#OnThisDay in 1884 a railway accident at Bullhouse killed 24 people and left 64 injured

This Yorkshire pudding from 1986 would have needed a lot of gravy! We think the photo was taken in Barnsley, did any of our followers see the World's Biggest Yorkshire Pudding? #YorkshireDay

#InternationalDogDay is all the excuse we need to share this 1960s photograph taken at Locke Park Friends@Locke Park

#OnThisDay in 1921 the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable David Lloyd George, was awarded the freedom of the Barnsley Borough. The visit also coincided with the wedding of Sir William Sutherland and Miss Annie Fountain in Darton. barnsleymuseums.art.blog/2021/08/27/llo…

NEW BLOG ✨ Ardsley Working Man's Club photograph This month we're sharing the A-Z of Barnsley places, starting with Ardsley and a photo of the W.M.C which we added to our collections collections a few years ago barnsleymuseums.art.blog/2025/08/27/ard…

A-Z of Barnsley places - Ardsley. Ardsley Hotel in 1981

A-Z of Barnsley - Athersley Athersley under construction in the early 1950s.

A-Z of Barnsley places - Barugh Here's a photo of workers outside the Co-operative which opened in 1915 We have an online exhibition where you can explore the history of the Barnsley British Cooperative Society experience-barnsley.com/our-archives/p…

A-Z of Barnsley places - Billingley Various street scenes in the 1970s

A-Z of Barnsley places - Bolton Upon Dearne Our latest blog examines a probate inventory which provides a window into a 17th century house in Bolton upon Dearne barnsleymuseums.art.blog/2025/09/05/ins…

A-Z of Barnsley places - Brierley Brierley Colliery in 1914 & Brierley Hall in 1975

A-Z of Barnsley places - Carlton We have maps covering the whole of Barnsley, this is an Ordnance Survey map from 1917

On National Sporting Heritage Day listen to oral history interviews with Dickie Bird and Dorothy Hyman, watch archive film clips and read blogs about unknown Barnsley sporting heroes. barnsley-museums.com/digital/nation… #NSHD25

'Barnsley is the place to be...' ...and the Barnsley Museums blogsite is the place to be this National Poetry Day to hear sonnets by Ian McMillan barnsleymuseums.art.blog/2025/08/11/poe…

#WorldPostDay From our collections: A postcard of Barnsley Post Office staff in 1909, ledgers from the 19th century and a Royal Mail horse and cart.

#OnThisDay in 1932 Barnsley Mining & Technical College officially opened. Did you study there? What are your memories? Barnsley College