Experience Barnsley
Dave Allemby
London 2012 Olympics touchbearer Dave Allenby
Collections
Barnsley's museum and archive collections include fine and decorative art, social and industrial history, archaeology, archival documents and photographs, local studies literature and sound and film.
If you would like to make an enquiry about the collections, please email artsmuseumsandarchives@barnsley.gov.uk
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Cannon Hall
Oak and copper smoker’s cabinet
Oak and copper smoker’s cabinet made by Shapland & Petter, c. 1900
Cannon Hall
Ceramic bowl
Ceramic bowl made by William de Morgan, c. 1890
Cannon Hall
Capriccio
Capriccio: A Colonnade Opening onto the Courtyard of a Palace by Giovanni Antonio Canal, c. 1765
Elsecar
Rows and Rows
Follow Wath Road and watch how the village expanded, with rows of cottages built end on end.
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Glass epergne
Glass epergne made by Wood Brothers for the 1851 Great Exhibition in London
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McLintocks linen advert
McLintocks linen advert from the 1870s
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Helmet
Helmet worn by women on the picket lines against pit closures in 1984
Elsecar
Working in the New Yard
Thousands have worked in the workshops, offices and ironworks that are now packed with visitors and shops.
Worsbrough Mill
Mill in need of repair
The mill became run down in the mid-20th century. Severe storms in the 1950s didn't help its condition.