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School Trips are back on at Barnsley Museums
School workshops are back at Barnsley Museums, with lots more on offer.
Digital volunteers set to make big impact for Barnsley Museums thanks to National Lottery funding
Barnsley Museums has been awarded £32,000 of National Lottery funding to launch a digital volunteering initiative and break down barriers to heritage.
How pioneering culture is helping diversify Barnsley’s high street offer
A trio of innovative museum spaces are set to open in The Glass Works next week, bringing a fresh and distinctive cultural dynamic to Barnsley Town Centre.
Barnsley Museums shortlisted for National Award
Barnsley Museums has been shortlisted for a national award for their work with the group ‘Feels Like Home’. A project that has been set up for people new to Barnsley for whom English isn’t their first language, delivered in partnership with Barnsley Refugee Council
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND ANNOUNCES COMMITMENT TO BARNSLEY AS ONE OF 54 PRIORITY PLACES NATIONALLY
Today, Arts Council England has announced that Barnsley will be one of 15 priority places in the North where they want to develop new opportunities for investment, as part of the publication of its three-year Delivery Plan for 2021 - 2024.
Trio of new museum spaces set for Barnsley’s multi-million pound centre
A new tourist attraction featuring a trio of museum experiences with cutting edge technology will open at the new Glass Works development in Barnsley.
EXPERIENCE BARNSLEY SHORTLISTED FOR £100,000 ART FUND MUSEUM OF THE YEAR 2021
Experience Barnsley has been selected as one of the five finalists for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2021, the world’s largest museum prize.
Eldon Street Community Consultation launches with a fun new digital pack
Did you know that many years ago the grand circus once stood on Eldon Street, and the Mechanics Institute and Public Hall (now the Barnsley Civic) which opened in 1877 were based there?
Record number of artists enter the Cooper Prize
A record number of artists have entered the Cooper Prize, an art competition hosted by the town centre Gallery, which rewards and celebrates the outstanding artistic talent that South Yorkshire has to offer.