Tag: disability history

Photograph of Pilling, Brown and Bennett, with the certificates Stephen won at the IBSA International Blind Sports Federation Championships in Powerlifting, 2002

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Stephen Brown – Bradford’s blind powerlifter

In spring 2024 Bradford District Museums and Galleries were delighted to receive a small collection of objects relating to Stephen Brown, an award-winning powerlifter who had a rare genetic condition.

1 July 2024 No Comments

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Disabled History Month

UK Disability History Month is an annual event, run in November every year since 2010. If you’d like to learn more about the nation-wide event, their website can be found here

The theme for this year is War and impairment: The Social Consequence of Disablement, something that our Curator, Liz McIvor ,addresses as part of the Bradford’s War 1914-18 Exhibition, on display at Bradford Industrial Museum until the 19th November.

3 November 2014 No Comments

News and Blogs from Bradford District Museums & Galleries

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Heather Millard
August 4, 2025

A Youth Perspective on Portrait of Mai

I serve as a Youth Representative for Bradford District Museums and Galleries in a national partnership project called Journeys with Mai.

Cliffe Castle Museum

Heather Millard
July 21, 2025

Ice Age Art Now: Celebrating BDMG’s collection

The Ice Age Art now exhibition has been an amazing process, working with the British Museum team and Bradford 2025 to bring national collections up to the district and link them to Bradford's own history & heritage.

Bradford Industrial Museum

Heather Millard
July 7, 2025

Curating Bradford’s Textile Heritage: Woven Through Time

Our Assistant Curator of Collections, Emma Longmuir, shares the journey of curating 'Woven through Time'

Cliffe Castle Museum

Heather Millard
June 16, 2025

Blog: Ice Age Art Now

As we look forward to the opening of Ice Age Art Now at Cliffe Castle Museum, British Museum curator Jill Cook introduces the themes of the exhibition.