Author Archives: admin

With support from AIM Connected Communities funding, Barnsley Museum’s Feels Like Home group are having a Food Sharing event at Hope House on Blucher Street on Sat 16th November 2024.   As a response to the social unrest felt in towns … Continue reading →

Explore Christmas past in this gorgeous country house, with its beautiful ballroom, library and dining room all bedecked for Christmas – and the best news is that it is absolutely free to enter!  Whilst there, take a peep at the … Continue reading →

Thinking of having a clear out ahead of Christmas? Or are the kids fed up of their old toys and would like to exchange them for something different and exciting?  Bring along pre-loved toys that your children have grown out … Continue reading →

A colourised drawing depicting England’s worst ever mining disaster has been purchased by the Trust on behalf of Barnsley Archives and Local Studies.   The Oaks disaster happened between the 12th and 13th December 1866. A series of explosions caused by … Continue reading →

As part of Fusion’s Festival of Joy, Barnsley Museums will be handing over the keys to Cannon Hall (temporarily!) to Carlton Primary School’s Year 5 class as they take over the site for Kids in Museums Takeover Day.  For Friday … Continue reading →

Barnsley’s dazzling Bright Nights Festival returns to the town centre this November with two nights of free family entertainment.  The fun starts from 5pm on Friday 22 November with “The Barnsley Carol”.  The frontage of Cineworld will be transformed with … Continue reading →

Sam Sherborne is an artist blacksmith and the winner of the prestigious South Yorkshire wide open art competition, The Cooper Prize.   Sam previously taught art and design technology to young people, but now works from his forge in a converted … Continue reading →

Last year, Barnsley Museums found a Christmas carol, published in the Barnsley Chronicle in 1933, by Arthur Godfrey a Barnsley bottle maker. The discovery was made in the Archives Discovery Centre while researching the opening of the town hall in December … Continue reading →

Did you know that Barnsley Libraries host a range of regular activities for adults?   There are IT sessions to help you get online, job clubs to offer support searching and applying for work, social groups if you’d like to pop … Continue reading →

This half term, Barnsley Museums invites families to immerse themselves in a variety of engaging activities, including the adventurous “Forbidden Forest Trail” and the creative “Creepy and Curious Crafts”. With relaxed openings designed to accommodate visitors of all ages, everyone … Continue reading →