
What's On
Find out about all the brilliant exhibitions, events & activities happening across our five museums.

Collections
Barnsley Museums are proud to look after the borough’s unique collections of objects, artworks and archives. We love to share these treasures and their many, many inspiring stories at our museums and galleries and online.

Family Activities
With bushcrafts, storytelling, shadow puppets and more – discover new skills and creative ideas from our online family learning sessions.

Digital
Experience our Museums from the comfort of your own home. If at times you can’t visit us in person then why not join us online. We have lots of exciting ways that you can explore, discover and enjoy the great work that we do at Barnsley Museums.

Schools
Barnsley Museums provides innovative ways to explore our sites, objects and outdoor spaces through inspiring and engaging learning programmes which challenge and delight pupils of all ages.
Community
We're turning September into Barnsley Heritage Month!
Giving you lots of ideas of places to go and events to get involved with across the borough

Initiative in Barnsley aimed at supporting local creatives
All creative practitioners based in Barnsley can participate in the 'Mapping Barnsley' survey.

Barnsley Museums secures funding to combat social isolation
Barnsley Museums and Heritage Trust has received funding of £40,000 on behalf of Barnsley Museums from the Know Your Neighbourhood (KYN) fund to combat social isolation and encourage volunteering across the borough, linked to the Eldon Street High Street Heritage Action Zone.

National Conference around Culture, Health, and Wellbeing held in Barnsley
The Culture, Health, and Wellbeing Alliance (CHWA) is holding its annual conference, “Making Change”, in venues across Barnsley from Wednesday 11 to Friday 13 October.

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