Bolling Hall Museum

Bradford Industrial Museum

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Cliffe Castle Museum

Learning

Our four sites have wide-ranging collections that can be used to enhance classroom learning across a variety of subjects and give pupils enriching experiences which add value way beyond the visit.

Learning at Bradford District Museums & Galleries

Want your students to learn in an engaging and creative way out of the classroom? Bradford District Museums & Galleries’ Learning Team offers schools a wide range of curriculum-linked workshops at our inspiring sites.

Our four sites have wide-ranging collections that can be used to enhance classroom learning across a variety of subjects and give pupils enriching experiences which add value way beyond the visit.

We also support in-classroom learning with outreach resources, including handling boxes, videos and photo packs.

Please see the video below for a snapshot of what your pupils could experience.

We are offering workshops tailored to the Bradford 2025 exhibition across our sites, including Ice Age Art Now, Portrait of Mai, Jameel Art Prize and the Turner Prize 2025.

Email us for more information.

Our Learning Offer

Image shows a young girl with a clipboard in the housebody at Bolling Hall

Learning on Site

Bradford District Museum and Galleries’ Learning Team are taking bookings for on-site workshops.

Learn At Bradford Industrial Museum

Learning in the Classroom

We offer a range of classroom resources that allow your pupils to connect to, experience, and be inspired by our collection.

entrance hallway of Cliffe Castle - ornately painted walls, portraits on the wall and various objects

Visit Virtually – Cliffe Castle Museum

Cliffe Castle Museum has a feast for your eyes with their new virtual reality tour.

Artsmark

Artsmark is the creative quality standard for schools and education settings, awarded by Arts Council England, recognising their commitment to high quality arts and cultural education.

Workshops by Key Stage

EYFS

Key Stage 1

Key Stage 2

Key Stage 3

EYFS

Bradford Industrial Museum

Museum Explorer

Duration 1 hr

Price £85

Children become explorers to see and discover machines, cars and even trains using drawing, movement, sticking and printing ! Ideal for a first visit to a museum in Reception or year 1.

Cliffe Castle Museum

Cave Baby

Duration 1.5 hr

Available between 24 June to 18 July 2025 . In this fun workshop using the ‘Ice Age Art Now’ British Museum exhibition as inspiration pupils will immerse themselves in the world of ‘Cave Baby’ through storytelling, drama, movement and painting.

Cliffe Castle Museum

Dinosaur Detective

Duration 1.5 hour

Price £102

Pupils will go on a dinosaur adventure! They will explore dinosaur features by looking at and handling real dinosaur fossils.

Cliffe Castle Museum

Museum Explorer

Duration 1.5 hour

Price £105

Pupils will meet a Victorian Explorer and discover some of the fascinating world objects in the museum.

Key Stage 1

Cliffe Castle Museum

Biodiversity & Me – David Attenborough and the natural world

Duration 1.5 hr

Price £105

Pupils consider habitats and exploring how human actions can damage these habitats

Bradford Industrial Museum

Cliffe Castle Museum

Bolling Hall Museum

We work at the Museum

Duration 1.5 hr

Price £130

A fun, immersive workshop which allows pupils to take on the role of a museum/ gallery employee

Bradford Industrial Museum

Museum Explorer

Duration 1 hr

Price £85

Children become explorers to see and discover machines, cars and even trains using drawing, movement, sticking and printing ! Ideal for a first visit to a museum in Reception or year 1.

Cliffe Castle Museum

Cave Baby

Duration 1.5 hr

Available between 24 June to 18 July 2025 . In this fun workshop using the ‘Ice Age Art Now’ British Museum exhibition as inspiration pupils will immerse themselves in the world of ‘Cave Baby’ through storytelling, drama, movement and painting.

Key Stage 2

Bolling Hall Museum

Henry VIII visits Bolling Hall

Duration 1.5 hr

Price £130

Pupils have an immersive experience participating in various household tasks for a visit by Henry VIII.

Bradford Industrial Museum

World War II and Bradford

Duration 1.5 hr

Price £130

Using objects, photographs and writing, pupils gain an understanding of the impact of World War Two on Bradford and it's people.

Cliffe Castle Museum

Biodiversity & Me – David Attenborough and the natural world

Duration 1.5 hr

Price £105

Pupils consider habitats and exploring how human actions can damage these habitats

Bradford Industrial Museum

Pupil Takeover

Duration 2 hr

Price £150

Let your pupils take over the museum! Support the development of career-based skills as pupils work with museum staff to carry out behind the scenes tasks

Key Stage 3

Bradford Industrial Museum

Pupil Takeover

Duration 2 hr

Price £150

Let your pupils take over the museum! Support the development of career-based skills as pupils work with museum staff to carry out behind the scenes tasks

Bradford Industrial Museum

Cliffe Castle Museum

Bolling Hall Museum

The Art & Science of Noticing

Duration 1.5 hour

Price £105

A workshop which encourages pupils to respond to the museum and gallery objects which inspire them.

Bolling Hall Museum

The Stranger’s Case (A Tudor Mystery)

Duration 2 hour

Price £130

This literacy and history-based workshop uses the setting of the hall to tell a story about the religious turmoil of the Elizabethan age.

Cliffe Castle Museum

Rocks and Minerals

Duration 1.5 hour

Price £105

Students will recap existing knowledge of Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic rocks and how they are formed.