Category: Bradford Industrial Museum

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#Askacurator day 2016

As regular visitors to our blog may have noticed, over the last few years staff from Bradford Museums and Galleries have been involved with the

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Animal Attraction – Scary Stories

Today’s post is written by Liz McIvor and inspired by the exhibition Animal Attraction.  It’s one of the summer exhibitions aimed at families and younger audiences at

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Were Victorians healthier?

This blog post by our Curator for Technology & Social History, Liz McIvor puts our forthcoming  A Grand Day Out at Bradford Industrial Museum into context. She

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More from Annabel

Annabel wrote a fantastic post for us last year about her experiences with the Sneaky Peek project, and has kindly agreed to write another one

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Looking into the Past

Vincent Murphy has been on an Internship with us at Bradford Industrial Museum organised in conjunction with the University of Bolton and has written us

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Ballads and Broadsides

This blog post by Liz McIvor, our Curator for Social History & Technology takes a look at the broadsheets and broadsides popular in the past

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Keeping Print Alive

Esther, our Community engagement intern has written us another post about some more of the experiences she has had since joining us: If you read

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News and Blogs from Bradford District Museums & Galleries

Bradford Museums & Galleries has received the prestigious Sandford Award for Heritage Learning 2026, recognising the outstanding quality of its educational programmes and learning experiences for children and young people.
A rare Ellis-Briggs bicycle with a rich history of journeys across Britain and Europe has joined Bradford District Museums & Galleries’ collection.
Sports clubs, community groups and local history enthusiasts are invited to help bring Keighley's sporting heritage to life at Cliffe Castle Museum's Heritage Open Day on Sunday 13 September 2026. The museum is seeking displays, talks, activities and stories celebrating the sports and pastimes that have shaped local life through the years.
Maleeha Amin has seen first hand how museums can bring people together through inclusion, creativity and representation. From exploring the role of Makaton in making cultural spaces more accessible, to volunteering with local communities and celebrating South Asian artists' voices at Cartwright Hall, she reflects on the small changes and meaningful conversations that help make Bradford's heritage spaces welcoming for everyone.
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