Science, Media and Industry Museums in Bradford
In Brief. Bradford hosts the National Science and Media Museum in a large modern building in the city centre, which features engaging hands-on science exhibits and comprehensive spaces on aspects of the media, such as the history of photography, and media technologies and their uses. The Industrial Museum occupies a former mill building, and is more conventional in basing exhibits on important collections of steam engines, textile machinery and motor vehicles. Science and Media Museum What's Here? The National Science and Media Museum is a large, engaging and modern museum. The focus seems to be more on media than science, with a substantial and varied Sound and Vision exhibition across two floors covering a variety of media related topics from hardware to special effects. These include items such as cameras and props, and a wide range of focused areas, for example on sound recording and the Cottingley Fairies . There is also a floor on the history of photography and ...