#MiningMonday This miners lamp belonged to Harold Wilcock who worked at Highgate Colliery from the age of 14 he was described as 'knowing every creak and groan of the underground workings and despite his traditional approach remained a respected and well liked employee'

#WorldBeeDay We've found a will that has a reference to bees:... 'all the remaining hives of bees to Margaret. She bequeaths 40s to her son, John. She bequeaths a silver spoon to her nephew, John Coldwell of Cathill' (Copy of the will of Anne Coldwell of Bulla Hall)

Come on You Reds!!

Good luck Barnsley FC Women 🏆 this afternoon as they play Sunderland in the League Cup Final.

📸 From Barnsley Archives & Local Studies Empire Mills FC in 1917

@BarnsleyFC

Happy #InternationalMuseumDay we reckon we can get that trending today 😉

At Barnsley Museums we are proud to look after & share five museums and heritage sites Experience Barnsley Museum The Cooper Gallery Elsecar Heritage Centre Worsbrough Mill Cannon Hall Museum, Park & Gardens

Today is #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay . At Barnsley Museums we believe everyone deserves equal access to museums and culture.

Our latest audio descriptions are for objects in our Chamber of Treasures area of the museum.

Listen here: on.soundcloud.com/48hHX6BA2ZSYck…

#GAAD

Something very special is arriving to the Museum...and you wont want to miss it!

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#WildsmithWednesday Brian Wildsmith won a scholarship to De La Salle College in Sheffield. Brian was originally focussed on science but realised he wanted a more creative career and in 1946 applied to Barnsley College of Art.

Read more in our blog
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#LocalHistoryMonth There's a section in the museum all about Joseph Locke and the park which was named after him.

Locke Park, often known as the People's Park opened in 1862 after his widow Phoebe Locke gave High Stile Field to the town Friends@Locke Park

friendsoflockepark.org.uk/history

#TravelTuesday Our 1960s reconstruction of Eldon Street begins at the bus station before taking you along Eldon Street and the Victorian Arcade

Watch on YouTube 👇

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Created as part of the @Eldonhaz project with Historic England & Barnsley Council

#MiningMonday Do you own any mining memorabilia? Here's a tankard from Houghton Main and keyring from Grimethorpe colliery celebrating the first one million tons of coal produced.

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If you're in Barnsley today or until next January I would definitely go to Brian Wildsmith exhibitions hosted by Experience Barnsley Museum The Cooper Gallery it's really wonderful. Full of original work , sketches etc. I was entranced and covetous at the same time

These are our #NorthernLights Made at Ceag in Barnsley.

A local company who were established in 1912. They won an international competition set up by the British government to find a safe miners lamp.

Go on then, show us your #auroraborealis pics....

Three Roman coin hoards were discovered in Darfield during the construction of an housing estate, 1947-1950. Over 1500 coins were unearthed, many of which are now in our archaeology collections and on display in the museum.

barnsley-museums.com/archaeology

#ThrowbackThursday Views of Goldthorpe in the early 20th century

Barnsley Council are asking what culture means to the people across in our town

Starting this 13th May at Goldthorpe Parish Hall there is a series of #BarnsleyTresaures workshops taking place across the borough👇

Just one of a long list of achievements by Barnsley's prolific inventor.

'Who needs this new feature called Grok when you've got us lovely Museums flock'

Filling your newsfeed on a daily basis with fascinating facts and objects such as...

#OnThisDay in 1785 Joseph Bramah patented the beer-pump handle, cheers! 🍻

#WildsmithWednesday Brian Wildsmith spent his free time sketching & went to Wentworth Woodhouse to draw the classical statues inside the house. There, he met Aurélie Ithurbide, one of the chef's daughters. They fell in love & eventually married in 1955.

barnsleymuseums.art.blog/2024/03/22/the…

#WildsmithWednesday Alongside the Brian Wildsmith exhibitions at Experience Barnsley Museum & The Cooper Gallery you can see a display of Brian's books when you visit Barnsley Archives & Local Studies

The display also features an attendance register when he studied at Barnsley School of Arts & Crafts in the 1940s.

🧩 #MuseumJigsaws 🧩

Your puzzle for today is: #DonkeyDay 'The Miller, the Boy and the Donkey' by Brian Wildsmith

Simply follow this link ➡ bit.ly/CooperJigsaw14…

You can see more Brian Wildsmith books on display in the exhibition at Experience Barnsley Museum & Barnsley Archives & Local Studies reception area

Today marks 79 years since #VEDay

In Barnsley floodlights returned to the town hall and streets were filled with parties.

In 2019 we had an exhibition about WW2 which you can revisit in this blog barnsleymuseums.art.blog/2020/04/05/bar…