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Historic Worsbrough Mill Secures Essential Funding for Repairs
Barnsley’s iconic Worsbrough Mill will celebrate its 400th birthday with the greatest gift - funding has been secured to save it after a £40,000 appeal by Barnsley Museums and Heritage Trust (BMHT). The ancient water mill ground to halt because … Continue reading
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Pop up Culture Cafe hosted by the Feels Like Home group
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
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A Very Victorian Christmas at Cannon Hall Museum, Park and Gardens
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
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Community Toy Swap at Wentworth Castle Gardens and Experience Barnsley
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
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Barnsley Oaks Drawing acquired by the Trust for the Barnsley Museums Collection
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
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Carlton Primary Takeover Cannon Hall as part of Fusion’s Festival of Joy
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
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Barnsley Bright Nights festival returns this November
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
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Sam Sherborne: Softening the blow stories told with fire and steel
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
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The Barnsley Christmas Carol by Arthur Godfrey
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
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Activities Available at Local Libraries
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
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