Category: Cliffe Castle

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Cottingley Fairies

‘Do you believe in fairies?’  IN this blog, Heather Millard, our Social History curator describes the research she’s been doing into the Cottingley Fairies…. If

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May Day

No, it’s not a plea for help, but rather the subject of this week’s blog. If you’re visiting Cliffe Castle this week (or, indeed youvisited

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Work Placement: Habiba Desai

This week’s blog has been written for us by Habiba Desai, one of our work experience placements.  She writes: Hi! I’m Habiba Desai an undergraduate

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Pholiderpeton

Our Curator of Natural Sciences, Dr Gerard McGowan has written this latest blog for us –  about our rather popular Pholiderpeton.  He writes One of the

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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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An Alice Adventure

Our Assistant Curator, Kirsty Gaskin was the lead on the fantanstic (and fantastical) Alice in Wonderland themed exhibition at Cliffe Castle and has written a blog

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News and Blogs from Bradford District Museums & Galleries

Dr Lauren Padgett, shines a light on one of the most superstitious objects in our collection..
Learning and Outreach Manager Pen Foreman, a disabled person and access specialist, explores what it means to explore disability heritage in museums
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