Moorside Mills, Moorside Road Eccleshill, Bradford, BD2 3HP
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Friday: 10am-4pm
Saturday - Sunday: 11am-4pm
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Moorside Mills was built around 1875 as a small worsted spinning Mill by John Moore. Ownership of the mills changed many times, and they developed and grew. In 1970, Bradford Council bought Moorside Mills from Messrs. W & J Whitehead to create an innovative museum.
Bradford Industrial Museum has permanent displays of textile machinery, steam power, engineering, printing machinery and motor vehicles, along with an exciting exhibitions programme. You can enjoy the splendour of Moorside House where the Mill Manager lived, or visit the Mill-workers’ terraced houses dressed to reflect three different time periods.
Machine running times – subject to availability, please ring before your visit to confirm.
Photography on site is allowed but only for personal use.
For filming enquiries please email natalie.everett@bradford.gov.uk
If you would like to submit an exhibition proposal you can find out more and get in touch here.
Find out everything you need to know before you visit us. Including opening times and how to find us
See what’s on at Bradford Industrial Museum, see all the latest events, galleries & exhibitions available here.
Bradford Museums & Galleries’ Learning Team offer a range of exciting, hands-on, curriculum-linked workshops at Bradford Industrial Museum. Please follow this link to find out more.
This week’s blog post has been written by Liz McIvor, our Curator for Technology & Social History. She writes:
The temporary exhibition, Grafters (3rd December 2016- 5th November 2017) was developed in Partnership between the Bradford born Photographer Ian Beesley, and the People’s History Museum in Manchester, where it was shown in 2016…
Be sure to visit our Moorside House when you visit. Offering a wide range of textile displays.
Would you like to volunteer at Bradford Industrial Museum? Find out more on how to become a volunteer.