Family Learning

Bradford District Museums and Galleries are offering an engaging, inclusive, and creative experience for families of all ages.

See all our upcoming family events for this year as well as previous events held at all our venues.

Current Family Events

9 May 2025 10:30 am – 9 May 2025 12:30 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”.

Bolling Hall Museum

21 May 2025 10:30 am – 21 May 2025 12:30 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”.

Dinosaur Explorer at Cliffe Castle Museum
Cliffe Castle Museum

27 May 2025 11:00 am – 27 May 2025 3:00 pm

Become a Dinosaur Detective

painting of a young man of colour, dressed in a version of ceremonial Tahitian dress. He is barefoot and stood in a rural landscape.

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

To celebrate the arrival of the Portrait of Mai from the National Portrait Gallery

Bradford Industrial Museum

7 June 2025 11:00 am – 7 June 2025 1:00 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”

13 June 2025 10:30 am – 13 June 2025 12:30 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”.

Bolling Hall Museum

18 June 2025 10:30 am – 18 June 2025 12:30 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”.

Bradford Industrial Museum

5 July 2025 11:00 am – 5 July 2025 1:00 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”

11 July 2025 10:30 am – 11 July 2025 12:30 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”.

Bolling Hall Museum

16 July 2025 10:30 am – 16 July 2025 12:30 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”.

Bradford Industrial Museum

2 August 2025 11:00 am – 2 August 2025 1:00 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”

8 August 2025 10:30 am – 8 August 2025 12:30 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”.

Bolling Hall Museum

20 August 2025 10:30 am – 20 August 2025 12:30 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”.

Bradford Industrial Museum

6 September 2025 11:00 am – 6 September 2025 1:00 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”

Bolling Hall Museum

17 September 2025 10:30 am – 17 September 2025 12:30 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”.

Bradford Industrial Museum

4 October 2025 11:00 am – 4 October 2025 1:00 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”

10 October 2025 10:30 am – 10 October 2025 12:30 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”.

Bolling Hall Museum

15 October 2025 10:30 am – 15 October 2025 12:30 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”.

Bradford Industrial Museum

1 November 2025 11:00 am – 1 November 2025 1:00 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”

14 November 2025 10:30 am – 14 November 2025 12:30 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”.

Bolling Hall Museum

19 November 2025 10:30 am – 19 November 2025 12:30 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”.

Bradford Industrial Museum

6 December 2025 11:00 am – 6 December 2025 1:00 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”

12 December 2025 10:30 am – 12 December 2025 12:30 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”.

Bolling Hall Museum

17 December 2025 10:30 am – 17 December 2025 12:30 pm

Museums for Play and Growth are FREE drop-in sessions for children 0–5 years old inspired by “50 Things to Do Before You’re Five”.

Past Family Events

a view of cherry trees in full blossom, with Bolling Hall in the background
Bolling Hall Museum

27 April 2025 11:00 am – 27 April 2025 3:00 pm

Beautiful volunteer led Cherry Blossom Festival comes to Bradford’s Bolling Hall Museum.

View of Bolling Hall from the garden, flowers in bloom and a blue sky above
Bolling Hall Museum

16 April 2025 11:00 am – 16 April 2025 3:00 pm

Join us for a fun filled adventure outside, be prepared for messy play building dens, ball runs and mud kitchens

Ancient Egyptian Civilisation at Cliffe Castle Museum
Cliffe Castle Museum

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

Explore the past

Easter bunny and child
Cliffe Castle Museum

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

With Easter crafts and an egg hunt!

Daffodil flower against a blue sky

12 April 2025 12:00 pm – 12 April 2025 3:00 pm

Join the Healthy Minds Apprentices for a day of wellbeing and sensory activities aimed at young people, but everyone is welcome!

Child and man crafting
Bradford Industrial Museum

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

Come along and make some Eggciting crafts, Chicks, Bunnies and all things Spring

young child with a helmet

10 April 2025 11:00 am – 10 April 2025 3:00 pm

Explore personal stories in the exhibitions and tell us your story!

Fortune telling doll
Bolling Hall Museum

9 April 2025 11:00 am – 9 April 2025 3:00 pm

Join us to be inspired by the fortune telling doll – and make your own version!

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

Join us to celebrate the exhibition and take part in pop-up activities led by young people. 

collage of weaving related images -yarns, weavers demonstrating
Bradford Industrial Museum

9 March 2025 11:00 am – 9 March 2025 3:00 pm

Come and Join Bradford Museums and Galleries celebration of International Women’s Day 2025 – lots to explore and enjoy.

Stylised Cartoon style depiction of figures in a landscape of hills with urban landscape behind them. All in bright colours
Cliffe Castle Museum

9 March 2025 11:00 am – 9 March 2025 3:00 pm

Spring into action with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Natural England and friends.

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All opportunities have flexible commitment requirements and aim to provide a rewarding and enriching experience for all.

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Bradford District is home to some of the most exciting museums and galleries in Yorkshire. Come and see for yourself.

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