Museum's record was once 3,000 visitors in a year - now it's on track to hit over 40k
During its years in an upper floor space in Bradford city centre, The Peace Museum attracted a maximum of 3,000 visitors a year.
The unique museum moved to Salts Mill in Saltaire last summer and is now on track to hit the 40,000 mark.
A Peace Picnic will be held in Saltaire on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the move.
The only museum of its kind in the UK, The Peace Museum used to be based at Piece Hall Yard in Bradford.
But in 2019 it was decided the space, only accessible by a 60-step staircase and with an awkward layout, was no longer suitable.
There was also very little space to store or display the museum's large collection, which includes numerous large banners.
In 2020, museum trustees launched a CrowdFunder campaign to support plans to move to a bigger and more suitable premises.
After the fundraising proved to be a success, it was announced that the museum would move into unused space in Salts Mill in the heart of the World Heritage Site of Saltaire.
In 2023, The Peace Museum received a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of £245,651 towards the move and also was awarded £150,000 from Bradford 2025's Cultural Capital Fund.
The move included transporting the museum's 16,000-object collection to new stores.
The Peace Museum (Image: T&A)
The Peace Museum reopened in August 2024, with a newly developed permanent exhibition, education facilities and a shop in its new space.
A statement from the museum said: 'The move has had an incredibly positive impact onto The Peace Museum's work and engagement.
'Opening in these new premises created many more opportunities for visitors, researchers, and community groups to explore the diverse range of stories told by the collection.
'The Peace Museum is on course to hit 40,000 visitors on its anniversary weekend.
'This is a massive increase in comparison to its previous site in Piece Hall Yard, where the busiest year on record was 3,000 visitors.
'This increase in visitors means that more people than ever before are engaging with this important collection and the histories of peace campaigns.
'This has also led to an increase in people seeking to donate their objects to the museum's collection. The museum has recently welcomed 12 new collection volunteers to help accession the backlog of new donations.'
Saturday's Peace Picnic runs from 11am until 2pm in Roberts Park. There will also be family activities in the museum.
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