MuseumsRishworth

Have you ever wondered... What happens to the food you eat How sound and music are made What might be hidden in your back garden How other people liveThe answers to these questions and many more will be…
Distance: 5.9 miles away

The National Media Museum is part of the NMSI Museums Group National Museum of Science and Industry which also includes the Science Museum based in London and at Wroughton in Wiltshire, the National Railway Museum based in York and at Shildon in County Durham.We exist to 'Engage, inspire…
Distance: 12.2 miles away

Welcome to the Museum of the Manchester Regiment. The Museum tells the story of the Regiment and its soldiers through 200 years of history, from 1758 until 1958. Follow the Regiment from the colonial wars of the Red Coats in the eighteenth centuries to the Citizens…
Distance: 12.9 miles away

Set in a wonderful Victorian mill owners house, Bankfield has a growing reputation as a centre for textiles and contemporary craft.With its internationally important collection of textiles, weird and wonderful objects from around the world, plus commissions by leading makers and a varied programme of exhibitions and events,…
Distance: 6.4 miles away

Britain's only Colour Museum is located in a converted wool warehouse in the heart of Bradford city centre. The museum contains two galleries, the 'World of Colour,' dedicated to light and colour, and 'Colours and Textiles,' concentrating on fabrics and dyes. Personally, I found the former far more…
Distance: 12.4 miles away

The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway is a delightfully restored 5‐mile branch line which joins the national railway network at Keighley in West Yorkshire, north east of England and runs up the Worth Valley to Haworth and Oxenhope. Steam train services operate every weekend throughout the year and…
Distance: 11.9 miles away

The Bront Parsonage Museum is now open. New features for 2007 include a exhibition on Charlotte Bront and her first biographer Elizabeth Gaskell to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Life of Charlotte Bront. The exhibition features Charlotte Bronte's newly restored going away dress.The Bronts…
Distance: 11.9 miles away

Situated in Haworth, once the home of the Bronte Sisters, the Bronte Weaving Shed offers spectacular shopping experience for the whole family ‐ giving you a genuine taste of the best that Yorkshire has to offer.Admire our impressive water wheel ‐ a reminder of how industry used to…
Distance: 12 miles away

Founded in 1983, the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television quickly became the most visited national museum outside London, attracting approximately 750,000 visitors each year.A part of the National Museum of Science and Industry, the decision to locate the Museum in Bradford was driven by the city's…
Distance: 12.2 miles away

Housed within the restored nineteenth century Ashton Canal Warehouse the museum combines a lively modern interior with a peaceful canal side setting. Portland Basin Museum is an exciting family friendly museum, with something for all the familyStep back in time on our 1920s street, as the sights…
Distance: 13.5 miles away

Imagine taking tea with Charlotte Bronte or watching your first ever TV programme on a screen only nine inches wide. Imagine novels and needlework, bunting and bikers. Welcome to a houseful of history This delightful, red‐brick house, built in 1660, was home to the Taylor family who…
Distance: 12.2 miles away

Situated by the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, and housed in part of the old Victoria Mill, Saddleworth Museum is full of intriguing objects from the past. The Museum tells the story of the people who have created Saddleworth's landscape and character. Visitors can find out about the…
Distance: 8 miles away

The history book of a typical Yorkshire town, Tolson Museum draws a vivid and intriguing picture of Huddersfield and its people, from the prehistoric to the present. Each layer of Huddersfield's past is revealed in its exciting displays. With collections in archaeology, archives, natural sciences, costume and…
Distance: 8.2 miles away