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.
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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 videogame 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.
Expression Lab celebrates 40 years of Aardman
For October half term 2016, the museum’s In Your Face exhibition joins forces with Aardman to celebrate the studio’s 40th anniversary.
New Trans Pennine scheme to inspire the scientists of the future
A new partnership will deliver thousands of visits from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) ambassadors into schools across the North.
