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#Askacurator Day

We’re busily making the final preparations for #Askacurator day on the 17th September, when members of the Bradford Museums and Galleries team will be taking

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Crowning Glory

You may not immediately spot the newest addition to Cliffe Castle’s rich and fascinating collections, but it’s taken two craftspeople many hours to create.  Strange as it might sound, however, they would be very pleased to know their work is so easily overlooked.

You may remember last year, when we were pleased to announce the return of the portrait of Queen Victoria by Lowes Cato Dickinson to Cliffe Castle after it left us over half a century ago.

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News and Blogs from Bradford District Museums & Galleries

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.