The Peace Museum’s interactive workshop entitled “What’s the message?” involved particpants in exploring the theme of poverty using artefacts from the museum’s collection.  Examing historical campaign material (posters, T-shirts, banners), students saw how people in times past campaigned against poverty.  Students donned protective gloves and got to handle the artefacts.  Participants were especially interested to handle the museum’s large banner entitled “It’s Us or Them” which has on one side images of how the world would look if people choose peaceful options, and on the other side, images of how the world would look if people make only violent, destructive choices.  Participants then had the opportunity to design their own campaign material relating to poverty (see above right photo showing participants creating their own campaign posters).

In addtion to runnning a workshop, the museum’s Nobel Exhibition was on display throughout the conference and participating schools have subsequently expressed interest in borrowing this exhibition.

PeaceJam UK is part of an international education programme led by Nobel Peace Prize winners which started in the USA over ten years ago and now operates in nine other countries worldwide.  Bradford is the only European city to host this unique event.  PeaceJam aims to inspire young people to be active citizens and peacemakers and helps them choose non-violent solutions to their issues and problems, whist offering them alternative, positive role-models.

The Kokeshi Exhibition uniquely involves using pupils as guides.  These specially trained youth interpreters, or ‘Kokeshi Ambassadors’, will guide school groups through the exhibition.  Education Bradford first tried this model of training youth to be ambassadors to act as exhibition guides with the run of the Anne Frank + You exhibition at Cartwright Hall and Art Gallery in Bradford in 2009.  At that time over 50 ‘Anne Frank Young Ambassadors’ were trained.  These Ambassadors have gone on to peer educate other primary and secondary school pupils, passing on their skills and knowledge to others who have now taken on the role of Bradford’s ‘Kokeshi Ambassadors’.

The Kokeshi Exhibition features a multi media big picture show, children’s art work and posters based on materials donated to Education Bradford by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and banners and panels on loan from The Peace Museum, Bradford.  The exhibition was curated by staff from Education Bradford’s Diversity and Cohesion Service as part of a wider community cohesion initiative.

The exhibition runs from 8-26 March at the Yorkshire Craft Centre at BradfordCollege.  The gallery is open from 10.30 am until 4 pm, Monday to Friday.

Length and size: 13 A3-sized panels, with accompanying colour illustrations.

If you are interested in borrowing this exhibition please contact us for more details.

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Peace Timeline

Length and size: 13 A3-sized panels plus an accompanying booklet.

If you are interested in borrowing this exhibition please contact us for more details.

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The round table brought together artists, curators, peace activists and researchers in a lively and insightful exploration of the themes and interests at the heart of two exhibitions, The Human Cost of War, an exhibition of quilts and arpilleras curated by Roberta Bacic and recently on display at Imperial War Museum and St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace in London and The Nature of The Beast exhibition curated by Goshka Macuga at Whitechapel Gallery.

The discussion made links between past and present conflicts with reference to the Spanish Civil War and took place before a life-size tapestry of Picasso’s Guernica on loan from the UN.  Movement for the Abolition of War (MAW) organised the round table and other events associated with the Human Cost of War exhibition.

The museum has a wide range of resource material available to help supplement most of its travelling exhibitions. Material is ideal for teachers and group organisers who may wish to run activities in conjunction with an exhibition.

Download material from the exhibitions pages in this section or request a hard copy from the museum on 01274 434009.

Travelling Exhibitions

The Peace Museum also has available thought-provoking exhibitions for borrrowing. These colourful, engaging exhibitions explore peace-related themes and are designed to be easy for individuals and organisations to borrow and set up in their own spaces. They are deal for schools, community and civic organisations.

All travelling exhibitions (excepting ‘The A-Bomb and Humanity’ exhibition) consist of laminated full-colour panels with text and illustrations.  Wall fastening can be by Blu-tak or Velcro and only takes a few minutes to put up.  Display stands are not included.

Exhibitions are mailed to the borrower in one box (which can be handled easily by one person and transported in a car).  There is no cost to borrow the exhibitions, but we do charge for the cost of mailing, which includes insurance. If borrowers can pick up the exhibitions from Bradford, there would be no mailing cost

Travelling Exhibitions include:

A Nonviolent Response to Terrorism?

A Vision Shared: Art from the History of the Peace Movement

Champions of Peace: Nobel’s Peace Prize – The First 100 Years

Leeds: City for Peace

My Country is The World: Women Peacemakers

Peace of Yorkshire (to be available spring 2010)

Peace Time Line (700 BC – 2100 AD)

Such a Journey: Bradford Peace Stories

The A-Bomb and Humanity

Borrow an Exhibition

Step 1: Contact the museum to check on availability and to make a booking:
Tel: +44(0)1274 434009
E-mail: peacemuseum@bradford.gov.uk

Step 2: Loan agreement forms
Once you have checked availability, book an exhibition by filling out a loan agreement form and returning to the museum.

Feedback for Exhibitions

We appreciate feedback from those who have displayed or seen Peace Museum exhibitions.  You can also leave personal comments on this website under the individually-listed exhibitions.  Thank you!

Audiences say:

“I didn’t know about any of this before.” (‘A Vision Shared’ exhibition)

“Wonderful, inspiring.” (‘Women Peacemakers’ exhibition)

“Extremely informative” (‘Nobel’ exhibition)

“Made the children think about their own conflicts in the playground.” (‘A Vision Shared’ exhibition)

“I’d never thought about the innocent people, just the heroes – never forget this.” (‘The A-Bomb and Humanity’ exhibition)

“High quality display with a clear message. Comprehensive.” (‘A Vision Shared’ exhibition)

“Enjoyed the exhibition and found the stories interesting.” (‘Such a Journey’ exhibition)

“Don’t take it down yet!” (‘Women Peacemakers’ exhibition)

Permanent exhibitions

The Peace Museum’s unique exhibitions explore peace history as well as contemporary issues and approaches to making the world a better place in which to live.  See the Museum’s unique artefacts on display in its three main galleries by visiting today.

The Peace Museum’s collection includes badges, banners, baskets, jewellery, letters, newspapers, oral histories, paintings, photographs, plates, postcards, posters, T-shirts and more.

Description: Two photos of Quaker youth peace campers.  One photo shows student peace campers in front of the Friends Meeting House in Long Sutton, August 1938. From 1935-1939 Quaker student peace campers spent weeks in the summer bicycling from town to town in southern England speaking out for peace in public squares and town centres.  Along the way they set up temporary camps where they slept and cooked their meals.

The other photo shows Phillip Bagwell speaking at a meeting in Burford. He holds a one pound note in his hand, explaining that twelve shillings out of every pound goes to pay for war.

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Length and size: 28 A2-sized panels.

If you are interested in borrowing this exhibition please contact us for more details.  Welsh and Japanese translations for all panels available.

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Women Peacemakers Education Notes For Primary Schools

Women Peacemakers Education Notes for Secondary Schools

Women Peacemakers info sheet

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