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An Audience with Prof. Joann Fletcher and Dr. Stephen Buckley streamed across the globe
Due to popular demand, a special event with top Egyptologists, Professor Joann Fletcher and Dr. Stephen Buckley, will be live-streamed from Barnsley Six Form College on Thursday, 16 March.

Experience Barnsley Museum receives funding from DCMS/Wolfson to make galleries more accessible.
Experience Barnsley Museum has secured funding of £37,500 from the Wolfson Foundation to transform underused spaces in the Gallery and display new or previously unseen collections co-curated with communities.

Dan Snow’s ‘History Hit’ features the latest exhibition in Experience Barnsley Museum
‘Tut' 22: The life of Tutankhamun’, a new exhibition recently opened at Experience Barnsley Museum will be featured on the latest edition of History Hit.
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Smallest Museum in South Yorkshire is home to Tutankhamun
South Yorkshire has a brand-new museum, which may well be the smallest one in the area.

Experience Barnsley Museum wins Best Accessible Museum in Family Friendly Museum Award 2022
The Experience Barnsley Museums in Barnsley has won Best Accessible Museum in the Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award 2022, it was announced at an awards ceremony in London on Wednesday (19 October 2022).
Barnsley’s Best Balls Benefit the local Community
As ‘Barnsley Serves the World: Stories from the Slazenger Factory’ draws to a close at Experience Barnsley Museum, balls used as part of the exhibition are being donated to the local community.

Experience Barnsley Museum Wins Sandford Award
Experience Barnsley Museum is delighted to announce that it has received the Sandford Award for Heritage Learning. This award is in recognition of its high-quality learning opportunities as well as outstanding audience engagement.

Experience Barnsley Museum shortlisted for national Family Friendly Museum Award
Experience Barnsley Museum has been shortlisted for the Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award, it was announced today.

Barnsley Archives reaches new highs with the cataloguing of Barnsley Mountaineering Club Records
The records of the Barnsley Mountaineering Club, which were kindly donated in 2021, have been meticulously catalogued by the Barnsley Archives team for researchers to use.