Visit our Volunteer Blacksmith -Reviving the Blacksmith’s craft in a living setting.

Discover blacksmithing and metalworking in action and explore this craft here at Bradford Industrial Museum.

About this event

Bradford Industrial Museum

Every Wednesday and Sunday

Discover blacksmithing and metalworking in action and explore this craft here at Bradford Industrial Museum. We have revived the blacksmith’s craft within its original setting and created a working forge. We demonstrate the blacksmithing skills and techniques that would have been used by the mill blacksmiths, and others like them, the world over.

Linking 19th century trade to 21st century, hands-on demonstration, Our dedicated blacksmith volunteers their time to teach the public about the art and history of blacksmithing.

And if you enjoyed watching the demonstration, you can buy ‘Made in the Museum’ handmade coat hooks, keyrings, to your very own nail with your initials on in the museum shop

Upcoming events

24 December 2024 10:00 am – 24 December 2024 12:00 pm

29 December 2024 11:00 am – 29 December 2024 3:00 pm

5 January 2025 – 5 January 2025 3:00 pm

8 January 2025 11:00 am – 8 January 2025 3:00 pm

12 January 2025 11:00 am – 12 January 2025 3:00 pm

15 January 2025 11:00 am – 15 January 2025 3:00 pm

19 January 2025 11:00 am – 19 January 2025 3:00 pm

22 January 2025 11:00 am – 22 January 2025 3:00 pm

26 January 2025 11:00 am – 26 January 2025 3:00 pm

29 January 2025 11:00 am – 29 January 2025 3:00 pm

2 January 2025 11:00 am – 2 January 2025 3:00 pm

3 January 2025 11:00 am – 3 January 2025 3:00 pm

4 January 2025 11:00 am – 4 January 2025 3:00 pm

2 February 2025 11:00 am – 2 February 2025 3:00 pm

5 February 2025 11:00 am – 5 February 2025 3:00 pm

12 February 2025 11:00 am – 12 February 2025 3:00 pm

9 February 2025 10:00 am – 9 February 2025 3:00 pm

16 February 2025 10:00 am – 16 February 2025 3:00 pm

19 February 2025 11:00 am – 19 February 2025 3:00 pm

26 January 2025 11:00 am – 26 February 2025 3:00 pm

23 February 2025 11:00 am – 23 February 2025 3:00 pm

29 January 2025 11:00 am – 29 January 2025 3:00 pm

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Bradford Industrial Museum

Address

Moorside Mills, Moorside Road Eccleshill, Bradford, BD2 3HP

Opening times

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

By car

Signposted from Bradford Ring Road and Harrogate Road (A658). Bus 645 from Market Street or Hall Ings. All buses stop at Moorside Road. On the museum site there is free car parking and disabled car parking.

By public transport

From Bradford City Centre, the 660 bus departs from Drake Street stop D1, (alight at Moorside Road), and the 645 departs from Hall Ings stop H11, (alight at Harrogate Road then an approx 10 min walk).

For help in planning your journey by public transport, please visit www.wymetro.com

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