What was on

An online exclusive exhibition of conceptual photographs by Ted Humble-Smith.

This online exhibition showed how digital innovations are helping pathologists diagnose disease.

See Jude Palmer’s photographs of award-winning innovations and achievements from engineers fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.

Explore and play with sound online—try out digital experiments that will help you discover our collection of sound technologies.

To help keep everyone safe and maintain social distancing, in 2020 we brought all the fun of Bradford Science Festival to you at home!

2021 saw our fantastic programme moving online for the first time, bringing gaming inspiration to you at home!

This exhibition uncovered how Robert Paul, the forgotten pioneer of cinematography, invented British cinema.

This fun family experience featured live demos, new experiments and fantastic adventures in the science of light and sound.

This interdisciplinary conference explored the relationships between sound instruments and sonic cultures.

This year’s Theatrical Cut format saw a slightly shorter festival—but one still filled with big, bold cinema experiences, 70mm screenings, Cinerama and cult classics.

The festival of videogames returned for a fourth fantastic year, with special guests, family fun and lots of ways to learn.

We celebrated the tenth anniversary of Bradford’s UNESCO City of Film status with this display of photographs.

A mesmerising journey through the incredible sights and sounds of space.

The 2019 festival was packed with ways to celebrate big-screen magic—from Robert Wise and Doris Day to Blade and Black Panther.

The stars are closer than you might think... This display showcased incredible photographs of space, all taken here in West Yorkshire.