Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Cartwright Hall can be found in stunning Lister Park, only a mile from Bradford City Centre.

Inside you can find incredible paintings, drawings and sculpture from the district’s own world-class art collections. Bradford was one of the first UK local authority museum services to start collecting works by South Asian and Black artists and Cartwright Hall showcases this amazing collection.

Cartwright Hall was built on the former site of Manningham Hall and opened as a gallery in 1904. The hall housed a display of loaned artworks before acquiring its own collection of Victorian and Edwardian works using funds from the 1904 Bradford Industrial Exhibition. Our collection now includes artworks by Lowry, Warhol, Lichtenstein and Anish Kapoor.

The Hockney Gallery, dedicated to Bradford born artist David Hockney gives a playful  introduction to his life and art with a particular focus on Yorkshire and Bradford, and taking you right through to his colourful iPad experiments.

The Refreshment Room Café is at the bottom of the building.

Lister Park features a boating lake, adventure playground and features the Mughal Gardens. The park recently won another Green Flag award, reflecting its status as one of the best maintained parks in the country.