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Easy Fundraising – Feel Good Shopping

Posted on 6th November 2021 by admin

Please remember to use easy fundraising when you do your Christmas shopping this year. Over 6,000 shops and sites will donate to Barnsley Museums and Heritage Trust for FREE when you use easy fundraising to shop with them. You can … Continue reading →

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Where would you hide an elephant?

Posted on 5th November 2021 by admin

In Barnsley’s principal towns of course! You may remember that we wrote about receiving an Arts Council National Lottery Project grant back in July, to enable Elmer the Elephant themed sculptures to be installed in Barnsley’s 6 principal towns.   The … Continue reading →

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Routed at Experience Barnsley, Barnsley Town Hall 23rd October 2021 – 26th March 2022

Posted on 4th November 2021 by admin

“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

Posted on 3rd November 2021 by admin

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 →

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New Developments at Worsbrough Mill

Posted on 2nd November 2021 by admin

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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Yorkshire schoolchildren uncover their Ancient Egyptian heritage

Posted on 5th October 2017 by admin

We are delighted to be supporting school workshops to help Yorkshire schoolchildren learn about Ancient Egypt. Our patron and Egyptologist Joann Fletcher will be hosting a series of school workshops for primary school children to enhance their learning of ancient … Continue reading →

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