Sights in Bradford
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Salts Mill
Saltaire, a Victorian-era landmark and UNESCO World Heritage site, was an industrial village purpose-built in 1851 by philanthropic wool baron and teetotaller Titus Salt. The village's factory is now Salts Mill, a splendidly bright and airy cathedral-like building where the main draw is a permanent exhibition of work by Bradford-born artist David Hockney.
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National Media Museum
Five fab, exhibit-packed floors in Bradford's top attraction tell the story of photography, film, television, radio and the web from 19th-century cameras and early animation to digital technology and the psychology of advertising. There's lots of hands-on stuff too: you can film yourself in a bedroom scene or play at being a TV newsreader. The IMAX screen shows the usual in-your-face nature films and space documentaries; regular films are also screened.
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SDC Colour Museum
The oft-overlooked SDC Colour Museum, run by the Society of Dyers and Colourists, is a little gem, just a 10-minute walk from the centre. It tells the story of Bradford's wool-dying trade, and has a fascinating section on how our eyes perceive colour, including a display contrasting the visual sense of different species (what's blue to you isn't blue to Fido).
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Bradford Industrial Museum
Bradford Industrial Museum, 3 miles out of the centre, gives a hint of what a Yorkshire textile spinning mill was like at the peak of the Industrial Revolution. Other exhibits include various steam engines (sometimes working), transport from the last 100 years, and a horse-drawn tram to give a quick 'step back in history' round the car park.
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