Blogs

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Through Our Lens - Self Isolation Project was set up by artist and photographer Carolyn Mendelsohn in April 2020 as a response to the Covid19 Pandemic at the start of the first lockdown . After receiving funding by a Response grant from Bradford Council, Carolyn called out to young people in the Bradford District aged 12-20 to work with her to tell their story of this time.
A few weeks ago, one of our Assistant Curators of Collections Dr Lauren Padgett was auditing a box of souvenirs when she fortuitously came across two souvenir books relating to the 1931 Bradford Historical Pageant...
written by our new Gallery Volunteer Facilitator, Usman Mahmood.
Ian, our 'Butterfield' Volunteer spent much of 2020 researching some of the background to the history of the Butterfields.

Bolling Hall Museum

Sorry, nothing to see here...

Bradford Industrial Museum

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Gary, who wrote this blog, is working alongside Jill,  one of our Community Curators and 5 others to create the exhibition together.

Cliffe Castle Museum

Although Ian, our 'Butterfield' Volunteer has been unable to come in,  he's been busy doing some background research to give context to some of the family history.
Heather's been meaning to write up the story behind the painting of Pauline Viardot at Cliffe Castle for some time....
In this blog, our Collections Registrar Pam Keeton gives a detailed examination and fascinating insight into her favourite object in our collection, a 17th century repaired plate. 
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