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The exhibition will run at Bankfield Museum from today (Tuesday, May 31), to December 24, 2022, and the council is encouraging joint visits to nearby Shibden Hall, Anne Lister’s historic home.
The Gentleman Jack exhibition will open at the Calderdale Council-run Bankfield Museum on Tuesday, May 31, just two days after the end of the second series of Sally Wainwright’s hugely popular ...
Bankfield Museum is free to enter and open Tuesdays to Saturdays and Bank Holidays from 10am to 4pm. Donations to support the collections and exhibitions are welcome.
The shirt famously worn by Colin Firth in the BBC's adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice has been purchased by a West Yorkshire museum. The item, which sold for £25,000 at auction, was ...
Colin Firth's famous white shirt, worn by his character Mr Darcy in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice - fetched £25,000 at auction and will be displayed at Bankfield Museum in Yorkshire.
It was officially opened last week by Mayor of Calderdale, Howard Blagbrough, and Bankfield Museum manager, Richard MacFarlane. A band and the Sowerby Bridge Morris Dancers provided the entertainment.
The project will run from 2014 to 2018 to mirror the conflict of 1914-18. Calderdale Council's Museum Service has received £98,800 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the project.
Bankfield Museum in Halifax is to close a gallery for refurbishment and start research work with local groups. The Great War Gallery will open in 2014 and highlight people's stories and the effect ...