AHI North visit to Bradford

Join AHI North members on a visit to Bradford, still buzzing after its year as City of Culture 2025. We’ll visit new museum galleries at the National Science and Media Museum, discuss heritage interpretation in action, and discover the city’s key buildings on a short walk. And of course spend time with other fabulous interpreters from AHI.

The National Science and Media Museum’s ‘Sound + Vision’ galleries opened last year and explore the past, present and future of media technologies. A member of the curatorial team will give us insights into their development. We will also visit ‘You: Matter’, a very different, sensory digital experience that explores our connections to the Universe. After lunch, we will follow the Bradford City Heritage Trail of the city centre, created with Heritage England for schools and young people.

As always, there will be plenty of opportunities for conversation, discussion and general catch-ups with other AHI members in the North. If you’re new to AHI, or if you’ve not been to an in-person event before, do come along and meet local members. Non-members interested in joining AHI or wondering about coming to our annual conference are also very welcome.

Programme

10.30           Join AHI | North reps in the National Science and Media Museum cafe (ground floor)

11.00           We will be joined by a representative of the museum

11.15           Curator’s introduction and visit to new Sound + Vision galleries

12.45           You:Matter digital experience (£2 admission, payable on the day)

13.15           Lunch time – we’ll head to Wetherspoons across the road on Centenary Square

14.15           City Centre walking trail starting at Centenary Square

15.30           Finish at Bradford Interchange train station

Transport:
We encourage you to travel to this event by public transport, if you can. Direct trains run to Bradford from Leeds (20 mins), Manchester (1 hour), York (1 hour), Newcastle (2 hours) and Liverpool (2 hours) and the station is a short walk from both train stations. Other travel options, including parking information, are available on the NSMM website: https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/visit

Access:
Information about accessibility at the National Science and Media Museum is available on their website: https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/visit/accessibility. The museum building is fully accessible by lift and has accessible toilets. Please let us know anything we can do to enable you to take part in the day, including any adjustments we might make to this event.

Please let us know you are coming by using the Book Now link – last date for booking, Wednesday 18 March at 6pm. If you’ve any queries contact Sue Latimer on suelatimer03@gmail.com.