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- Bradford Museums Galleries
Bradford District Museums and Galleries staff were both intrigued and delighted when Timothy Benoy, Honorary Secretary of the de Brécy Trust, contacted Cartwright Hall Art Gallery generously offering the de Brécy Tondo as a loan.
- Bradford Museums Galleries
Dr Lauren Padgett, one of our Assistant Curators, shares how a recent enquiry let us take a closer look at a 251-year-old recipe book by a Bradford gentlewoman in our collection, giving us a taste of 18th-century food history.
- Bradford Museums Galleries
A mystery painting found to be “undoubtedly” by Raphael will go on public display for the first time.
- Bradford Museums Galleries
In this blog, in response to collections at Bradford Museums, Deborah shares the inspiration for her own beautiful illustrations.
- Bradford Museums Galleries
As part of ongoing research into the life of the artist Samuel Palmer, Dr David Mullin recently contacted Bradford District Museums and Galleries (BDMG) about a painting in their collection.
- Bradford Museums Galleries
To celebrate the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Saturday 6th May 2023, members of the Collections Team have shared some coronation-related items in Bradford District Museums and Galleries’ collection, from ostentatious objects to coronation kitsch.
- Bradford Museums Galleries
On 2nd March it's World Book Day! To celebrate, we thought we'd highlight this rather special object in our collections: the Bolling Household Book.
- Bradford Museums Galleries
Assistant Curator of Collections Dr Lauren Padgett has researched Bradford District Museums and Galleries’ history for a new display at Bradford Industrial Museum and tells us more about it here.
- Bradford Museums Galleries
- Bradford Museums Galleries
Bolling Hall Museum
Bradford Industrial Museum
- Bradford Museums Galleries
- Heather Millard
Over the lockdown, we've been chatting to our volunteers and asking them to share some of their stories about the experiences that they've had volunteering with us. Anne Marie kindly shared her insight to volunteering in the weaving gallery at Bradford Industrial Museum.
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery
- Bradford Museums Galleries
