Welcome to The Peace Museum website
The Peace Museum explores the events and history of people and organisations that have worked to promote peace, non-violence and conflict resolution. It is the only museum in the UK dedicated to the collection, conservation, and interpretation of material relating to the history and development of peace, nonviolence and conflict resolution. Through exhibitions and learning [...]
Heritage Open Days 2010
The Peace Museum welcomes visitors for Heritage Open Days 2010 on Friday, 10 September from 11-3 pm. Come for a visit and discover the museum’s unique collection of peace artefacts and learn more about how the museum documents and interprets peace history from the museum’s curator, Julie Obermeyer. Explore the museum’s sizeable collection of peace [...]
The Peace Museum gains national quality standard
We are very proud to announce that The Peace Museum has been awarded full status as an Accredited Museum by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). The MLA’s Museum Accreditation Scheme sets nationally agreed standards for all museums in the UK. The Peace Museum’s award proves that it measures up, meeting the guidelines on [...]
Vaulting Ambitions: Peace and Sport
The Peace Museum aims to make a unique contribution to the London 2012 by exploring the historical and contemporary connections between sport and peace. Taking place in Yorkshire and London and involving dynamic partnerships, Vaulting Ambitions will explore the wealth of heritage relating to sport, peace and conflict resolution and its relevance to the 21st [...]
“Campaign! Make an Impact” project a great success
For the past six months (December 2009 to June 2010) The Peace Museum has been working with Year 8 students from Bradford Academy on an innovative project called Campaign! Make an Impact. Campaign! Make an Impact is a cross-curricular programme that uses history to inspire young people into active citizenship. It is a national programme [...]
Farewell to Arms?
Created in conjunction with the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, the ‘Farewell to Arms?’ exhibition focuses on the idea of conversion – from war to peace, from weapons and armour to useful tools or symbolic images.
Peace Timeline (700 BC – 2100 AD)
A timeline that contrasts peace events with world events throughout time.
What's in our collection?
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badges
Banners
baskets
conscientious objectors
drawings
Exhibitions
jewellery
Letters
newspapers
Oral history
paintings
photographs
Plates
Postcards
posters
T-shirts
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Images from the museum
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