Category Archives: News

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 →

Barnsley Museums and Heritage Trust are always glad to help with conservation of items from the Barnsley Museums collection, and the latest items are three paintings from the Cannon Hall collection which have been cleaned and conserved by Critchlow and … Continue reading →

In 2025, Worsbrough Mill is celebrating 400 illustrious years of milling using water power from the River Dove. This 240-acre country park and reservoir is a slice of paradise for nature lovers, with birdwatchers, anglers and over 250,000 fresh air … Continue reading →

A mid-nineteenth century albumen photograph of local Wesleyan Methodist preacher Timothy Sykes (1785-1864) is the gem of a small box of documents recently donated to Barnsley Archives and Local Studies.   It’s always rare to find photographs of named individuals from … Continue reading →

Essential work began in August to preserve the historic building and secure the future of its collections.   Cannon Hall Museum, a Grade II*-listed Georgian Country House in Barnsley, has received a grant of £898,405 from the Museum Estate and Development … Continue reading →

What has become known as the Union Jack Garden was first planted in 1713 by Thomas Wentworth’s gardener, John Arnold. He knew it as the Wilderness. Arnold followed a design thought to be by the Royal Gardeners to Queen Anne, … Continue reading →

If you have visited the Fairyland area of Cannon Hall, Park and Gardens recently you will have seen that the plunge pool has undergone restoration work. As part of the restoration of the pool some other fascinating pieces of history … Continue reading →