Experience Barnsley
Barnsley's first station
Barnsley's first station in Cudworth, 1840
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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Experience Barnsley
2005 SIGNED ARCTIC MONKEYS POSTER
Timm Cleasby, a photographer from Birdwell, was the Arctic Monkeys' tour manager in their early years. The band famously played Birdwell WMC in the summer of 2005, just a coupe of months before their debut album became the fastest selling debut album in UK chart history, selling 363,735 copies in the first week. The band studied at Barnsley College. Photo © Norman Taylor
Worsbrough Mill
Worsbrough Mill, 1625
The original mill was built in 1625. The mill cottage followed in the 1700s and three-storey mill extension in the 1840s.
Cannon Hall
Oak and copper smoker’s cabinet
Oak and copper smoker’s cabinet made by Shapland & Petter, 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.
Elsecar
The Girl Pat
Many remember the rowing boat that was set up on the reservoir in the 1940s.
Experience Barnsley
Helmet
Helmet worn by women on the picket lines against pit closures in 1984
Worsbrough Mill
Horse and cart, early 20th century
Miller Fred Watson is in this picture, he lived and milled here for decades.
Cannon Hall
Bronze ‘Pan’ figurine
Bronze ‘Pan’ figurine made by Gertrude Spencer-Stanhope, c. 1900
Worsbrough Mill
Flours
From wholemeal flour to bran and semolina, thousands of tonnes of flour have been milled here.