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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 →

The Eldon Beast has gone missing and without it, Eldon Street will descend into chaos. It was last seen heading to the Goblin Underworld. Can you track it down by solving riddles and making the right decisions? You need to … Continue reading →

We didn’t want to mention it too early, but we know some of you organised folk will already be thinking about Christmas shopping.  When you do, please remember to use easyfundraising every time you shop online. Over 7,000 brands will … Continue reading →

Barnsley Museums would love to invite everyone to the Elsecar Building Bridges end of project celebration, launching the digital bridge projection onto one of the buildings at Elsecar Heritage Centre. Over the course of the project, they have been researching … Continue reading →

The Cooper Gallery is thrilled to announce that it has won the Best Accessible Museum Award in the Kids in Museums’ Family Friendly Museum Awards 2024.  Organised by Kids In Museums, the national award recognises one museum, gallery, historic home, … Continue reading →