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We’re delighted to share with you this special poem to celebrate Experience Barnsley Festival (23rd to 30th June), penned by the Bard of Barnsley, Ian McMillan. Ian is a trustee of Barnsley Museums & Heritage Trust and we’re really grateful … Continue reading →

Barnsley Museums & Heritage Trust is proud to support a new exhibition at Cannon Hall Museum this June where visitors can experience an extraordinary moment in art history and enjoy masterpieces by many brilliant painters. ‘A Dutch Golden Age’ opens … Continue reading →

This month Experience Barnsley Museum turns 5. To celebrate, Barnsley Museums are hosting ‘Experience Barnsley Festival from 23 to 30 June. The week-long celebration will start at Elsecar Heritage Centre on the evening of Saturday 23 June where the mighty … Continue reading →

A crowdfunding campaign launched by Barnsley Museums & Heritage Trust in March has raised £4,000. The money will fund a tree sculpture to mark the entrance of a new nature play trail in the grounds of Cannon Hall Park & … Continue reading →

Our first-ever charity dinner, hosted by Barnsley’s own poet laureate Ian McMillan, raised thousands of pounds to safeguard Barnsley’s museums and heritage. 146 people from across South Yorkshire came together at Elsecar Heritage Centre in Barnsley on Thursday 15th March … Continue reading →

Over 38,000 people visited the Ancient Egypt exhibition series at Barnsley Museums last year, making it one of its most popular exhibitions to date. In the opening week of the exhibition in October, Experience Barnsley welcomed 1,300 people. Visitors queued … Continue reading →

We are celebrating securing over £75,000 through funding and donations in 2017. The Trust received backing from a number of funding partners across the UK during the year, enabling us to deliver programmes to people from all ages and backgrounds … Continue reading →

Folk singer-songwriter Kate Rusby has become a patron of Barnsley Museums & Heritage Trust. Kate joins professor and Egyptologist, Joann Fletcher and author, Mel Dyke who became patrons in 2016. The Trust was set up in 2015 to help preserve, … Continue reading →

With Christmas just around the corner, why not start the festive season by visiting one of our beautiful museums in Barnsley. Whether you’re looking for a day out with the family this winter, want to wrap up warm for a picturesque … Continue reading →

Public artwork supported by Barnsley Museums & Heritage Trust to remember the many brave soldiers who fell in the Battle of the Somme, will be on permanent display in Barnsley town centre from Saturday, 28 October. The memorable work, which previously sat … Continue reading →