New Acquisition: Shackleton’s Preparatory Sketch of The Polar Star
Due to generous funding from The Arts Council England/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and The Friends of Bradford Art Galleries and Museums, Bradford District Museums and Galleries has an exciting new acquisition in its collection – a preparatory sketch of The Polar Star by William Shackleton. Dr Lauren Padgett, Assistant Curator of Collections, tells us about […]
‘Within Nature – East and West’
Our newest exhibition at Cliffe Castle has just opened to visitors. In this blog Lowri, our Collections curator gives us an insight into the exhibition.
New Lands – Hidden Hands’ by Rhian Kempadoo-Millar: A New Textile Installation
Bradford District Museums and Galleries worked with visual artist and designer Rhian Kempadoo-Millar as our Guest Curator/Artist on an Arts Council-supported project. As Rhian’s residency came to an end with us, this blog celebrates the process and result, a textile installation titled ‘New Lands – Hidden Hands’.
Keighley Art Club Centenary Celebration: Bradford District Museums and Galleries’ Art Collection
In 2023, Dr Lauren Padgett, Assistant Curator of Collections, worked closely with Keighley Art Club to co-curate a temporary exhibition celebrating the Club’s history, spanning over 100 years. The Centenary Celebration was launched in September 2023 and runs until Sunday 14 January 2024.
The Art of the Samurai
I must apologise to our visitors at Cliffe Castle for the hammering and banging of late but rest assured, it isn’t anything paranormal and just me using a nail gun for the first time!
The de Brecy Tondo, Madonna and Child at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, July 2023 – January 2024
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.
Deborah Rehmat’s artwork inspired by our collections
In this blog, in response to collections at Bradford Museums, Deborah shares the inspiration for her own beautiful illustrations.
Guest Blog: Searching for Samuel Palmer by Dr David Mullin
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.
Casting Around the Stores
In this blog Dr Rebecca Wade, Collections Assistant (Cultural Recovery Fund), rediscovers the identities of an intriguing set of plaster casts in our collection taken from some of the most famous sculptures in the history of Western art. “Oh we’ve got some of those,” is perhaps the most exciting sentence you can hear when you […]
(Re)Discovering Women’s History: ‘Cockle Sarah’ Laycock
As this month (March) is Women’s History Month, Assistant Curator of Collections Dr Lauren Padgett wanted to share some research she undertook of a Bradford woman, Sarah Laycock, known as ‘Cockle Sarah’, documenting the research process that discovered, or rediscovered as the case is, aspects of Sarah’s life. ‘Cockle Sarah’ is a well-known Victorian […]
