Programme announced for Bradford Science Festival
City Park, The Broadway and the National Science and Media Museum will host a three-day extravaganza celebrating science in the Bradford district, 14–16 July 2017.
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Dates announced for film and videogame festivals
Dates for the second Yorkshire Games Festival and the next world-renowned Widescreen Weekend have been announced.
UK firsts unveiled in Wonder-ful new £1.8m attraction
A new interactive £1.8m gallery featuring a series of UK firsts and spectacular live experiments has launched at a national museum in Yorkshire.
New gallery, name and spacecraft all set to land at revamped museum
A state-of-the-art £1.8m interactive gallery, a new name, and the arrival of Tim Peake’s spacecraft are among a series of major launches at the museum this year.
Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography to open
Poetics of Light, a major exhibition of pinhole photography, receives its European premiere in Bradford.
Britain in Focus: A Photographic History to open
Britain in Focus: A Photographic History is a major new exhibition exploring the fascinating and remarkable history of British photography.
Hit video game YO-KAI WATCH takes over the museum for half term
This February half term, the hit franchise YO-KAI WATCH takes over the museum for nine days of free family activities.
Museum appoints new Curator of Photography and Photographic Technology
Dr Geoffrey Belknap, a historian of photography, visual culture and Victorian science, has been appointed Curator of Photography and Photographic Technology at the museum.
Wearable tech and acrobats at the next Lates event
Students from Bradford College will be unveiling prototypes of wearable technology at the next Lates event on Thursday 8 December 2016.
Museum exhibition explores life and work of inventor of the photograph
The life, work and inventions of William Henry Fox Talbot, inventor of modern photography, are presented in a major new exhibition.
