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Christmas at Barnsley Museums
Celebrate the festive season with Barnsley Museums as we welcome winter with warmth, creativity, and community spirit. Across our five unique sites, you’ll find a joyful mix of seasonal events, exhibitions, and activities designed to delight visitors of all ages.
Experience Barnsley
Teeny Time Travellers - Nov & Dec
Held on Fridays during term time, our little adventurers have the chance to play, explore, make, share stories and sing. There are plenty of toys to play with and there is a different themed activity each week. Snacks are provided.
Cannon Hall
A Cannon Hall Christmas
Step into the magic of the season and see Cannon Hall beautifully decorated in traditional festive style. Wander through the hall and enjoy the sights, scents and sparkle of a classic Christmas.
Online
The Barnsley Museums Advent Calendar
Have you opened today's door of the advent calendar? We've also got lots more online festive treats for you.
Archives and Local Studies
House History Surgeries
Free one-to-one 30 minute sessions for a beginner's guide to house history, introducing you to various resources including building plans, house sales brochures, maps, electoral registers and websites.
Millers Tea Room, Worsbrough Mill
Adults Fabulously Festive Baking – Mince Pies & Mulled Wine
Spend a festive evening making your own mince pies with expert guidance from Millers Tea Room.
Learning Lab, Experience Barnsley
Hands on History - Mining the Past Project
Join Barnsley Archives and Local Studies as they team up with the University of Warwick to showcase records relating to the mining heritage of the area. Come and see examples of items from ‘Mining the Past’, a project to conserve, catalogue and open up the archives of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) held at the university.
Town Hall, Council Chamber
History of the Mines Rescue Service Talk
Join Phil Clifford, who will give an illustrated presentation detailing the early years in the development of the Mines Rescue Service in the UK and explain how the first ever mines rescue station came to be built at Birdwell.
Cannon Hall
A Christmas Carol with Chris Cade
Master storyteller, Chris Cade will reignite your love of Christmas in the beautiful setting of the Cannon Hall ballroom. Come and meet miserable Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghosts that assist his redemption.
Cannon Hall
A Very Victorian Christmas - 6 & 7 Dec
A very important guest will be making an appearance at Cannon Hall Museum in December. Join our Victorian nursery maid as they read a Christmas story and play with traditional Victorian toys before sharing your wish list and receiving a gift from Santa himself.