Bradford Industrial Museum Activities
All activities are free and suitable for all ages unless otherwise stated. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Also we have drawing tables situated here, so you can pick up a pencil and create your own work. For more details please contact Dan Willoughby on (01274) 435865.
Family Activities
Sunday 4th & Bank holiday Monday 5th May
A Grand Day Out
Bradford Industrial Museum Comes Alive. Annie Ambler, maid of all work, will be working hard in the manager’s house whilst the looms and machines rattle to life in the mill building. Downstairs in the print workshop our resident Victorian printers work through the day. Visit the back to back houses and meet the WWII Home Guard who will be occupying No. 23. Next door at No, 29 a family will be settle down to watch the 1953 Coronation. It’s wash day at No 19 and a family arrive at No 21 to explore their home of 1875. Step back in time with a ride on board a classic Bradford City Transport Bus, take a ride on a horse drawn wagon and see the last ever Bradford Trolley Bus which was the last to run in the UK . Visit our resident printers and see them at work. Entertainment from traditional Morris dancers and street games.
Thursday 29 May
Wash Day Blues 11am - 3pm
Step back in time and experience wash days of the past in our period back to back cottage.
Thursday 24 July
‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ 7pm
Evening Performance. Foolsgold Theatre Company bring their dynamic and exciting outdoor walkabout production of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ to Bradford Industrial Museum. The production is an explosive, entertaining and comic mixture of Lewis Carroll’s characters, weird science and the modern world and is suitable for all ages. Just bring something to sit on and lots of suntan lotion if last summer was anything to go by!
Thursday 31st July & Thursday 28th August
Moving Pictures 11am - 3pm
Be inspired by our collection of Zoetrope’s & Stereoscopes, and create your own moving picture flipbooks.
Thursday 7 and 21 August
Illusions in Colour 11am - 3pm
Have fun and join our science based activities and discover the magic of colour!
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Thursday 14 August
It’s Just an Illusion 11am - 3pm
Come along and have a go at our mind blowing picture puzzles and illusions.
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Wednesdays
The Printing Gallery
A representation of a busy Victorian general printing office. All the machines are authentic and have been carefully restored to full working order by a team of dedicated volunteers. Compare this to the fully restored mid twentieth century printing office, again all the machines and fittings are authentic and have been restored to full working order. Each Wednesday throughout the year the volunteers are on hand to demonstrate and explain the craft of letterpress printing. Each visitor is given a souvenir bookmark, type set and printed on the premises.
