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Discover a hidden collection of musical stones at Cliffe Castle museum
Did you know that rocks make musical sounds and can be made into instruments?
21 November 2022
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Did you know that rocks make musical sounds and can be made into instruments?
Assistant Curator of Collections Dr Lauren Padgett has researched Bradford District Museums and Galleries’ history for a new display at Bradford Industrial Museum and tells us more about it here.
Ian, our ‘Butterfield’ Volunteer spent much of 2020 researching some of the background to the history of the Butterfields.
Although Ian, our ‘Butterfield’ Volunteer has been unable to come in, he’s been busy doing some background research to give context to some of the family history.
Heather’s been meaning to write up the story behind the painting of Pauline Viardot at Cliffe Castle for some time….
Ian, our wonderful Butterfield archive volunteer has been trawling the family letters to find some seasonally appropriate extracts to share with you all.
You may have noticed recently a rather large change to the window on the Grand Staircase at Cliffe Castle
Ian, one of our volunteers at Cliffe Castle, has written us another short blog with the latest ‘gossip’ he’s discovered
This is one of a series of occasional blogs drawing on the letters of the various members of the family.
For this week’s blog, Social History Curator Heather Millard was busy getting into the festive spirit…