‘We Built This City’: 150 Years of the Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors

28 September 2024 – 2 March 2025

About this event

28 September 2024 – 2 March 2025

Bradford Industrial Museum

New temporary exhibition co-curated between Bradford District Museums and Galleries and the Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors to celebrate the Society’s 150-year anniversary.

Discover the 150-year history of the Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors. Meet key people behind the planning, designing and building of Bradford from 1874 to the present day. Learn about the work of architects and surveyors, and the tools of their trade. Explore some of Bradford’s historic and iconic buildings.

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For more information about events, visit: https://bradfordmuseums.org/whats-on/

Please note that due to hosting certain events in this temporary exhibition space, this exhibition won’t be visible on the following dates:

Friday 22 November until Tuesday 26 November 2024 – Victorian Christmas Market weekend

Saturday 1^st Feb until Tuesday 4^th Feb – Blaise Wool Festival

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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