I must apologise to our visitors at Cliffe Castle for the hammering and banging of late but rest assured, it …
I must apologise to our visitors at Cliffe Castle for the hammering and banging of late but rest assured, it …
Bradford District Museums and Galleries staff were both intrigued and delighted when Timothy Benoy, Honorary Secretary of the de Brécy …
Dr Lauren Padgett, one of our Assistant Curators, shares how a recent enquiry let us take a closer look at …
A mystery painting found to be “undoubtedly” by Raphael will go on public display for the first time. The de …
Deborah Rehmat volunteers for both Cliffe Castle Support Group and the museum helping to generate, deliver and support projects and …
As part of ongoing research into the life of the artist Samuel Palmer, Dr David Mullin recently contacted Bradford District …
To celebrate the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Saturday 6th May 2023, members of the Collections …
On 2nd March it’s World Book Day! To celebrate, we thought we’d highlight this rather special object in our collections: …
With around half a million prints, negatives and digital photographs, PHOTOS BRADFORD is one of the largest photo archives of …
In 2009, Bradford District Museums and Galleries’ worsted collection was recognised by the Arts Council as being a collection of …
Since the late-19th century, several Bradford Council museum and art gallery sites have been established around the Bradford District. Assistant …
The Windrush Stories: Don’t Give Up, is a new exhibition, open at Cartwright Hall Oct 18 2022 – Feb 05 2023, …
In this blog, Assistant Curator of Collections Dr Lauren Padgett shares her investigation into a collections conundrum regarding a 19th …
Isobel Phelan, talks about her experiences of working on the exhibition ‘Exploring Young People’s Identity and Wellbeing’ currently on display …
To celebrate the platinum jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, Bradford District Museums and Galleries have put together four displays across …
Rose volunteers in the letterpress print gallery at Bradford industrial Museum. Read her blog about new skills learnt and volunteering …
Fatima Shafiq, one of volunteer gardeners, shares her story of moving to Bradford as the Coronavirus pandemic hit the country, …
This summer, Bradford District Museums and Galleries were delighted to be able to host ‘Hidden Histories’ with Mind The Gap at Bolling …
To celebrate the 106th anniversary of Bolling Hall as a museum on the 22nd September 2021, and inspired by the …
Our Photo Archive Assistant John Ashton has selected some very exciting images to celebrate World Photography Day. He says: “We …
When you think of David Hockney an image of him may spring to mind fairly easily. This image may include …
A few weeks ago, one of our Assistant Curators of Collections Dr Lauren Padgett was auditing a box of souvenirs …
Aamta, one of our amazing Our Street Gallery Volunteers, is an arts graduate and has been doing all the amazing social …
Niamh has been volunteering on the Our Street Gallery project. Whilst doing some social media for the project, Niamh is …
In this blog Dr Rebecca Wade, Collections Assistant (Cultural Recovery Fund), rediscovers the identities of an intriguing set of plaster …
As this month (March) is Women’s History Month, Assistant Curator of Collections Dr Lauren Padgett wanted to share some research …
Today’s blog is written by our new Gallery Volunteer Facilitator, Usman Mahmood. Usman reflects on his first weeks in his …
Today’s blog has been written by Samar Shahdad, an exiled Iranian poet and a researcher whose work explores the themes associated …
Ian, our ‘Butterfield’ Volunteer spent much of 2020 researching some of the background to the history of the Butterfields, in …
In today’s blog, Assistant Curator, Kirsty Young, delves into our collection for this Valentine’s Day inspired blog, tracking the evolution …
Today’s blog is has been written by Dr Gearóid Mac a’ Ghobhainn, Collections Curator at Bradford Museums & Art Galleries, …
Today’s blog is has been written by Christine Halsall, the chair of the Friends of Bradford Art Galleries and Museums …
Continuing with our series of blogs and extracts focusing on the experiences of ‘Being Young in Bradford’. This week’s memories …
Bradford Christmas Waits As the festive period is in full swing, one of our Assistant Curators of Collections, Dr Lauren …
Although Ian, our ‘Butterfield’ Volunteer has been unable to come in to continue his transcription of the letter we hold, …
Ian Beesley’s a familar name in these parts, as he’s worked with us on many occasions and on many different …
It’s a bumper fortnight – with two ‘Being Young In Bradford’ related blogs – of which this is the second, …
Our blogs written to accompany the ‘Being Young in Bradford’ exhibition are proving popular – and we’re very pleased to …
Heather Millard, Community Curator has written this latest blog about one of her favourite objects. She writes: One of the …
In this blog, our Collections Registrar Pam Keeton gives a detailed examination and fascinating insight into her favourite object in …
This is another in a series of blogs linked to the forth-coming ‘Being Young in Bradford’ exhibition, that will be …
A few gardening words from volunteer, Helen, who volunteers at the Bradford Industrial Museum She writes: I have been a …
On the 22nd of September 2020, it will be the 105th anniversary of Bolling Hall opening as a Museum. In …
John, our Photo Archive Assistant, has written a fascinating blog for us this week on the development of Aerial photography. He …
John Ashton, Photo Archive Assistant, tells us that Bradford born photographer Ian Beesley is a keen supporter and friend of …
This blog is written by Johna Johnson, one of six people creating an exhibition based on his experiences called Being …
Over the lockdown, we’ve been chatting to our volunteers and asking them to share some of their stories about the …
Assistant Curator of Collections Dr Lauren Padgett tells us about how a family’s 18th century botanical gardens are now public …
Normally, we just put out one new blog a fortnight – but because we have lots of lovely volunteers, and …
It’s Volunteer Week this week (1-7th June), so naturally, this week’s blog had be from one of our lovely Volunteers. …
One of the many roles Volunteers can play in our Museum & Galleries Service is that of invigilating temporary exhibitions. …
Today’s blog has been written by our Curator of Collections, Dr Gearoid Mac a’ Ghobhainn and is all about fossils. …
Assistant Curator Lauren Padgett shares with us some of our fascinating collection of paintings by N. S. Crichton which have …
Even when our museums and galleries are closed you can still be inspired by our amazing objects, beautiful artworks and …
Last year for International Women’s Day, our Assistant Collections Curator Lauren Padgett gave a popular and lively illustrated talk on wife-selling. …
Ian, our wonderful Butterfield archive volunteer has been trawling the family letters to find some seasonally approriate extracts to share …
You may have noticed recently a rather large change to the window on the Grand Staircase at Cliffe Castle. Heather …
This month is the 100 year anniversary of the Peace Day celebrations which followed the signing of The Treaty of …
Our Collections officer, Pam Keeton kindly agreed to write this fascinating insight into the unseen work that happens in order …
This rather fascinating blog, written by our Assistant Curator, Lauren, explores why Saint Blaise, an Armenian doctor and bishop from …
Kirsty, our Assistant Curator (Area North) offered to write an appropriately festive blog for our last entry in 2018. She writes: …
A guest blog this time – Alke Schmidt was the artist behind the Wonder & Dread exhibition at Bradford Industrial …
Those of you who also follow our Facebook and Twitter accounts might have noticed we got a little bit excited …
Our Assistant Curator, Kirsty agreed to write this blog, sharing an insight into some more of the stores currently being …
At Cartwright Hall this summer, we’ve been hosting the ‘Clangers, Bagpuss & Co’ exhibition. We thought you might enjoy hearing …
Heather Millard, Social History curator explains what she and the rest of the curatorial team were up to on the …
I always look forward to posting the entries that our Natural Science Curator, Dr Gerard McGowan writes for our blog, …
Visitors to Cliffe Castle may have noticed a rather striking exhibition on the Bracewell Smith Hall balcony area. Currently on …
Ian, one of our volunteers at Cliffe Castle, has written us another short blog with the latest ‘gossip’ he’s discovered …
Our Curator of International Art, Nilesh Mistry agreed to give us an insight into his work He writes: Working on …
Our Curator of Exhibitions, Sonja Kielty has written our most recent blog, talking about an exhibition that was held at …
Lizzie Llabres, our Curator for Social History and Technology has written today’s blog, looking at how death is represented in …
You may have noticed a new display case at Cartwright Hall recently. Our Curator for International and Decorative Arts, Nilesh …
Sonja Kielty, Curator of exhibitions has written a blog giving insight in the recent Circus-themed exhibitions at Cartwright Hall. She …
We’re lucky enough to hold within our collections some of the correspondence between members of the Butterfield family, who were …
Our Community Engagement & Events intern Lucy, has written this weeks blog post, about a recent pop-up event she was …
Visitors to our website or indeed, to Lister Park may have noticed that Cartwright Hall Gallery was closed for the …
This week’s new blog has been written by our Natural Sciences Curator, Dr Gerard McGowan He writes: A recent enquiry …
Sonja Kielty, our exhibitions curator agreed to write a blog post for us to give an insight in the process …
For this week’s blog, Social History Curator Heather Millard was busy getting into the festive spirit… If you’ve visited Cliffe …
We asked our new Community Engagements and Events intern, Lucy to write this blog, and give you an insight into …
Jill, our Curator of Fine Arts agreed to write a post for us discussing the LGBTQ+ symposium we put on …
A new Museum Assistant, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, shares her first impressions of the Gallery as she starts as a …
In this blog, Heather Millard, our Social history curator, discusses some interesting objects linked to the Butterfield Family You’ll be used …
Heather Millard, our social history curator has written the latest recap of the curatorial team’s activities on ‘Ask a Curator …
Click here for Music at the Museum 2022-23. Tony Carruthers is one of our Visitor Service Assistants at Cliffe Castle, and …
In our blog series, we aim to give an insight into the many different aspects of the Museum and Galleries …
Jill, our Curator of Fine Arts, has been very busy recently with a rather large project and she’s agreed to write …
In this latest blog, Heather Millard , our Social history curator discusses the latest addition to displays at Cliffe Castle …
‘Do you believe in fairies?’ IN this blog, Heather Millard, our Social History curator describes the research she’s been doing …
This week’s blog has been written by Antonia Lovelace, Curator of World Cultures, from Leeds Museums and Galleries. This year …
This week’s blog has been written by Jill Iredale, our Curator of Fine Arts. It’s the second in a series …
Our latest blog has been written by Gemma Bailey, who is a our Curatorial Intern for Social History and Technology. She …
This week’s blog has been written by Jill Iredale, our Curator of Fine Arts. It’s the first in a series …
This week’s blog has been written for us by Habiba Desai, one of our work experience placements. She writes: Hi! …
Our newest blog has been written by Salma Patel – without further ado, we’ll let her introduce herself! She writes: …
Janet Simmonds, who took on the coordination of the exhibition for Bradford Museum & Galleries, agreed to write a blog …
This week’s blog post has been written by Liz McIvor, our Curator for Technology & Social History. She writes: The …
After whetting the appetite with a series of blogs offering insight into small aspects of the exhibition, Splendours of the …
This week’s ‘Splendours of the Subcontinent‘ linked post from the Royal Collections Trust is written by Kajal Meghan. She writes: …
Vistors to Cliffe Castle often comment on the collection of Minerals that are on display there. Dr Gerard McGowan, our …
As the opening of the Splendours of the Subcontinent exhibition at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery gets ever nearer, Kajal Meghani …
One of the things many visitors comment on when they visit Cliffe Castle is the spectacular stained glass window. Daru …
Linked to the forthcoming Splendours of the Subcontinent exhibition opening later this year at Cartwright Hall, this blog post has been …
Lizzie Labres, (Assistant Curator, Area East) agreed to write this post, linked to the Exhibition currently on the Bradford Industrial …
Linked to the forthcoming ‘Splendours of the Subcontinent’ exhibition opening later this year at Cartwright Hall, this blog post has …
Cat Scott spent 6 months of 2016 as Exhibitions and Events Intern for Bradford Museums and Galleries, and agreed to …
This week’s ‘Splendours of the Subcontinent‘ linked post from the Royal Collections Trust written by Kajal Meghani has an appropriately festive …
Many people in Bradford have fond memories of Busby’s Department store, especially the Christmas grotto. As we’re heading into the …
The latest blog in this series linked to the forthcoming Splendours of the Subcontinent exhibition has been written by Simon …
Jill Iredale, our Curator of Fine Arts has been busy with Hockney related stuff recently, and agreed to write a blog about …
This week’s entry linked to the Splendours of the Subcontinent exhibition (opening in March 2017 at Cartwright Hall) is taking a …
Welcome to the next in the series of blog posts linked to the forthcoming Splendours of the Subcontinent exhibition. This …
Our Curator of Natural Sciences, Dr Gerard McGowan has written this latest blog for us – about our rather popular Pholiderpeton. …
Here’s the next in the series of blog posts linked to the forthcoming ‘Splendours of the Subcontinent’ exhibition at Cartwright …
For Black History Month, our Social and Industrial History Curator, Liz McIvor wrote the following blog, exploring the ideas behind …
Recently, Liz McIvor, our Social History and Technology Curator has been busy filming for the BBC – Railways: The Making of …
Here’s the third installment in our series of blogs linked to the forthcoming ‘Splendours of the Subcontinent’ exhibition at Cartwright …
As regular visitors to our blog may have noticed, over the last few years staff from Bradford Museums and Galleries …
We’re very pleased to introduce the seond in our series of blog posts linked to Splendours of the Subcontinent, a …
Vistors to Cliffe Castle are often curious about Bloss, the Airedale terrier on display in our Keighley Stories Gallery. Our …
We’re very pleased to introduce a series of blog posts that are linked to Splendours of the Subcontinent, a Royal …
Jill, our Fine Arts curator has written the latest blog post for us. The subject this time is David Hockney. …
If you’ve visited Cartwright Hall Art Gallery or City Park recently, you may well have spotted elements of ‘Garden Within …
Today’s post is written by Liz McIvor and inspired by the exhibition Animal Attraction. It’s one of the summer exhibitions aimed at …
Our Assistant Curator, Kirsty Gaskin was the lead on the fantanstic (and fantastical) Alice in Wonderland themed exhibition at Cliffe Castle …
As this blog is due on July 4th, we thought it appropriate to focus on Cliffe Castle Why? Isn’t it …
As the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme nears, our Assistant Curator, Lizzie Labres agreed to write a blog …
Last month, we played host to the Touring Exhibitions Group conference, and Sonja Kielty, our Exhibition’s curator offered to write …
If you’ve visted Cartwright Hall Art Gallery recently, you will have seen the wonderful exhibition: Gateway to India. The exhibition …
We have a wide-ranging set of collections within Bradford Museums and Galleries, and it’s always interesting to see what people …
This blog post by our Curator for Technology & Social History, Liz McIvor puts our forthcoming A Grand Day Out at Bradford …
Our Community Music Events intern, Oscar has agreed to write the latest blog about the the project he’s been woking on: …
If you’ve visited Cliffe Castle recently, you may have noticed a few changes taking place to some of our reception …
Bradford Museums and Galleries holds some very interesting Natural Science collections, and our Curator for those Collections, Dr G. McGowan …
Our Curator for International and Decorative Arts, Nilesh Mistry has written us a blog post about an exciting arrival at …
We’re very privileged as a service to have a range of talented staff that work for us. Pam Keeton, who is …
John Ashton is the Photographic Archive assistant for Bradford Museums and Galleries. He agreed to write a blog for us on whats …
Annabel wrote a fantastic post for us last year about her experiences with the Sneaky Peek project, and has kindly …
Our Curator of Natural Sciences, Dr Gerard McGowan has been working on a rather intriguing digitisation project with some volunteers …
The Eye of the Beholder: Concept of Interpretation project is now complete and Nilesh Mistry (Curator International & Decorative Art) …
Sonja Kielty, our Curator of exhibitions agreed to write a blog post talking about her experiences curating the Bradford Open …
Liz McIvor, our Curator for Social History and Technology has written this timely post for us (given that Remembrance day takes …
Emily was one the interns we’ve had working with us at Bradford Museums and Galleries, and worked a great deal …
Vincent Murphy has been on an Internship with us at Bradford Industrial Museum organised in conjunction with the University of …
For the last few years Bradford Museums and Galleries have participated in the international #Askacurator day on twitter – a rapidly …
You may have come across references to Sneaky Peeks on our other social media accounts, or perhaps you’ve picked up …
Our Curator for Social History & Technology, Liz McIvor has written a blog post on a part of Bradford that’s …
Jack was the third of our interns who attended the ‘Participate to Change event’ in Instanbul, alongside Emily and Esther. …
Working in museums can be a bit like becoming a detective. We do research to find out what’s happened to a particular building …
Our Community Engagement Intern wrote earlier this year about some of the experiences that she’s had working with Bradford Museums …
Although I coordinate the blog posts here for Bradford Museums and Galleries, my ‘day job’ is as the Social History …
Emily Conroy, our Museums and Exhibitions Intern has written the latest blog post: Although I am a member of the …
This blog post by Liz McIvor, our Curator for Social History & Technology takes a look at the broadsheets and …
Jack Lynch is our Print and Digital Media trainee and has been working with some of our staff to promote …
You may have noticed that we have a rather exciting event planned for Cliffe Castle next month. Kirsty Gaskin, Assistant Curator …
Esther, our Community engagement intern has written us another post about some more of the experiences she has had since …
Sam Pickard, who’s been working with us, in Partnership with South Square agreed to write a post for us to …
We were privileged to be able to work with Dr Samuel Shaw, Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Yale Center for British …
Jill Iredale, our Fine Art Curator has written a post for us discussing David Hockney linked to the exhibition currently …
Some of you may recall the post last year written by our Fine Arts Curator, Jill Iredale on curating a …
Our Community Engagement intern, Esther agreed to write a blog post for us, highlighting some of her experiences with Bradford …
We thought we’d aim for a festive theme for the last blog of the year, so we’re looking at how …
On Wed 12 November, Bolling Hall Museum hosted a ‘pop up’ exhibition created by Year 4 pupils of Bowling Park …
If you visited Cartwright Hall between June and November, you can’t have failed to notice the presence of the ‘A …
UK Disability History Month is an annual event, run in November every year since 2010. If you’d like to …
With ‘All Hallows Eve’ rapidly approaching, Liz McIvor our Curator of Social History & Technology was inspired to write a …
What a busy day we had on the 17th September! We took part in #Askacurator day, which has now become …
We’re busily making the final preparations for #Askacurator day on the 17th September, when members of the Bradford Museums and …
Last month saw the return to Cliffe Castle of another key piece of artwork from the collection of Henry Isaac …
Today, the 4th of August, marks the 100th anniversary of the date that Britain formally declared war and what we …
This latest blog post focuses on Tai-Shan Schierenberg and his work. Tai-Shan Schierenberg is highly regarded for his arresting portraits …
Visitors to the area can hardly fail to have noticed that the county seems to have gone bicycle-mad recently. With the Tour De …
Professor Paul Coldwell, our Guest Curator for the ‘Artists Folio’ exhibition at Cartwright Hall has written a final blog post …
Have you spotted the recent addition to the Small Drawing Room at Cliffe Castle? Daru Rooke, Museums Manager North has …
The 9th of May saw Bradford Museums & Galleries hosting The Artists Folio as a site of inquiry – The …
If you’ve visited Cliffe Castle since the beginning of February, you may have noticed that there is now a rather …
Professor Paul Coldwell, our Guest Curator for the ‘Artist Folio’ exhibition at Cartwright Hall has written another blog post for …
Jill Iredale is the Curator of Fine Art for Bradford Museums and Galleries, and organised the wonderful ‘Rossetti’s Obsession’ exhibition …
We’d like to share the story with you of one of the objects that will soon be on display as …
With major changes to the national curriculum due to commence this September, BMG’s Learning Team have been working hard to …
Guest curator Professor Paul Coldwell, University of the Arts, London, has been writing blog posts for us whilst the show …
This unique exhibition, which runs from 7 Feb to 15 June at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery presents a selection of folios …
You may not immediately spot the newest addition to Cliffe Castle’s rich and fascinating collections, but it’s taken two craftspeople …
This unique exhibition, which runs from 7 Feb to 15 June at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery presents a selection of folios …
For the third year running, we invited a local Primary school to work alongside staff and ‘take over’ one of …
We’re really pleased to say that our latest blog was written by Year 11 student Elinor, who was with us …
On the 18th September, alongside nearly 600 other museums and art galleries around the world, we took part in the …
Visitors to newly re-opened Cliffe Castle will have noticed that the costume display upstairs has changed. As part of the …
This year, the Friends of the Manor House are celebrating their Fiftieth anniversary with an exhibition showing the many and …
By Janet Simmonds – Museum Manager Central Due to curatorial advice regarding conservation, the next few months will see some …
Work at Cliffe Castle continues to progress and it’s great to see the building starting to change as new lights …
Written by Lauren Padgett – Museum Assistant Every year the Friends of the Manor House take on the responsibility and …
On 23 November Year 3 pupils from Ashlands Primary School, Ilkley took part in National ‘Kids in Museums Take Over …
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery is appealing for artwork and local memorabilia that can be displayed in a unique David Hockney …
Written by Phil Heritage The first time I visited Bradford Industrial Museum was during its annual Victorian Christmas market in …
Here at Cliffe Castle our major refurbishment is now in full swing. The fact that work has begun is fantastic …
Preparation is underway here at Bradford Industrial Museum for the Christopher Pratt and Sons exhibition (8 December 2012 – 7 …
All friends and fans of Cliffe Castle will be aware that the building is now closed to undergo an exciting …
In 1884 Cliffe Castle’s owner Henry Isaac Butterfield held a grand ball at his home. The event was described in …
Don’t adjust your screens – this particular embroidery is multicoloured although we describe it as Blackwork. It is called Blackwork …
It is always an exciting time in the museum when we install a new exhibition. We recently opened a new …
Like many museums and art galleries, only a small portion our collection is on display. Well, really, I should say …
This winter Bradford Industrial Museum will play host to a veritable imaginarium of costume, contraptions and curiosities with an exhibition …
A group of young people, members of Bradford Young Ambassadors, have been investigating and responding to Bradford Museums and Galleries …
It is not every day we allow our visitors to do some spray painting at Cartwright Hall but as we …
Can you imagine working in a mill in 1910? Long days in warm conditions surrounded by deafening noises from the …
In the midst of Bradford Industrial Museum’s fantastic new exhibition, ‘When the FA Cup Came Home,’ stands an empty black …