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Routed at Experience Barnsley, Barnsley Town Hall 23rd October 2021 – 26th March 2022
“beautiful, and funny, and heart-warming” The Routed exhibition is currently at Experience Barnsley, and celebrates people, places and memories associated with Barnsley town centre, through writing, illustration, objects, poetry, photography, music and sculpture. This vibrant exhibition presents heritage using contemporary … Continue reading
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Little Amal visits Wentworth Castle Gardens
Little Amal is a 3.5 metre-tall puppet of a young Syrian refugee child, at the heart of ‘The Walk’. Over the summer and autumn of 2021, she walked over 8,000km across Turkey, Greece, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, the UK and Barnsley to … Continue reading
New Developments at Worsbrough Mill
Have you been to the new shop and visitor space at Worsbrough Mill yet? Earlier this year the Mill received a grant from the Culture Recovery Fund which has made important developments to the site possible. The money was used … Continue reading
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Forthcoming events at Elsecar Heritage Centre
It’s lovely to have events in full swing at Elsecar Heritage Centre again and here are details of what’s coming up in the next few weeks. SUPPA CLUB Barnsley’s dedicated street food, craft beer and live music event where you … Continue reading
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Worsbrough Young Volunteers
Whilst volunteering has seen its ups and downs over the last 18 months, one of the definite ups has to be welcoming back our award-winning Youth Action at Worsbrough Mill volunteers this month. Raring to go as always, the group … Continue reading
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Halloween activities at half term
We can hardly believe it is almost half term already! Barnsley Museums have plenty of activities to keep the little – and not so little – ones entertained during the school holidays. Download the Halloween leaflet here:
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Museum of the Year Awards 2021
We had all our fingers crossed on the evening of the 21st September, hopeful that our friends at Experience Barnsley would win this prestigious national award. Sadly, it was not to be, but we are immensely proud that their achievement … Continue reading
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Help Cannon Hall Gardens Grow
If you have visited the walled garden at Cannon Hall recently, you may have spotted our beautiful new celebration tree sculpture. The tree is designed to help people to remember special times or to mark one of life’s major milestones. … Continue reading
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Barnsley to host exhibition by world-famous artists
Drawings by some of the world’s most famous artists have arrived in Barnsley as part of a major British Museum touring exhibition. The town’s Cooper Gallery is hosting works by Tracey Emin, David Hockney, Grayson Perry, Anish Kapoor, Bridget Riley … Continue reading
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Elsecar archaeological project wins national award
An innovative archaeology project ‘Digging the Earl’s Great Engine’, led by Barnsley Museums at Elsecar Heritage Centre, has won a prestigious national award from the Association of Industrial Archaeology (AIA) for its creative community engagement. This year it was judged … Continue reading
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