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 Gallery,
Lister Park, BD9 4NS
A permanent collection of paintings and many temporary exhibitions
Bradford Industrial Museum,
Moorside Mills, Moorside Rd, BD2 3HP
Steam engines, transport, printing, and textiles.
Cliffe Castle Museum,
Spring Gardens Lane, Keighley, BD20 6LH
Furnished Victorian rooms, minerals, archaeology and stained glass displays
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:
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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...
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...
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...