Friends of Bradford Art Galleries & Museums

Supporting Bradford District Museums and Galleries

(Photo shown: Bradford Industrial Museum)

FoBAGaM encourages, promotes and advances the education of the public (within the area of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council) in the appreciation of history, culture, art, science, technology and architecture, with particular reference to the activities of public museums and galleries.

The museums we support:

Cartwright Hall

Cartwright Hall Gallery,
Lister Park, BD9 4NS

A permanent collection of paintings and many temporary exhibitions

Bradford Industrial Museum

Bradford Industrial Museum,
Moorside Mills, Moorside Rd,  BD2 3HP

Steam engines, transport, printing, and textiles.

Cliffe Castle

Cliffe Castle Museum,
Spring Gardens Lane, Keighley, BD20 6LH

Furnished Victorian rooms, minerals, archaeology and stained glass displays

Bolling Hall Museum

Bolling Hall Museum,
Bowling Hall Rd,              BD4 7LP

A distinguished multi-period house with historic collections

You can read about all these venues and forthcoming exhibitions at:

https://bradfordmuseums.org/

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Meet the artists

Sunday 26 November was a big day for Cartwright Hall, another big day I should say remembering the launch of the Hockney Gallery and the Splendours of the Subcontinent. This time it was Cupola: a Circus Installation and Decades of Delight: 250 Years of Circus. While...

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Charmaine Watkiss

Two works by contemporary artist Charmaine Watkiss have recently been added to the collection at Cartwright Hall. These are ‘We Are Here’ and ‘The Knowledge Keeper’: FoBAGaM were able to assist with their acquisition. On 10 November the artist visited Bradford and we...

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Robert Fuller Gallery and Sledmere Visit, Thursday 15th September

This was the first FoBAGaM coach trip since the pandemic and was a very worthwhile one! The group of 25 chatted happily as we travelled to the Robert Fuller gallery located in the beautiful Yorkshire Wolds. The small gallery is light and airy. Welcomed by a coffee we...

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