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Bankfield Museum

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Open to the public

Museum or gallery in West Yorkshire

36 artworks

Part of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

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Bankfield Museum was the home of Edward Akroyd, prominent local mill owner, from 1837–1886. The building opened as a museum in 1887.

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Boothtown Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX3 6HG England

museums@calderdale.gov.uk

01422 354823

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http://museums.calderdale.gov.uk/

Artworks

  • A Nymph Discovering an Infant
    A Nymph Discovering an Infant Affortunato Gori (Fortunato Gory) (before 1886–1925)
    Bankfield Museum
  • Alderman James William Davis
    Alderman James William Davis David Watson Stevenson (1842–1904)
    Bankfield Museum
  • Richard Cobden (1804–1865)
    Richard Cobden (1804–1865) Edward William Wyon (1811–1885)
    Bankfield Museum
  • Nubian Slave Girl
    Nubian Slave Girl Antonio Rossetti (1819–after 1889)
    Bankfield Museum
  • William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898)
    William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) Albert Toft (1862–1949)
    Bankfield Museum
  • On the Sea-Shore: a Portrait of Savile Brinton Crossley (1857–1935)
    On the Sea-Shore: a Portrait of Savile Brinton Crossley (1857–1935) Joseph Durham (1814–1877)
    Bankfield Museum
  • Woman with Arms Folded
    Woman with Arms Folded Emma Forster
    Bankfield Museum
  • 29 more

Not every artwork is on display – if you would like to see a particular work, contact the venue before your visit

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council has another 515 artworks

Artists

  • Baron Romilly (1802–1874), Master of the Rolls (1851–1873)
    Joseph Durham (1814–1877)
  • Edward VII (1841–1910)
    Albert Bruce-Joy (1842–1924)
  • The Brontë Sisters
    Jocelyn Horner (1902–1973)
  • Bust of a Young Woman
    Robert Physick (1815–1880)
  • John MacMillan
    David Watson Stevenson (1842–1904)
  • Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859)
    Edward William Wyon (1811–1885)
  • To and From
    Michael Pennie (1936–2019)
  • Simple Growth 2
    Nicky Mamwell
  • R. B. Cunninghame Graham (1852–1936)
    Albert Toft (1862–1949)
  • Peregrine Langton Massingberd (1780–1856)
    Niccolò Bazzanti (1802–1869)
Bankfield Museum is part of

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council artworks can also be found at these venues

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Venues in West Yorkshire

  •
    Abbey House Museum, Leeds Museums and Galleries
  • Armley Mills, Leeds Industrial Museum, Leeds Museums and Galleries
  • Bagshaw Museum
  • Batley Art Gallery
  • Batley Town Hall
  • Beeston Library
  • Bolling Hall
  • Bradford 1 Gallery
  • Bradford Industrial Museum
  • Brontë Parsonage Museum