Category Archives: News

Some of you, like us, will have been saddened to hear of the damage to the wonderful memorial ‘Light Lines,’ which commemorates the Barnsley Pals who lost their lives at the Battle of the Somme. The Trust were one of … Continue reading →

Experience Barnsley Museum has been shortlisted for the Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award.  Charity Kids in Museums has run a prestigious annual award for 16 years, recognising the most family-friendly heritage sites in the UK. It is the … Continue reading →

With this year marking the centenary of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922, Barnsley is set to celebrate with a unique exhibition. A new exhibition, TUT22: from Cradle to Grave, will open at Experience Barnsley in October … Continue reading →

On Monday 11th July, Barnsley Archives and Local Studies are excited to host an in-person event! Join the Friends of Barnsley Archives for a short talk on the ‘Wicked Project’, which ran from 2019–2020 and involved cataloguing and making accessible … Continue reading →

The wedding dress of Miss Mary Joan Vernon-Wentworth of Wentworth Castle worn for her marriage to Mr Frank Huntsman, West Retford Hall has gone on display for the very first time at Cannon Hall Museum. Recently acquired by Barnsley Museums, … Continue reading →

International Zine month is the perfect time to feature some fabulous work done with young people in Cudworth by the Barnsley Museums Community Engagement team.  You may have noticed that elephants have appeared across the Borough and have even made … Continue reading →

We are delighted to announce that our friends at Barnsley Archives and Local Studies have been nominated for an Archives & Records Association Excellence Award in the record keeping service of the year category. Barnsley Archives was founded in 1987 … Continue reading →

On Friday, 24 June the Cooper Gallery will be hosting a special fundraising event to raise essential money to preserve and conserve key pieces from their outstanding art collection. The collection which includes work by Bell, Ruskin and Turner was … Continue reading →

Eldon Street is one of Barnsley’s most important historic high streets. It was built in 1840 and quickly became home to houses, shops, theatres, railways stations and even a circus! The Eldon Street High Street Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) is … Continue reading →

An Earl’s Village of Iron and Coal Step Back in Time to the Elsecar of 1880 in this stunning fly-through digital reconstruction of Elsecar at the height of its industrial might. Experience what it was like to live and work there in … Continue reading →