What's On

What's On

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

Collections

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, inspiring stories at our museums and galleries and online.

Schools

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.

Volunteering

Volunteering

From caring for our beautiful parks and engaging visitors, to archival research and finding out Barnsley’s history in our discovery centre. We have a range of volunteer opportunities that can suit you and your commitments.

Quest For The Eldon Beast Choose Your Own Adventure Game

Quest For The Eldon Beast Choose Your Own Adventure Game

We need your help! The Eldon Beast has gone missing and without it Eldon Street will descend into chaos. It was last seen heading to the Goblin Underworld. Can you track it down by solving riddles and making the right decisions?

Storying Barnsley Research Opportunity

Storying Barnsley Research Opportunity

The Storying Barnsley team are looking to commission a consultant to conduct a research project on Black, Asian and Global Ethnic Majority/Ethnically Diverse communities’ arts and culture engagement in Barnsley.

Read our blog

Read our blog

Find out more about Barnsley's stories, collections and communities