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What's On
Find out about all the brilliant exhibitions, events & activities happening across our five museums.
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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.
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
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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.
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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.
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Summer Holiday 2024
We want to make the summer holidays as purse-friendly as possible. All of our five attractions are totally free to enter and the majority of our summer activities are free too. Come along and take part in crafts, dance workshops, storytelling trails and more.
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New Barnsley Archives Accessible On-line
Thousands of records relating to Barnsley people can be accessed online through an exciting partnership with Ancestry.
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New opportunity for Barnsley Artists to Engage and Create
A new opportunity for Barnsley based creatives to make socially engaged artwork with communities.
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Three Barnsley artists supported by Invisible Flock through a special residency at their studio at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Invisible Flock, the award-winning interactive arts studio, are delighted to support three Barnsley artists who will join them for a ten-day residency at their studio in Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
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Read our blog
Find out more about Barnsley's stories, collections and communities