Elsecar
Elsecar by the Sea
Swimming and boating on the reservoir became so popular that a beach was made!
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
Child Holding an Apple
Child Holding an Apple by Caesar van Everdingen, 1664
Cannon Hall
Rene Lalique figurine
Rene Lalique figurine, c.1900
Elsecar
Canal. Railway. Colliery.
The canal was cut in the 1790s and the railway arrived in 1850. The colliery shown here is Elsecar Main, 1905-1983.
Cannon Hall
Ceramic bowl
Ceramic bowl made by William de Morgan, c. 1890
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.
Experience Barnsley
Bronze Roman bracelet, 2nd to 3rd century AD.
Bronze Roman bracelet, 2nd to 3rd century AD. This roman bracelet was found during open cast coal mining at Billingley in 1950. The ends of the bracelet are moulded in the form of a serpents head. BMBC.TH.1362 Photo © Norman Taylor
Experience Barnsley
1940s WOODEN RATTLE
Barnsley FC's own historian, Arthur Bower, first spun his rattle at the first Barnsley Football Club match at Oakwell in 1949, which was Barnsley's cup tie against Blackpool. Many people took rattles to football matches at this time and often painted them in team colours. Originally, the rattle was used by Arthur's family members in World War II, they worked as Air raid Wardens and would use the rattle to warn residents of the threat of gas attacks. Photo © Norman Taylor
Experience Barnsley
1970s NIPSY STICK, NIPSYS AND BRICK
This is Frank 'Yank' Lenthall's Nipsy stick. Highly respected player 'Yank' wouldn't give awar any secrets about how he made his sticks. Don Chambers says "You get a house brick, put it on the ground and slightly tilt it back, put your nipsy -shaped like a pigeon's head - on it... then tap it. It flies up in the air and you strike it when it rises." Photo © Norman Taylor
Elsecar
Miners Cottages, 1790s
Plans by Georgian architect John Carr for Miners Cottages at Elsecar (thanks to Sheffield City Council).