Cliffe Castle Museum

Musical Stones recital and talk at Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

About this event

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Cliffe Castle Museum

Come and join us at the museum on Saturday 3rd December 2022 for a recital and informal talk to find out more about musical stones and their history.
Musician Polly McMillan will be playing four new compositions written especially for the instrument by local composers Ben Crick, Ben Gaunt, Flori Maunders and Heider Nasralla.
Bobbie Millar from Quarry Arts, Heather Millard from Cliffe Castle Museum and Alex Croft from Kala Sangam will be giving a short informal talk about the new compositions, the history of musical stones and their significance in the museum collection.
Tea and coffee will be provided in the learning room for event attendees. This event is free and there’s no need to book. Limited seating will be available.
If you would like to stay following the event, there will also be a new display opening in the glasshouses at Cliffe Castle from 4pm, click here for more details.
 

Cliffe Castle Museum

Address
Spring Gardens Lane, Keighley West Yorkshire, BD20 6LH
Opening times

Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Friday: 10am – 4pm
Saturday – Sunday: 11am – 4pm

By public transport

Approximately 12-25 minutes walk from the railway station, 6-15 minutes walk from the bus station. Buses (for example Bradford to Skipton) pass the lower main gates. The 903 bus service operates from Keighley Bus Station and serves Cliffe Castle on a limited basis.

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