes

Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Friday: 10am – 4pm
Saturday – Sunday: 11am – 4pm

All Bank Holiday Opening Times: 11:00 – 4:00 except Bolling Hall.

All sites closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Good Friday

By car

Signposted from Bradford Ring Road and Harrogate Road (A658). Bus 645 from Market Street or Hall Ings. All buses stop at Moorside Road. On the museum site there is free car parking and disabled car parking.

By public transport

From Bradford City Centre, the 660 bus departs from Drake Street stop D1, (alight at Moorside Road), and the 645 departs from Hall Ings stop H11, (alight at Harrogate Road then an approx 10 min walk).

For help in planning your journey by public transport, please visit www.wymetro.com

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