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Japanese Woodblock Prints

Alice Humphrey is one of our Assistant Curators, who agreed to write a blog for us based on a set of items that caught her eye!

She writes:

I started working at Bradford Museums and Gallery at the end of last year and was delighted to find that they have a collection of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), since I have a particular interest in Japanese costume.

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A History of Music

Our Community Music Events intern, Oscar has agreed to write the latest blog about the the project he’s been woking on: Here at Cliffe Castle we

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WWI – Bowling Park Barracks

Liz McIvor, our Curator for Social History and Technology has written this timely post for us (given that Remembrance day takes place this month) about the

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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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#Askacurator 2015

For the last few years Bradford Museums and Galleries have participated in the international #Askacurator day on twitter –  a rapidly growing event that encourages conversations

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Sneaky Peeks

You may have come across references to Sneaky Peeks on our other social media accounts, or perhaps you’ve picked up a leaflet about it and

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Museum Detective Work

Working in museums can be a bit like becoming a detective.  We do research to find out what’s happened to a particular building or objects or figuring out ‘what

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News and Blogs from Bradford District Museums & Galleries

As we look forward to the opening of Ice Age Art Now at Cliffe Castle Museum, British Museum curator Jill Cook introduces the themes of the exhibition.
Fatima looks back on the change between when she started volunteering and now
an insight into the behind the scenes work around the new display
Here at Bradford District Museums & Galleries Photo Archive we are celebrating the stories of two Bradfordian war veterans
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