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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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80th Anniversary of VE Day

Here at Bradford District Museums & Galleries Photo Archive we are celebrating the stories of two Bradfordian war veterans
Bradford District Museum & Galleries

The memory will last for decades to come

written for us by Arlo, who was involved with the selection and creation of the 'I AM ME' exhibition
Bradford District Museum & Galleries

Fighting to be heard: a Blog by Wahaaj Ul-Haq

Our newest blog has been written by one of the participants involved in 'Fighting to be heard' at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery
Bradford District Museum & Galleries

Contemporary Women Artists in Bradford District Museums & Galleries Collections

We're taking a look at contemporary artworks by women artists in the Bradford District Museums and Galleries collection.
Cliffe Castle Museum

Mrs Smith’s – Travel diaries – Calcutta & South Africa

We came across a fascinating set of travel diaries by Mrs Smith, a relative of the Butterfields - let us use her own words to tell the story
Bradford District Museum & Galleries

Our time as Young Ambassadors

Learn more about the 2024 Cohort of Young Ambassadors
Bradford District Museum & Galleries

Cliffe Castle – a museum with musical links

examining the long-standing links that the building, the family and the collections have to music,
Bradford District Museum & Galleries

Savage Ground: new artworks by ceramic artist Emilie Taylor

In this blog, Lowri, our Curator of Collections invites us to take a closer look at two new ceramic pots, created specially for Bradford District Museums and Galleries by ceramicist Emilie Taylor
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery
Cliffe Castle Museum
Bolling Hall Museum
Bradford Industrial Museum

A blog from James…

James Steward, our Museums ＆ Galleries Manager, agreed to write our latest blog - looking back at 2024 and forward to 2025!
Bradford Industrial Museum

Redeveloping the 1970s Back to Back

Our Assistant Curator of Collections, Emma Longmuir was tasked with leading on an updating of the 1970s focused 'Back to Back' house (part of the ever-popular run of houses illustrating changing lifestyles.
Bradford Industrial Museum

Mills Transformed – Neil Horsley

Our latest exhibition at Bradford Industrial Museum is gorgeous photography by Neil Horsley, looking at the repurposing and re-use of Mill Buildings. He kindly agreed to write this blog for about the project.
Bradford Industrial Museum

Bairds Television: Research and remembering

If you visited Bradford Industrial Museum earlier this year you might have spotted the display on Baird Television & Thorn Electricals that we had in our small cafe gallery there.

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Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

I AM ME

31 January 2025 – 5 May 2025

A new exhibition featuring the views of 125 young people from the Bradford District, on the theme of identity, utilising works from the Government Art Collection.

'Mrs Moore' stood in the hallway of the Mill Managers House, at the bottom of the stairs
Bradford Industrial Museum

Meet Mrs Moore, Mill Manager’s Wife

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

Bradford Industrial Museum

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

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

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

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

7 May 2025 11:00 am – 7 May 2025 3:00 pm

Discover blacksmithing and metalworking in action and explore this craft here at Bradford Industrial Museum.
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Museums for Play & Growth – Cartwright Hall

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”.

Mrs Tempest in 17th Century clothing stood outside Bolling Hall
Bolling Hall Museum

Meet Frances Tempest at Bolling Hall

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

Join Mrs Tempest at the Royalist outpost of Bolling Hall Museum
Bradford Industrial Museum

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

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

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

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

14 May 2025 11:00 am – 14 May 2025 3:00 pm

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

A glass bowl with succulents planted up in it surrounded by white gravel
Bradford Industrial Museum

Heritage Craft Workshop: Recycled Terrarium Making

17 May 2025 11:00 am – 17 May 2025 2:00 pm

Come and make your own bespoke succulent terrarium with plant collector Ali

Mrs Tempest in 17th Century clothing stood outside Bolling Hall
Bolling Hall Museum

Meet Frances Tempest at Bolling Hall

18 May 2025 11:00 am – 18 May 2025 3:00 pm

Join Mrs Tempest at the Royalist outpost of Bolling Hall Museum
Bradford Industrial Museum

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

18 May 2025 11:00 am – 18 May 2025 3:00 pm

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

Museums for Play & Growth – Bolling Hall

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”.
Bradford Industrial Museum

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

21 May 2025 11:00 am – 21 May 2025 3:00 pm

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

Museums for Play & Growth – Cliffe Castle

22 May 2025 – 22 May 2025

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

Model Engineering Society Event 2025

24 May 2025 11:00 am – 24 May 2025 3:00 pm

Mrs Tempest in 17th Century clothing stood outside Bolling Hall
Bolling Hall Museum

Meet Frances Tempest at Bolling Hall

25 May 2025 11:00 am – 25 May 2025 3:00 pm

Join Mrs Tempest at the Royalist outpost of Bolling Hall Museum
Bradford Industrial Museum

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

25 May 2025 11:00 am – 25 May 2025 3:00 pm

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

Model Engineering Society Event 2025

25 May 2025 11:00 am – 25 May 2025 3:00 pm

'Mrs Moore' stood in the hallway of the Mill Managers House, at the bottom of the stairs
Bradford Industrial Museum

Meet Mrs Moore, Mill Manager’s Wife

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

Bradford Industrial Museum

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

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

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

Dinosaur Explorer at Cliffe Castle Museum
Cliffe Castle Museum

Family event: Dinosaur Explorers

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

Become a Dinosaur Detective
Bradford Industrial Museum

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

28 May 2025 11:00 am – 28 May 2025 3:00 pm

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

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

Portraits and Journeys

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

Museums for Play & Growth – 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”
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Museums for Play & Growth – Cartwright Hall

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

Museums for Play & Growth – Bolling Hall

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”.
Cliffe Castle Museum

Museums for Play & Growth – Cliffe Castle

26 June 2025 – 26 June 2025

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”.

a hand holding a book, bound with a design of ships
Bradford Industrial Museum

Heritage Craft Workshop – Basic Bookbinding Single Section Notebooks

26 June 2025 10:00 am – 26 June 2025 4:00 pm

Learn the basics of craft bookbinding with single section binding.

image of a stylised model of a Parson or Vicar
Bolling Hall Museum

‘Lucky Charms and Fortune-Tellers’ Display

5 March 2025 – 29 June 2025

Come see a few of our weird and wonderful lucky objects, from a rabbit’s foot to a ‘blessing parson’
Bradford Industrial Museum

Museums for Play & Growth – 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”
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Museums for Play & Growth – Cartwright Hall

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

Museums for Play & Growth – Bolling Hall

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”.
Cliffe Castle Museum

Museums for Play & Growth – Cliffe Castle

24 July 2025 – 24 July 2025

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

Museums for Play & Growth – 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”
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Museums for Play & Growth – Cartwright Hall

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”.
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Journeys with MAI

22 May 2025 – 17 August 2025

See this majestic 18th century portrait of Mai by Sir Joshua Reynolds – recently saved for the nation – as it travels from London’s National Portrait Gallery to Cartwright Hall as part of a major national tour.

shows a figure (in shadow and only part of face visible) holding a broken plate or dish with islamic (?) calligraphy visible on the plate
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Jameel Prize: Moving Images

23 May 2025 – 17 August 2025

The Jameel Prize is the V&A’s award for contemporary art inspired by Islamic culture, history, society and ideas. This edition is devoted to moving image and digital media.

Bolling Hall Museum

Museums for Play & Growth – Bolling Hall

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”.
Cliffe Castle Museum

Museums for Play & Growth – Cliffe Castle

28 August 2025 – 28 August 2025

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

Museums for Play & Growth – 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”

Reindeer bone (metatarsal) with a carving of a cow-like creature
Cliffe Castle Museum

Ice Age Art Now

21 June 2025 – 14 September 2025

Travel back in time at this British Museum Partnership Exhibition with Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture and encounter works of art dating back thousands of years.
Bolling Hall Museum

Museums for Play & Growth – Bolling Hall

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”.
Cliffe Castle Museum

Museums for Play & Growth – Cliffe Castle

25 September 2025 – 25 September 2025

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

Museums for Play & Growth – 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”
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Museums for Play & Growth – Cartwright Hall

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

Museums for Play & Growth – Bolling Hall

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”.
Cliffe Castle Museum

Museums for Play & Growth – Cliffe Castle

23 October 2025 – 23 October 2025

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

Museums for Play & Growth – 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”
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Museums for Play & Growth – Cartwright Hall

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”.

close up on woven fabric , with blues, reds and yellow
Bradford Industrial Museum

Woven Through Time: Bradford’s Textile Industry – Past and Present

19 April 2025 – 16 November 2025

The past and present of the Bradford textile industry are explored in this exhibition featuring beautiful costume, fascinating sample books and tools from the industry. Objects from our designated worsted collection sit alongside stunning visuals taken by photographer Ian Beesley
Bolling Hall Museum

Museums for Play & Growth – Bolling Hall

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”.
Cliffe Castle Museum

Museums for Play & Growth – Cliffe Castle

27 November 2025 – 27 November 2025

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

Museums for Play & Growth – 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”
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Museums for Play & Growth – Cartwright Hall

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

Museums for Play & Growth – Bolling Hall

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”.

Learn At Bolling Hall Museum & Library
Bolling Hall Museum

Visit Bolling Hall Library

7 March 2024 11:00 am – 31 December 2025 4:00 pm

Visit Bolling Hall Library! Opening times are: Wednesday 10 to 2pm Thursday 10 to 2pm Friday 11 to 3.30pm Saturday – 11.30 to 3pm Sunday – 11.30 to 3pm T: 07582 108216 E: bollinghall.library@gmail.com

Images of the 4 nominated artists
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Turner Prize 2025

27 September 2025 – 22 February 2026

The Turner Prize is one of the world’s best-known prizes for the visual arts. It aims to promote public debate around new developments in contemporary British art.

Items from Fountains Cafe - table, mural, painting etc

Fountains Café: Serving Bradford for Fifty-Five Years

13 February 2025 – 13 February 2027

This display at Bradford Industrial Museum showcases iconic and recognisable objects from the well-known and much-loved Fountains Café, Bradford

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