Press officer Emily Philippou presents a gallery of our favourite images inspired by the photography of Tom Wood.
When the introduction of cheap snapshot cameras coincided with more leisure time for ordinary folk, they flocked to the seaside to record their sunny memories.
Our photography curators pick their favourite additions to Flickr Commons—and we remind you why joining the Commons is one of the best things we’ve ever done.
The Epsom Derby is a magnet for photographers, drawn by the colour, spectacle, and social mix. Colin Harding gives you a glimpse of the Derby in pictures.
Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation put television on the map. Iain Baird looks at some of the objects in our archive that document that momentous day in TV history.
Brian Liddy looks back at the Museum Exile of 1997—when all the objects in our collection (along with their curators) went on an adventure to Halifax.
IMAX Manager Dick Vaughan reflects on the history of Cinerama at the museum.
Deb Singleton, Director of Bradford Animation Festival, looks back at some of the highlights of the last 20 years of BAF.
Eleanor Macnair, Media Space Press Officer, looks at the Tony Ray-Jones collection and the exhibition that will launch Media Space at the Science Museum.
Even if you’ve never seen it before, it’s likely that ‘Iago’ will feel instantly familiar. Emily shares one of her favourite photographs from our collection.
In our next post about dating your old family photographs, Colin Harding shows you how to identify a ferrotype, more commonly known as a tintype.
New team member Kieron was born in the same year as the museum and—as a Bradford resident—has been lucky enough to grow up with us.