THE former Costa Coffee space on Kirkgate is to be transformed into an art gallery.

The Peace Museum is to occupy the empty building to showcase temporary exhibitions and events in collaboration with East Street Arts and The Brick Box.

The new space will be opening on Saturday July 7, with the temporary exhibition ‘The Etiquette of the Arms Fair: Ten Years Drawing in Arms Fairs’ by artist and activist, Jill Gibbon.

The opening event will form part of a wider series of celebrations for the Peace Museum’s 20th anniversary.

A new travelling pop-up exhibition ‘Pieces of Peace: A History of Peace in 20 Objects’ is also set to go on display in the new space.

The occupation of the former Costa unit is part of a wider project by East Street Arts and Bradford-based art group, The Brick Box, to revitalise the city centre through coordinating the creative and charitable use of empty buildings.

Entry to the gallery is free.