Exhibition

Events for July 15, 2026

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today
All Day
The image shows the Mechanics Institute Library with a large table in the middle with seating.

Know Your City!

Bradford Mechanics Institute 76 Kirkgate, Bradford

The Mechanics’ Institute is celebrating 200 years at the centre of life in Bradford. Pupils, teachers, managers and Presidents of the Institute helped turn Bradford into the Wool Capital of […]

Free
The image shows a to scale model of Bradford Cathedral

Modelling the Catherdral

Bradford Cathedral 1 Stott Hill, Bradford

Visitors are invited to discover a beautifully detailed N Scale model of Bradford Cathedral. Explore the building’s architecture – from tower to transept – at a scale that reveals details […]

Free

Photograph of a museum or archive display about mauve dye. In the foreground, a framed portrait of a bearded Victorian man stands beside a small glass bottle labelled “Mauveine,” with strands of deep purple yarn draped around the frame. Soft bundles of wool roving in shades of lilac and purple are arranged on a table. Bookshelves and archival storage materials are visible in the background. The display highlights the history of the synthetic purple dye mauveine and its impact on the textile industry.

From Archive to Aniline: 170 Years of Mauvine

The SDC Textile Collection at the Society of Dyers and Colourists Perkin House Bradford BD1 2LU

Join us at the SDC Textile Collection celebrating 170 years since William Henry Perkin’s discovery of mauvine. Explore historic textiles, chemical innovation, and the birth of synthetic colour, with opportunities […]

Free