Collection: Bankfield Museum

Collection-level records:

• Collection overview (Cornucopia)

  Ancient Egyptian Collection

  The museum holds 55 ancient Egyptian objects. Substantial collections of ancient Egyptian material once existed at Bankfield, but these have now been largely dispersed and their present whereabouts is not known. Classes of objects currently represented in the collection include: pottery; textiles; tools (mainly spindle whorls). Some objects come from the following location in Egypt (with the name of the excavator/sponsor and year of excavation given): Beni Hasan (Garstang with Liverpool University, 1903-1904).

  Subjects

  Antiquities; Ancient civilizations; Antiquity; Archaeological sites; Archaeological objects; Egyptology; Archaeological excavations

  Fine Art Collection

  Bankfield originally only acquired local material, but from 1925 collected national and international works; It remains mainly local in character.

  Subjects

  Fine Art

  Personalia Collection

  Related to the life and contribution of notable local Calderdale people in particular the owners of Bankfield (Akroyd) and Shibden Hall (Lister), but also Crossley family and Edith Durham.

  Subjects

  Personalia

  Archives Collection

  Ranges from building plans and maps to advertisements and books, but all relate to objects in the collections.

  Subjects

  Archives

  Numismatics Collection

  Calderdale firms and retailers tokens and coins in particular the Cragg Vale coiners.

  Subjects

  Numismatics

  Social History Collection

  Militaria relating to local people and warfare by service and domestic conditions and locally raised forces, but excluding objects held on behalf of The Duke of Wellington’s Regimental Museum.

  Subjects

  Social History

  Costume and Textile Collection

  Edith Durham costumes from the Balkans George Collection of Burmese material and cloths. Commissioned rugs 4000 costumes mainly British and women’s ranging from c1745 to the present with the bulk between 1840 and 1960. There is a small but important court/ceremonial collection. Small, 250, ethnographic costume collection from Eastern Europe, Middle and Far East including the Edith Durham costumes from the Balkans and the George Collection of Burmese material and cloths. 4100 pieces of textile ranging from 18th century English samplers, Crossley mosaics, 1950s printed cloths to 4th century Coptic fragments, Shoowa cloths, Fante Flags, Chinese silks and Balkan embroidery.

  Subjects

  Costume and Textile

  Source: Cornucopia

  Date: Not known, but before 2015

  Licence: CC BY-NC