Disused area of Salts Mill in Saltaire to become new home of museum about peace © Salts Mill and New Mill by the Leeds Liverpool Canal

Disused area of Salts Mill in Saltaire to become a new home of one-of-a-kind Peace Museum

The article was originally posted by the Yorkshire Post.

The one-of-a-kind Peace Museum, previously based in Piece Hall Yard in Bradford city centre, will be making the move to Salts Mill in a move that will allow it to show more of its extensive collection.

And the boss of the Grade II listed mill says the museum will bring “something new and very special” to the site.

Announced this morning, the move to Salts Mill is being made possible thanks to a National Lottery Grant of £245,000.

The new space will be in a currently disused part of the Saltaire mill, and will open in summer 2024 – a few months before Bradford begins its 2025 City of Culture year.

The Peace Museum is the only UK museum dedicated to peace, and holds a variety of artefacts linked to the peace movement, from protest banners to letters and posters.

As well as being a museum, it also works with dozens of schools on projects looking at issues such as conscientious objectors and animals used during wars.