Learning

Bradford District Museums & Galleries’ Learning Team offers schools a wide range of curriculum-linked workshops at our inspiring sites.

Cliffe Castle Museum Learning Offer

Bradford Industrial Museum

Cliffe Castle Museum

Bolling Hall Museum

We work at the Museum

Duration 1.5 hr

Price £127

A fun, immersive workshop which allows pupils to take on the role of a museum/ gallery employee

Cliffe Castle Museum

Available on : 24, 25, 26 and 27 June 2025 In this fun workshop using the British Museum exhibition as inspiration children will immerse themselves in the world of ‘Cave Baby’ through storytelling, drama, movement and painting

Cliffe Castle Museum

Dinosaur Explorer

Duration 1.5 hour

Price £102

Pupils will explore dinosaur features by looking at and handling real dinosaur fossils. They will be able to explore other creatures who left fossils behind.

Cliffe Castle Museum

Ancient Egyptian Civilisation

Duration 2 hours

Price £127

Take a journey down the Nile with a trader, finding out about the objects Ancient Egyptians used in their daily lives and the importance of the Nile to travel and trade.

Cliffe Castle Museum

Evolution

Duration 1.5 hour

Price £102

In this science-focused workshop pupils use a variety of fossil specimens and sources to formulate their own theories before looking at fossil sequences to identify changes over time.

Cliffe Castle Museum

Musical Rocks

Duration 2 hour

Price £127

Pupils will be able to explore science and music as they “rock” out on Cliffe Castle’s lithophone (musical stones).

Cliffe Castle Museum

Stone Age to Bronze Age

Duration 2 hours

Price £127

Pupils will get hands-on with real Stone Age objects and use archaeological techniques.

Cliffe Castle Museum

Rocks and Fossils

Duration 2 hours

Price £127

As budding rock star geologists, pupils will closely examine and identify a wide selection of rocks, including sorting, testing and grouping, before using their new knowledge to assist a builder and fossil finder Mary Anning!

Bradford Industrial Museum

Cliffe Castle Museum

Bolling Hall Museum

The Art & Science of Noticing

Duration 1.5 hour

Price £102

A workshop which encourages pupils to respond to the museum and gallery objects which inspire them.

Bradford Industrial Museum

Cliffe Castle Museum

Bolling Hall Museum

The Art & Science of Noticing

Duration 1.5 hour

Price £102

A workshop which encourages pupils to respond to the museum and gallery objects which inspire them.

Cliffe Castle Museum

Rocks and Minerals

Duration 1.5 hour

Price £102

Students will recap existing knowledge of Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic rocks and how they are formed.

Cliffe Castle Museum

Local Human Geography

Duration 1 hour

Price £102

In this session, the students will investigate the physical and human factors that have contributed to the continuously changing landscape of Keighley and the surrounding areas throughout history.

Learning with Bradford District Museums & Galleries

Bradford Industrial Museum

Pupil Takeover

Duration 2 hr

Price £150

Let your pupils take over the museum! Support the development of career-based skills as pupils work with museum staff to carry out behind the scenes tasks

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Let’s Explore Cartwright Hall 2025

Duration 2 hr

Price £127

This dynamic workshop is designed to link with key works of art in the changing exhibitions at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery during 2025.

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

A Fairytale Gallery

Duration 1 hr

Price £81

Based on traditional fairytales and using artwork from our changing exhibitions in 2025 this workshop has lots of opportunities for speaking, listening, mark-making and working collaboratively together with providing a great introduction to looking at real artwork.

Bradford Industrial Museum

Museum Explorer

Duration 1 hr

Price £81

Children become explorers to see and discover machines, cars and even trains using drawing, movement, sticking and printing ! Ideal for a first visit to a museum in Reception or year 1.

Our Learning Offer

Learning in the Classroom

We offer a range of classroom resources that allow your pupils to connect to, experience, and be inspired by our collection.

Image shows a young girl with a clipboard in the housebody at Bolling Hall

Learning on Site

Bradford District Museum and Galleries’ Learning Team are taking bookings for on-site workshops.

Learning

Our four sites have wide-ranging collections that can be used to enhance classroom learning across a variety of subjects and give pupils enriching experiences which add value way beyond the visit.

Accessibility

Bradford District is home to some of the most exciting museums and galleries in Yorkshire. From the Baroque splendour of Cartwright Hall Art Gallery to the spectacular building of Keighley’s Cliffe Castle Museum, there is always something new to do or see, and admission is free!

Learning in the Classroom

We offer a range of classroom resources that allow your pupils to connect to, experience, and be inspired by our collection.

Artsmark

Bradford District Museums & Galleries is proud to be supporting schools and education settings on their Artsmark journey, inspiring children and young people to create, experience, and participate in great arts and culture.