Easter Children’s Activities

We hope everyone is staying safe and has an enjoyable Easter weekend. Our education team has made some easy Easter themed activities for kids. You can download them below by clicking the links in the titles.

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Remembering Srebrenica 2021

This year, The Peace Museum participated in an event commemorating the Srebrenica massacre in Bradford city centre, in which organisations from across West Yorkshire and Kirklees decorated flower boxes with messages of remembrance and hope.
Conscientious Objectors Day Blog 2021 - Autograph Book from Wakefield Work Centre

A blog post for Conscientious Objectors' Day 2021 exploring one of the museum's new acquisitions: an autograph book signed by conscientious objectors at Wakefield Work House during the First World War.
We're preparing to move premises!

Thanks to the support of the public, we’ve raised enough money to start looking for a new site to house our collections, exhibitions and educational work.
AIM Tackling Inequality Hallmarks Grant Award

Exciting news for the museum as we have been successful with our bid for the AIM Tackling Inequality Hallmarks Grant Award.

Peace OUT- Show and Tell Event

As part of Peace OUT our project exploring LGBTQ+ activism and peace, we’re held an online Show + Tell event to celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month in Bradford- February 2021
Objects on Loan

Did you know our collection goes on loan to other museums?
The Peace Museum Creative Challenge #PMCreativeChallenge

We teamed up with Bradford artist and facilitator Nancy Haslam-Chance and each week during lock down we shared a #StayHome activity based on objects from our collection with #PMCreativeChallenge.
Travelling Exhibitions

The Peace Museum has seven travelling exhibitions that are available for loan by an organisation/individual for the purposes of a short-term display. We do not charge for this service; however the borrower must cover postage and packaging costs. In addition, as the Museum is a charity, a donation which would cover staff time in arranging the loan would be most welcomed.
Children’s Activities
Pride Children’s Activities
War and Peace: Researching how sensitive issues are approached in museum learning

A joint research project with Royal Armouries, supported by GEM.
A Women’s March Through Time – IWD 2020

We have partnered with Remembering Resistance to create A Woman’s March Through Time – a chronicle of the story of women’s resistance through virtual reality.
The Eye as Witness: Recording the Holocaust

2020 Exhibition: The Eye as Witness: Recording the Holocaust, from National Holocaust Centre and Museum and University of Nottingham, examines the photographs taken during the Holocaust and asks the question; through who’s eyes are we seeing the past?
Over the Fence... to the other side of the world

In 2019 the museum hosted the exhibition 'Over the Fence... to the other side of the world' which explored the untold stories of Britain’s nuclear test veterans.

Black Lives Matter

For many, the urgency of the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the need for immediate change to protect black lives has meant a willingness to go out and protest, despite the lockdown measures.
The Rainbow: Peace, Equality and the NHS

In this section we explore the use of the rainbow as a peace symbol, an LGBTQ+ pride flag and the implications of it's use during the coronavirus pandemic.
Chernobyl - A Nuclear Disaster

The events of 26th April 1986 have had a renewed interest since the release of HBO’s television series, examining the aftermath of the nuclear disaster. Millions across the world have watched the series. Tourism has increased to the region. Has Chernobyl renewed the debate around nuclear power? Emilia Bazydlo examines the event and how it influences our lives today.
Special Blog – Treaty of Versailles Clause 246: The Tale of a Tanzanian Skull

This 2019 Special Blog –looks at the Treaty of Versailles Clause 246: The Tale of a Tanzanian Skull.
About us

The Peace Museum explores the history and the often untold stories of peace, peacemakers, social reform and peace movements. It occupies three small galleries in one of Bradford’s many fine Victorian buildings. It is unique in that it is the only accredited museum of its kind in the UK.
Our Collection

Find out about our collection.
The Environmental Impact of Covid-19

We explore the idea that out of lockdown comes opportunity – will governments forge a new, greener society?
School Programme
International Day of Peace Special Blog

For International Day of Peace 2015 read this special blog all about the event.
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and Women’s rights

For the 100th Anniversary of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and Women’s rights read about some objects from our collection that link to WILPF.