Science and Media Museum to close for two days

The National Science and Media Museum in Bradford will be temporarily closed to daytime visitors on Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 May as it hosts a major creative industries conference.

Speakers including TV presenter Anita Rani, BBC director general Tim Davie, West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin and UK City of Culture creative director Shanaz Gulzar will address the Creative Cities Convention.

The annual event attracts professionals working in the film, TV and digital industries. Key stakeholders include the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Paramount and Pact.

The museum will reopen to the public on Friday 9 May, with its current exhibitions and galleries.

Jo Quinton-Tulloch, director of the National Science and Media Museum, said: "We're thrilled to be hosting the Creative Cities Convention at the museum whilst Bradford is centre stage as UK City of Culture.

"As the UK's national museum exploring the evolution of screen technologies, we're a place of inspiration for the content creators of today and the future.

"And with Bradford as the world's first Unesco City of Film, where iconic filming locations abound, it's a fitting place to bring the UK's TV, film, and digital industries together."

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the museum's Pictureville cinema will screen BBC documentary Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire to mark the 40th anniversary of the tragedy.

The following evening, it will show The Brontës by Anita Rani: Sisters of Disruption, a Sky Arts documentary exploring the influence of the Brontë sisters.

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