What's On
Barnsley Archives and Local Studies
Explore Your Archive Week 2025
Experience Barnsley Museum
Exhibition: Stories of Childhood
Explore, reminisce and play! From christenings to cricket, samplers to school hats, toys and teddies, discover over a hundred years of growing up in Barnsley.
Archives and Local Studies
10 Years of Barnsley Museums and Heritage Trust Display
To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Barnsley Museums and Heritage Trust, Barnsley Archives have created a display which showcases some of the items that have been purchased or conserved thanks to the generous donations of supporters of the Trust.
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.
Barnsley Archives and Local Studies
Explore Your Archive Week 2025
Barnsley Archives is joining in the annual Explore Your Archive week celebration with lots of in-person and online activities.
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.
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.
Experience Barnsley
Relaxed Opening - 20 December
Come along to our relaxed openings, which are designed for visitors who would prefer a quieter experience in the museum.