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If you’ve visited Cliffe Castle recently, you may have noticed a few changes taking place to some of our reception room displays.
21 March 2016
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If you’ve visited Cliffe Castle recently, you may have noticed a few changes taking place to some of our reception room displays.
Our Curator of Natural Sciences, Dr Gerard McGowan has been working on a rather intriguing digitisation project with some volunteers
Working in museums can be a bit like becoming a detective. We do research to find out what’s happened
Today, the 4th of August, marks the 100th anniversary of the date that Britain formally declared war and what we refer to as World War
Have you spotted the recent addition to the Small Drawing Room at Cliffe Castle?
If you’ve visited Cliffe Castle since the beginning of February, you may have noticed that there is now a rather lovely, upright piano nestled in
Jill Iredale is the Curator of Fine Art for Bradford Museums and Galleries, and organised the wonderful ‘Rossetti’s Obsession’ exhibition currently on show at Cartwright
Don’t adjust your screens – this particular embroidery is multicoloured although we describe it as Blackwork. It is called Blackwork because traditionally a black thread was used to sew these designs. It is a type of counted embroidery sewn on even weave material such as linen. It uses simple stitches to form complex patterns.
It is always an exciting time in the museum when we install a new exhibition. We recently opened a new exhibition at Bradford Industrial Museum called Steampunk (for those unsure as to what Steampunk is, I refer you to an earlier blog post.) Nearly 300 people attended the opening and it was thrilling to see visitors not only excited by the weird and wonderful Steampunk exhibits, but also by the pieces from our permanent collection alongside.