Audio Description

Audio described objects

Welcome to the Barnsley Museums object audio descriptions. Following training with VocalEyes members of the Barnsley Museums team chose their favourite object from the unique collections of The Cooper Gallery, Experience Barnsley and Cannon Hall Museum. Each staff member then wrote a script which was checked by Vocal Eyes before recording their own audio description. We will be adding more audio descriptions to this playlist in the future.

Select an image below to listen to the audio description or check out the full audio description playlist on Soundcloud

Experience Barnsley Collections

Stone Head

Stone Head

Bronze age spearhead, 1400 - 1000 BC

Bronze Age bronze spearhead, 1400-1000 BC.

Coal not dole miner's strike hat

Coal not Dole Helmet, Women Against Pit Closures, 1984-85.

Orange tea set with tea cup, teapot and strainer

Teapot, cup and strainer, 20th century.

Stars and stripes knee high boots, They’re made of a wet-look material in the colours of the American flag. The toes of the boots are red, as are their 10cm heels and the platforms which are about 2.5cms high

Stars and stripes knee high boots

Two hearts have been pressed out leaving the underside of each one with a raised rim all the way round. The edge of the rim is decorated with tiny balls. The hearts are joined at their widest point by a smaller, solid heart,

Silver Brooch

A dog, a cat and a kitten are curled up on a rag rug in front of a range, in a room that contains a table, a bed and, in the corner to the right of the stove, a wooden rocking chair.

A Barnsley Hearthside with pets

A brightly coloured nativity scene with several animals and people

Advent Calendar

Two pairs of brightly coloured underpants

Underpants, c.1970

1960s Goblin Teasmade

1960s Goblin Teasmade

A Krakauer carriage clock

Krakauer Clock

Barnsley coat of arms

Barnsley Coat of Arms

Good luck. Save our pits poster

Women against pit closures card, 1980s

Death Penny, First World War

Death Penny, First World War

Barnsley Brewery commemorative beer bottle lampshade

Barnsley Brewery commemorative beer bottle

1950s toys including xylophone

1950s toys

Albert Hirst Bicycle

Albert Hirst Bicycle

Egyptian Mummy shaped Tin

Egyptian Mummy Tin

The Cooper Gallery Collections

‘A Carter Passing a Mansion at Dusk’ by John Atkinson Grimshaw

‘A Carter Passing a Mansion at Dusk’ by John Atkinson Grimshaw

'A Wooded Valley' by John Atkinson Grimshaw

'A Wooded Valley' by John Atkinson Grimshaw

'Peggy Airey' portrait by Abel Hold

'Peggy Airey' portrait by Abel Hold

Hurricane before St Malo' by Eugène Louis Gabriel Isabey (1803-1886)

Hurricane before St Malo' by Eugène Louis Gabriel Isabey (1803-1886)

A forest scene

In the forest of fontainebleau by Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña

two buildings and a windmill

Windmills by Georges Michel

A sketch of various buildings

À Carrière St Denis by Georges Michel

A church on a hill

Church of St John and St Paul, Rome by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

'Interior of the Mosque of Suleiman the Magnificent, Constantinople', John Frederick Lewis

'Interior of the Mosque of Suleiman the Magnificent, Constantinople', John Frederick Lewis

The Veiled Lady

The Veiled Lady

'Canal Scene, Venice' by R Santoro

'Canal Scene, Venice' by R Santoro

Coast Scene with Windmills by Johan Barthold Jongkind

Coast Scene with Windmills by Johan Barthold Jongkind

A sketch of a village with buildings in the distance and a person and trees in the foreground

A Village on a Hillside by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

A sketch in brown and grey where the detail is quite vague

Figure dans une gorge boisée by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

a landscape scene with various trees

Landscape with Trees by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

A landscape view with trees in the centre

Trees and Fields by Theodore Rousseau

A field with trees

Landscape with Trees by Jules Dupre

A view of the The Forest of Fontainebleau with trees and rocks

The Forest of Fontainebleau by Pierre-Etienne Théodore Rousseau

A view of trees surrounded by rocks

Chemin â travers les rochers by Theodore Rousseau

Sheep in a field

A Flock of Sheep by Constant Troyon

A woman next to a cow

Vache a L'Abreuvoir by Jean-Francois Millet

a sketch of a woman captioned the shepherdess

The Shepherdess by Jean-François Millet

a sketch of a person chopping wood

The Log Splitter by Jean-Francois Millet

A fishing lake with a woman fishing

Women Fishing by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Boats on a rough looking sea

The Entrance into Port by 1860–1870 Eugène Isabey

Lots of boats very close to the beach

Boats Leaving Shore by Eugène Isabey

Coast Scene with Windmills by Johan Barthold Jongkind

A costal scene with a boat and windmill in the distance

A river with people on a boat in the foreground, buildings and a windmill in the distance

A River Landscape by Eugène Modeste Edmond Lepoittevin

numerous fishing boats next to a path with a tree

A Bavarian Lake with Fishing Boats by Eugène Cicéri

Cannon Hall Museum collections

‘Village Landscape At Dusk’ By Aert Van Der Neer

‘Village Landscape At Dusk’ By Aert Van Der Neer

Occasional Table by Liberty & Co.

Occasional Table by Liberty & Co.

'General Gordon’ Inkwell By An Unknown British Maker

'General Gordon’ Inkwell By An Unknown British Maker

Casket By An Unknown Maker

Casket By An Unknown Maker

Ceramic Vase By Fred Moore For Doulton

Ceramic Vase By Fred Moore For Doulton

'Fruit And Lobster, Still Life' By Jacob Marrel

'Fruit And Lobster, Still Life' By Jacob Marrel

'Flower Piece', Jan van Huysum (1682-1749)

'Flower Piece', Jan van Huysum (1682-1749)

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