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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
Henry Moore Exhibition @ The Cooper Gallery
7th December 2022
In January 2023, The Cooper Gallery will host a major touring exhibition of work by Henry Moore, on loan from the Sainsbury Centre. Henry Moore: Threads of Influence – spans Henry Moore’s career, from early life drawings and carvings to iconic … Continue reading
Funding Award from the DCMS
Experience Barnsley Museum has secured funding of £37,500 from the Wolfson Foundation to transform underused spaces in the Gallery and display new or previously unseen collections co-curated with communities. The cash boost is from the joint DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries … Continue reading
We Need Your Help!
We’re delighted to have been chosen to benefit from the Co-op Local Community Fund to help us create a fabulous nature-themed play area in a newly created, fully accessible space – the Worsbrough Waggonway Glade. We would like to turn the … Continue reading
Community Toy Swap @ The Glassworks
Barnsley Museums have teamed up with the National Trust to host a community toy swap to help people with the cost of Christmas. The event will take place at the Glassworks museum on 8th and 9th December. Residents are being encouraged to … Continue reading
Funding Secured!
Barnsley Museums and Heritage Trust have secured funding of £10,000 to help conserve a stunning 17th Century Tapestry, ‘The Judgement of Paris.’ Depicting a story from Greek mythology, the artwork was one of the first items accessioned into the museum’s … Continue reading
What Would You Like to See In Our Future Newsletters?
We would love to hear what content you would like us to include in our newsletters in the future and have compiled a short survey. Click here to complete the survey. As a thank you for completing it, you will … Continue reading
Art & Well-being in the Walled Garden @ Cannon Hall
6th December 2022
Throughout the summer and autumn, the North Range Glasshouse in the beautiful Walled Garden at Cannon Hall has been host to Green Social Prescribing Art and Well-Being Courses. These were funded via a grant obtained by the Trust from South … Continue reading
