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Historic Worsbrough Mill Secures Essential Funding for Repairs
13th November 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Activities Available at Local Libraries
24th October 2024
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
Half Term Activities at Barnsley Museums
This half term, Barnsley Museums invites families to immerse themselves in a variety of engaging activities, including the adventurous “Forbidden Forest Trail” and the creative “Creepy and Curious Crafts”. With relaxed openings designed to accommodate visitors of all ages, everyone … Continue reading
Quest For The Eldon Beast Choose Your Own Adventure YouTube Game
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
Easyfundraising Christmas Shopping
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
Elsecar Building Bridges Project – Celebration Event
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 wins national family friendly award
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
Conserved paintings on display at Cannon Hall Museum
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
Trouble at T’Mill – Worsbrough Needs Your Help
24th September 2024
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
Sykes Family Papers
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
Roof repairs begin on Cannon Hall Museum
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
September celebrates four-year project at Wentworth Castle Garden – The Union Jack Gardens
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
Restoration of Cannon Hall’s Plunge Pool
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
Elsecar Building Bridges Project
‘Elsecar Building Bridges’ is a National Lottery Heritage Funded project supported by Barnsley Museums & Heritage Trust with the aim of developing connections with local community groups and individuals across the village of Elsecar and surrounding areas. The project has … Continue reading
Barnsley Museums Job Vacancy – Exhibitions Officer
Barnsley Museums Service currently has a vacancy for an Exhibitions Officer. If you think this might be the job for you, read on! It’s exciting times at Barnsley – we have a bold vision for Barnsley in 2030 as a … Continue reading
New Barnsley Archives Accessible On-line
Barnsley Archives and Local Studies has announced a partnership with the Ancestry website that will allow thousands of records relating to Barnsley people to be accessed online for the first time. Previously, all records could only be accessed by visiting … Continue reading
Cannon Hall Museum, Park and Gardens wins national heritage learning award
Cannon Hall Museum, Park and Gardens is delighted to announce that it has received the Sandford Award for Heritage Learning. The award recognises Cannon Hall’s excellent learning opportunities and outstanding visitor engagement. The Sandford Award is the national quality mark … Continue reading
