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Current Events
24 December 2024 10:00 am – 24 December 2024 12:00 pm
Discover blacksmithing and metalworking in action and explore this craft here at Bradford Industrial Museum. We have revived the blacksmith’s craft within its original setting and created a working forge. We demonstrate the blacksmithing skills and techniques that would have been used by the mill blacksmiths, and others like them, the world over. Linking 19th century trade […]
29 December 2024 11:00 am – 29 December 2024 3:00 pm
Discover blacksmithing and metalworking in action and explore this craft here at Bradford Industrial Museum. We have revived the blacksmith’s craft within its original setting and created a working forge. We demonstrate the blacksmithing skills and techniques that would have been used by the mill blacksmiths, and others like them, the world over. Linking 19th century trade […]
12 October 2024 – 31 December 2024
Count Me In 123 number bags are a fun way for parents and carers to encourage young children to learn about numbers, colours and shapes. Sponsored by the Yorkshire Bank and are available for free loan from Bolling Hall Community Library, in the museum.
12 October 2024 – 31 December 2024
We are pleased to announce an exciting new reading adventure at Bolling Hall Community Library! The Secret Book Quest is a fun and free reading challenge for ages 5 and over, designed to inspire a lifelong love of reading.
2 January 2025 11:00 am – 2 January 2025 3:00 pm
Discover blacksmithing and metalworking in action and explore this craft here at Bradford Industrial Museum. We have revived the blacksmith’s craft within its original setting and created a working forge. We demonstrate the blacksmithing skills and techniques that would have been used by the mill blacksmiths, and others like them, the world over. Linking 19th century trade […]
3 January 2025 11:00 am – 3 January 2025 3:00 pm
Discover blacksmithing and metalworking in action and explore this craft here at Bradford Industrial Museum. We have revived the blacksmith’s craft within its original setting and created a working forge. We demonstrate the blacksmithing skills and techniques that would have been used by the mill blacksmiths, and others like them, the world over. Linking 19th century trade […]
4 January 2025 11:00 am – 4 January 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”
4 January 2025 11:00 am – 4 January 2025 3:00 pm
Discover blacksmithing and metalworking in action and explore this craft here at Bradford Industrial Museum. We have revived the blacksmith’s craft within its original setting and created a working forge. We demonstrate the blacksmithing skills and techniques that would have been used by the mill blacksmiths, and others like them, the world over. Linking 19th century trade […]
5 January 2025 – 5 January 2025 3:00 pm
Discover blacksmithing and metalworking in action and explore this craft here at Bradford Industrial Museum. We have revived the blacksmith’s craft within its original setting and created a working forge. We demonstrate the blacksmithing skills and techniques that would have been used by the mill blacksmiths, and others like them, the world over. Linking 19th century trade […]
8 January 2025 11:00 am – 8 January 2025 3:00 pm
Discover blacksmithing and metalworking in action and explore this craft here at Bradford Industrial Museum. We have revived the blacksmith’s craft within its original setting and created a working forge. We demonstrate the blacksmithing skills and techniques that would have been used by the mill blacksmiths, and others like them, the world over. Linking 19th century trade […]
10 January 2025 10:30 am – 10 January 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”. On every second Friday of the month, you can bring your little ones to Cartwright Hall to explore our art gallery, learn something new, and have a fun time. The session includes […]
12 January 2025 11:00 am – 12 January 2025 3:00 pm
Discover blacksmithing and metalworking in action and explore this craft here at Bradford Industrial Museum. We have revived the blacksmith’s craft within its original setting and created a working forge. We demonstrate the blacksmithing skills and techniques that would have been used by the mill blacksmiths, and others like them, the world over. Linking 19th century trade […]
15 January 2025 10:30 am – 15 January 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”.
15 January 2025 11:00 am – 15 January 2025 3:00 pm
Discover blacksmithing and metalworking in action and explore this craft here at Bradford Industrial Museum. We have revived the blacksmith’s craft within its original setting and created a working forge. We demonstrate the blacksmithing skills and techniques that would have been used by the mill blacksmiths, and others like them, the world over. Linking 19th century trade […]
18 January 2025 11:30 am – 18 January 2025 3:30 pm
Activities for all including family calligraphy workshop, Mehndi designs, recitals by young people from the Al-Mustafa Centre in Girlington and the chance to try boxing skills with the Tasif Khan Community Boxing Academy
19 January 2025 11:00 am – 19 January 2025 3:00 pm
Discover blacksmithing and metalworking in action and explore this craft here at Bradford Industrial Museum. We have revived the blacksmith’s craft within its original setting and created a working forge. We demonstrate the blacksmithing skills and techniques that would have been used by the mill blacksmiths, and others like them, the world over. Linking 19th century trade […]
22 January 2025 11:00 am – 22 January 2025 3:00 pm
Discover blacksmithing and metalworking in action and explore this craft here at Bradford Industrial Museum. We have revived the blacksmith’s craft within its original setting and created a working forge. We demonstrate the blacksmithing skills and techniques that would have been used by the mill blacksmiths, and others like them, the world over. Linking 19th century trade […]
23 January 2025 – 23 January 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”.
26 January 2025 11:00 am – 26 January 2025 3:00 pm
Discover blacksmithing and metalworking in action and explore this craft here at Bradford Industrial Museum. We have revived the blacksmith’s craft within its original setting and created a working forge. We demonstrate the blacksmithing skills and techniques that would have been used by the mill blacksmiths, and others like them, the world over. Linking 19th century trade […]
29 January 2025 11:00 am – 29 January 2025 3:00 pm
Discover blacksmithing and metalworking in action and explore this craft here at Bradford Industrial Museum. We have revived the blacksmith’s craft within its original setting and created a working forge. We demonstrate the blacksmithing skills and techniques that would have been used by the mill blacksmiths, and others like them, the world over. Linking 19th century trade […]
1 February 2025 11:00 am – 1 February 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”
16 November 2024 – 2 February 2025
Over the last three years Neil Horsley, a local photographer, has been documenting the repurposing of derelict textile mills by inspiring people, who have found creative new uses for such buildings
14 February 2025 10:30 am – 14 February 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”. On every second Friday of the month, you can bring your little ones to Cartwright Hall to explore our art gallery, learn something new, and have a fun time. The session includes […]
19 February 2025 10:30 am – 19 February 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”.
27 February 2025 – 27 February 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”.
1 March 2025 11:00 am – 1 March 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”
2 October 2024 – 2 March 2025
In 2021, Bolling Hall Museum had a popular display in the housebody about Medieval and Early Modern superstitions. Back by popular demand, this display has been revamped for Halloween 2024.
14 March 2025 10:30 am – 14 March 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”. On every second Friday of the month, you can bring your little ones to Cartwright Hall to explore our art gallery, learn something new, and have a fun time. The session includes […]
19 March 2025 10:30 am – 19 March 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”.
22 March 2025 11:00 am – 22 March 2025 3:00 pm
Join us to celebrate the exhibition and take part in pop-up activities led by young people.
27 March 2025 – 27 March 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”.
13 May 2024 10:00 am – 30 March 2025 4:00 pm
Come see the new emotive and vibrant textile installation ‘New Lands – Hidden Hands’ by visual artist and designer Rhian Kempadoo-Millar. The three textile panels, embedded into the burling and mending area in the Weaving Gallery, respond to personal and hidden stories woven into the diaspora of the City which created contemporary Bradford as we […]
5 April 2025 11:00 am – 5 April 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”
11 April 2025 10:30 am – 11 April 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”. On every second Friday of the month, you can bring your little ones to Cartwright Hall to explore our art gallery, learn something new, and have a fun time. The session includes […]
16 April 2025 10:30 am – 16 April 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”.
24 April 2025 – 24 April 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”.
17 January 2025 – 27 April 2025
Calligraphy from the collections of the British Library and Bradford District Museums & Galleries, selected in collaboration with Tasif Khan Community Boxing Academy and artist Razwan Ul-Haq.
3 May 2025 11:00 am – 3 May 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”
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.
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”. On every second Friday of the month, you can bring your little ones to Cartwright Hall to explore our art gallery, learn something new, and have a fun time. The session includes […]
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”.
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”.
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”
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”. On every second Friday of the month, you can bring your little ones to Cartwright Hall to explore our art gallery, learn something new, and have a fun time. The session includes […]
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”.
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”.
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”
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”. On every second Friday of the month, you can bring your little ones to Cartwright Hall to explore our art gallery, learn something new, and have a fun time. The session includes […]
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”.
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”.
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”
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”. On every second Friday of the month, you can bring your little ones to Cartwright Hall to explore our art gallery, learn something new, and have a fun time. The session includes […]
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”.
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”.
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”
12 September 2025 10:30 am – 12 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”. On every second Friday of the month, you can bring your little ones to Cartwright Hall to explore our art gallery, learn something new, and have a fun time. The session includes […]
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.
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”.
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”.
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”
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”. On every second Friday of the month, you can bring your little ones to Cartwright Hall to explore our art gallery, learn something new, and have a fun time. The session includes […]
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”.
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”.
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”
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”. On every second Friday of the month, you can bring your little ones to Cartwright Hall to explore our art gallery, learn something new, and have a fun time. The session includes […]
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”.
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”.
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”
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”. On every second Friday of the month, you can bring your little ones to Cartwright Hall to explore our art gallery, learn something new, and have a fun time. The session includes […]
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”.
Exhibitions
16 November 2024 – 2 February 2025
Over the last three years Neil Horsley, a local photographer, has been documenting the repurposing of derelict textile mills by inspiring people, who have found creative new uses for such buildings
2 October 2024 – 2 March 2025
In 2021, Bolling Hall Museum had a popular display in the housebody about Medieval and Early Modern superstitions. Back by popular demand, this display has been revamped for Halloween 2024.
Past Events
19 December 2024 11:00 am – 19 December 2024 3:00 pm
Join the Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers every Thursday 11am – 3pm in Bradford Industrial Museum.
18 December 2024 10:30 am – 18 December 2024 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”.
14 December 2024 11:00 am – 15 December 2024 3:30 pm
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! We're delighted to be welcoming back the Keighley Lions to help us make Christmas magical, along with range of craft stalls to help you find the perfect Christmas gift...
19 November 2024 – 13 December 2024
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery in Bradford will temporarily close its doors to the public for four weeks to undergo significant facilities improvements in preparation for celebrations for the district’s year as UK City of Culture in 2025.
12 December 2024 11:00 am – 12 December 2024 3:00 pm
Join the Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers every Thursday 11am – 3pm in Bradford Industrial Museum.
8 December 2024 11:00 am – 8 December 2024 3:30 pm
Christmas creativity with the museum young ambassadors. Celebrate the 2024 BMG Young Ambassador cohort as their year comes to an end.
7 December 2024 11:00 am – 8 December 2024 3:30 pm
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! We're delighted to be welcoming back the Keighley Lions to help us make Christmas magical.
8 December 2024 11:00 am – 8 December 2024 3:30 pm
Join Mrs Tempest at the Royalist outpost of Bolling Hall Museum
8 December 2024 – 8 December 2024
Join us for a clay Christmas Bauble making workshop with artist Jessica Swift.
7 December 2024 11:00 am – 7 December 2024 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”
7 December 2024 – 7 December 2024
Join our fantastic Rag Wreath Making workshop at Cliffe Castle Museum on Saturday 7th December and create your very own stunning wreath to take home
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