National Media Museum
The National Media Museum covers seven floors of a city centre building in Bradford. It offers:
Permanent interactive galleries about photography, television and animation – as well as the Magic Factory which explains the basic principles behind those subjects.
Three cinemas including an IMAX theatre showing the latest 3D films, and two other auditoria – Pictureville and Cubby Broccoli – which show films you won'tfind at your local multiplex.
Two special exhibition galleries where we stage a rolling programme of exhibitions from our Collection or elsewhere.
The BBC’s Bradford radio, TV and online studio – a real, working exhibit within the Museum.
A number of areas where learning activities, talks and tours take place.
A research and collections centre where much of our extensive collection is held, and where you can visit for research and study.
Other facilities including Intermission Café, Pictureville Bar and the Museum shop.
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) and the National Railway Museum (based in York, and at Shildon in County Durham).
The Museum's diverse collections encompass some of the best, most significant and important visual material to be found anywhere in the world.
The Museum's extensive collection of photographic technology contains equipment from early photography to current innovative practice. It includes The Kodak Museum Collection: a major collection of equipment which tells the story of popular photography.
GALLERIES:
Kodak Gallery:
Find out about the birth of photography and the development of the camera. Discover what part the Victorians played in making photography so accessible today.
TV Heaven:
Choose from over a thousand programmes and take a trip into the past of TV in your own booth, or book our group viewing room in advance for your class. Encounter some of the original 'stars' of children's TV from days gone by, from Play School's Humpty to Gordon The Gopher.
Animination Gallery:
Learn about how animation works and find out how favourite characters such as Wallace And Gromit are created. Investigate optical illusions using hands-on exhibits.
Magic Factory:
Use exciting hands-on exhibits to appreciate the different ways in which light behaves, discover how a lens works and find out all about reflection and refraction. There's also a Magic Factory website to explore.
VISITORS INFORMATION:
Entry is FREE
Tues - Sun
10.00 - 18.00
Open 7 days a week throughout the school holidays.
Address:
National Media Museum
Bradford,
West Yorkshire,
BD1 1NQ