Bradford Heritage Festival 11-13 July
Find out about the first Bradford Heritage Festival. Events all across Bradford and district 11 to 13 July.
News items and stories about events, people, buildings, and other issues related to the village of Saltaire
Find out about the first Bradford Heritage Festival. Events all across Bradford and district 11 to 13 July.
Signup for a free history-themed tour of the World Heritage village of Saltaire on Saturday 12 July.
There are alpacas all over Saltaire, carved in stone, wood and metal and sometimes even visiting for real. Our new online exhibition Alpaca wool: From the… Read More »Alpacas everywhere in our new exhibition
We have made several important changes to our website aimed at improving accessibility – mainly for disabled people, those who are neurodiverse and where English… Read More »Helping to break down barriers to accessibility
Now available: audio stories of Saltaire We have just added a brand new feature to our website – five stories from the history of Saltaire… Read More »Listen to stories of Saltaire
Come along on National Heritage Open Day, Saturday 14 September, for a free tour of the magnificent Victoria Hall in the World Heritage Site of… Read More »National Heritage Open Day: Victoria Hall
Community, Arts, Heritage and Future Technology Building: Summary of key facts, July 2024 For anyone concerned about the proposed new Community, Arts, Heritage and Future… Read More »Community Building: key facts
…and other new accessions We have recently received some wonderful new items for the Collection. They can now be seen in our online catalogue. We have… Read More »Samurai in Saltaire…
Thank you to Bradford Through The Lens for working with Maggie from the Saltaire Collection to produce a fascinating film about one of the Saltaire tunnels and the history of the Exhibition Building.
The Saltaire Collection has been working hard to produce some story boards telling the story of Salts Mill. The boards are on display in Shipley… Read More »New heritage story boards
Come and have a look inside Shipley College’s Salt Building – originally the first purpose-built school in Saltaire. As part of Saltaire Festival, and Heritage Open Days,… Read More »See inside the Salt Building
Sir Titus Salt’s Hospital was opened in September 1868 and provided crucial medical help many decades before the foundation of the National Health Service.