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Eggcellent Eggciting Easter Activities
5th April 2023
Barnsley Museums have an eggcellent Easter planned with lots of eggciting activities happening across our five, free attractions. We have everything from walks, sports and scavenger hunts to cooking, crafts, and storytelling for endless hours of fun. Find out more … Continue reading
Award-winning Dancers & Musicians To Celebrate Barnsley’s Proud Heritage
Multi-award-winning dancers, live singers and musicians from the world-famous Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band will march through Barnsley this month as part of a spectacular programme of live performances celebrating the region’s heritage. The Wasteland Town Trails is a collaboration … Continue reading
Bobbin to Experience Barnsley For Their New Tailor Made Exhibition
A fabulous new exhibition opened at Experience Barnsley on April 1st – Tailor Made in Barnsley. A true celebration of the borough and its textile makers, the exhibition showcases objects and archives that bring Barnsley’s stories of weaving, sewing, and quilting … Continue reading
Conservation of a Portrait of Lady Hunloke
The conservation of a second painting by Daniel Gardner from the Cannon Hall Museum collection began in February 2023 at paper conservation studio, Artworks Conservation in Harrogate, thanks to funds from supporters of Barnsley Museums and Heritage Trust. The portrait … Continue reading
Eldon Street HSHAZ Game Launch & Storytelling Day
Head to Glassworks Square on April 8th to join in FREE activities and storytelling to celebrate the launch of BeastEL – a game specially created for Barnsley’s Eldon Street Heritage Action Zone. Meet larger than life characters from Eldon Street’s past … Continue reading
Vital Funding Secured For Cannon Hall
Cannon Hall, South Yorkshire’s stunning Grade II* Georgian Country House and museum, has received funding of almost £900,000k to make essential repairs to its historic roof, to ensure that the museum can share its outstanding art and stories long into … Continue reading
Barnsley Archives’ Conservation Programme
Barnsley Archives and Local Studies have an ongoing conservation programme to ensure that the 4000 collections in their custody can still be safely used by researchers many years, decades and centuries from now. This programme is a crucial part of … Continue reading
Free 5-Week Course!!!
9th March 2023
Being outdoors is more than just exploring new places and looking after your physical health. The outdoors is known to be a great place to improve your mental wellbeing too. Throughout the summer and autumn, the North Range Glasshouse in … Continue reading
Barnsley Archives’ Conservation Programme
Barnsley Archives and Local Studies have an ongoing conservation programme to ensure that the 4,000 collections in their custody can still be safely used by researchers many years, decades and centuries from now. This programme is supported by Barnsley MBC, … Continue reading
Mother’s Day With A Difference
Mother’s Day will soon be upon us, and if you are looking for a gift with a difference, why not either visit one of the museum shops or buy a heritage experience? There are fantastic shops at the Cooper Gallery, … Continue reading
Stories of the Elscar Valley History Shared
New history boards telling the rich stories of the Elsecar Valley have been installed as part of a series of improvements to the Trans Pennine Trail (TPT). The boards can be found on the section of the TPT running alongside … Continue reading
Cooper Gallery Prize 2023
It’s almost time to submit your works of art to enter the biennial Cooper Prize competition. The previous competition was largely conducted on-line due to restrictions during the pandemic, so it will be wonderful to return to its more traditional … Continue reading
Conservation of Chandeliers at Cannon Hall
As part of the ongoing conservation programme at Cannon Hall Museum, Barnsley Museums are undertaking the rewiring and cleaning of some of the chandeliers, a project that Barnsley Museums and Heritage Trust has been happy to support with funding. Most … Continue reading
An Audience With…
We welcome you to an Audience with Prof. Joann Fletcher and Dr. Stephen Buckley streamed across the globe Due to popular demand, a special event with top Egyptologists, Professor Joann Fletcher, and Doctor Stephen Buckley, will be live-streamed from Barnsley … Continue reading
Amy Joyner – A Barnsley Soprano
The 8th March was International Women’s day, and this latest Barnsley Museums Blog was published just in time to celebrate the life of a fabulous lady, who I must confess I knew very little about. Guest blogger, Jane Ainsworth, explores … Continue reading
Free Family Fun For February
10th February 2023
Unforgettable Gardens of Yorkshire – Online Talks
9th February 2023
In this series of talks, the speakers will introduce a variety of landscapes, gardens and themes enjoyed by Yorkshire Gardens Trust members, which portray the wide diversity of designed landscapes in Yorkshire. The second talk in the series is Historic Parks for … Continue reading
Get A Wild Escape!
Barnsley Museums join The Wild Escape, the largest collaboration between UK Museums Barnsley Museums has announced that it will join The Wild Escape, a major new project, uniting hundreds of museums with schools and families to fund nature in museums. … Continue reading
LGBTQ+ Collections @ Experience Barnsley Museum
In celebration of LGBT History Month, Tracey Hebron (Collections Clerk) and Michael Hardy (Digital Engagement Curator) take a look at donations to the museum by the LGBTQ+ community. Experience Barnsley is the memory box of the whole borough and collects … Continue reading
Landscape!
Textiles, Painting, Printing An Artisans North Exhibition of Work by Local Artists. Cannon Hall Museum reopens after its winter closure on the 11th of February with a brand new exhibition – Landscape! – in the temporary gallery space. Landscape! showcases three very different practices – … Continue reading
Nature Inspired Sculpture To Be Developed @ Cannon Hall
17th January 2023
Barnsley Museums and Heritage Trust have secured funding to create an exciting new artwork in Cannon Hall’s parklands. A grant of £84,380 from the Arts Council England National Lottery Fund will see the installation of ‘The Guardians of Bird Island’ … Continue reading
Henry Moore: Threads of Influence Exhibition & Associated Events
The much anticipated, major touring exhibition of work by Henry Moore, on loan from the Sainsbury Centre, will open at the Cooper Gallery on 28th January. Henry Moore: Threads of Influence – spans Henry Moore’s career, from early life drawings and carvings to … Continue reading
Conservation of ‘Les Patineurs’ 1873
The painting by Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891) is being exhibited at the Cooper Gallery, Barnsley. Thanks to the support of the Idlewild Trust, we have been able to fully conserve one of the most important European paintings in the fine … Continue reading
The Teeny Tiny Travellers Club @ Experience Barnsley
The Teeny Time Travellers Club is an interactive session at Experience Barnsley for under-fives and their grown-ups! Held on Fridays during term time, our little adventurers have the chance to play, explore, make, share stories and sing. The sessions are … Continue reading
Tut ’22 – The Life of Tutankhamun
Specially selected talks by Barnsley born Egyptologist Professor Joann Fletcher There are still tickets left for the remaining talks by Joann Fletcher which run alongside the exhibition at Experience Barnsley which runs until 18th March 2023. Tut’s Sporting Life: Sports & … Continue reading
