Large format Polaroid photographs—some more than 2m high and 1m wide—were made in an instant but offer a challenge when it comes to long-term preservation.
Get a glimpse behind the scenes of the museum, see hidden treasures from our amazing collection and hear the inside story from our curators, archivists and special guests.
Touring Exhibitions Coordinator Sarah Hanson follows Only in England as the exhibition tours to the Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury.
Among the more disturbing objects to be found in our collection stores is this pair of distinctive animatronic gorilla heads…
Dame Mary Archer, Chairman of our Board of Trustees, writes about what’s next for the museum.
Museum director Jo Quinton-Tulloch writes about the museum’s importance to Bradford and our plans for the future.
Behind the scenes of artists-in-residence Martha Jurksaitis and Christian Hardy’s research trip to Iceland.
We commissioned Liz West to create a brand new piece for our Light Fantastic exhibition. As she was preparing the immersive experience of light and infinity mirrors, we managed to grab a quick 5 minutes with Liz to chat about her practice.
Jamie Sefton looks ahead to the some of the gaming highlights for BAF 2014, including a very special talk from Colin Graham, Animation Director of bestselling action-adventure game Watch_Dogs.
Jack Hynes, Camera Assistant for Ammonite Films, explains how big a camera you’d need to film the smallest of insects.
Magnum Photographer David Hurn writes about his recent visit to our archives.
Press officer Emily Philippou reports on the launch of our Moving Stories exhibition, including some very special guests.
Colin recently visited Vienna to bring back photographs by Roger Fenton that we’d loaned to the Leopold Museum for their ‘Clouds: Fleeting Worlds’ exhibition.