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Butterfield Brothers – the Businessmen
This latest blog from our volunteer Ian looks at the Butterfield Brothers as business men – which isn’t a story we’ve told before.
4 November 2024
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This latest blog from our volunteer Ian looks at the Butterfield Brothers as business men – which isn’t a story we’ve told before.
Bradford District Museums and Galleries (BDMG) have worked with the Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors to co-curate an exhibition marking their 150-year anniversary. The exhibition ‘We Built This City’: 150 Years of the Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors launched on the 28th of September 2024 at Bradford Industrial Museum. Assistant Curator of Collections, Dr Lauren Padgett, tells us more:
Callum finished his placement with us over the summer, but has written one more blog for us to share with you about the project. He
We are back with the Woolmark project! After tidying through the current records of the collection and beginning to conduct research into the individual pieces
Callum, currently working on archiving and researching around the wonderful collection of British Wool clothing we have which was designed and created for the British Food and Farming Year, 1989
As ‘Dreams and Songs to sing’ at Cartwright Hall is being to draw to end (The final day of the exhibition is on the 8th September), we wanted to share a couple more of the stories from the community that are in the exhibition
Many of our visitors to Cliffe Castle earlier this year enjoyed the exhibition of artwork inspired by or depicting Samurai that we had on display in the Bracewell Smith Hall.
Although the artworks are now safely back in storage, we wanted to be able to share them with you still, so Dale Keeton, our talented conservator, who made it all look spectacular and Ernest, our wonderful volunteer have written this blog to provide some additional insights.
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.
In spring 2024 Bradford District Museums and Galleries were delighted to receive a small collection of objects relating to Stephen Brown, an award-winning powerlifter who had a rare genetic condition.
The four museums and galleries looked after and run by Bradford Metropolitan District Council are treasure troves of art, history and stories. They’re places to
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