Visitors to Bankfield Museum in Halifax will benefit from new exhibitions, improved access and a new multi-use space for community groups, after Calderdale Council secured £120,000 from the Arts Council England Museum Resilience Fund. The Council will use the funding in a variety of ways to attract a wider range of visitors from all backgrounds;… read more … about Funding boost for Bankfield Museum>>
It may just be the start of the summer holidays, but ‘winter is coming’ to Bankfield Museum this week, as a giant White Walker from the television series Game of Thrones will be displayed from Saturday 30 July. The Hardhome Embroidery, featuring a thirteen feet high White Walker, was originally created for the television network… read more … about Winter is coming: Game of Thrones White Walker comes to Halifax>>
Budding archaeologists can learn the secrets of Halifax’s past at a special summer event for children at Halifax Central Library. The Archaeological Adventure tells the story of the recent dig in the Square Church graveyard. Before building work could start on the new Central Library and Archive, the burial ground at Square Church had to… read more … about Join us on an Archaeological Adventure!>>
Calderdale Council is inviting local people to say thank you to members of our Armed Forces, past and present, for the service they give to this country, at a flag raising ceremony on Monday 20 June to mark the start of Armed Forces Week 2016. The event will see the Armed Forces flag raised above… read more … about Celebrating Calderdale’s Armed Forces community>>
The Industrial Museum in Halifax will now be operated by Calderdale Industrial Museum Association (CIMA), after Calderdale Council handed over the keys at a ceremony on Wednesday 25 May 2016. Dozens of people gathered at the Industrial Museum to see the Mayor of Calderdale, Cllr Howard Blagbrough, pass a golden key to the Chair of… read more … about Major step forward for Calderdale Industrial Museum>>
Calderdale Council has unveiled plans to celebrate this year’s bicentenary of the birth of world-renowned author, Charlotte Brontë. Novelist and Brontë enthusiast Tracy Chevalier, who wrote Girl with a Pearl Earring, has created a new exhibition for Bankfield Museum in Halifax, in conjunction with the Quilters’ Guild and the Brontë Society. Splendid Shreds of Silk… read more … about Bringing the Brontës to Calderdale>>
Repair works to make Calderdale Industrial Museum safe and watertight will be considered by Calderdale Council’s Cabinet on Monday 7 March. This follows continued work with the Calderdale Industrial Museum Association (CIMA) to find a way to enhance access to the important collection. The museum’s walls have deteriorated over time, and work started last year… read more … about Next steps for Calderdale Industrial Museum>>
Visitors to Bankfield Museum in Halifax will soon be able to see some of the ‘Lost Houses of the South Pennines’, as part of a new exhibition opening on Saturday 23 January. The free exhibition features local artist, Kate Lycett, and her artworks exploring lost houses of the region. Drawing upon plans, photographs and written accounts,… read more … about Exhibition explores ‘Lost Houses’>>
Visitors to Smith Art Gallery in Brighouse are in for some fiery fun, as a new family exhibition exploring fearsome, ferocious and friendly dragons through the ages (in all their shapes and sizes) opens on Saturday 5 December. This free exhibition features original artworks by local illustrator and author Chris Mould. Following his successful ‘Pirates!’… read more … about Dragons arrive in Brighouse>>
