Barnsley Museums

A huge congratulations to our consultant Prof Joann Fletcher, on the opening of her latest exhibition “Cleopatra and the Queens of Egypt” at Experience Barnsley Museum.
We are honoured to have been able to loan some of our collection to this wonderful exhibit.

#Barnsley #Museums #Exhibitions

A colourful vintage advertisement shows a brass bed with an ornate headboard, covered by a patterned, orange quilt. The text promotes "McLintock's Patent Down Clothing, Extremely Light With Great Warmth.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Today is #NationalNappingDay

We'll be back with you shortly 💤

A montage postcard featuring Locke Park, Cheapside and Market Hill

#PuzzleMonday A Barnsley Postcard

🧩Let us know how long it takes to complete this #MuseumJigsaw 🧩

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#jigsaw #puzzle #game #Barnsley #Postcard

Pictured above are @selinawray.bsky.social Mel Dyke, Dorothy Hyman and Rita Britton

We're celebrating International Women's Day 2026 with a new podcast!

Hear from Dorothy Hyman, Mel Dyke, Rita Britton, Selina Wray and more in our latest episode

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#InternationalWomensDay

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Two ornate ceramic Staffordshire vases with figurines of women and animals, next to a photo of a person lounging on the floor in a bright pink jacket and white pants against a painted backdrop.

Ceramic vase by an Unknown Staffordshire
Maker

Harry Styles in a bright red suit playing guitar on stage is shown next to an old painting of a man in red attire holding a mandolin. Text: "'Man/Cavalier with a Mandolin' by F Roybet". Orange background.

'Man/Cavalier with a Mandolin' by F Roybet

Ceramic figurine of a Balloon Seller by Charles Vyse

A collage with Harry Styles in a yellow hat, a close-up of a porcelain figurine in a yellow hat, and a group ceramic figurine labeled "Yardley's Old English Lavender," all on a yellow background.

Ceramic figurine attributed to Leslie Harradine for Doulton.

Harry Styles in a red and white plaid suit steps out of a car beside a red and white ceramic jug with mythological designs, labeled "Ceramic Jug by Walter Crane," on a solid red background.

Ceramic Jug by Walter Crane

Harry Styles in a black-and-white striped coat walks near a ceramic vase with vertical black and white stripes. The vase is designed by Norman Wilson for Wedgwood. Both images are set against a beige background.

Ceramic vase by Norman Wilson for Wedgwood

Harry Styles in a sheer pink top with strawberry patterns is above a pair of navy slippers with bright red strawberry designs and pink fuzzy trim, against a solid pink background. Text reads: "1970s Slippers from Marks and Spencers.

1970s slippers bought from the Marks and Spencers in Barnsley

A man in a floral suit sings into a microphone. Next to him is a ceramic teapot decorated with colorful floral patterns. The background is green, with labels for the "Ceramic Teapot, Leeds Pottery or Staffordshire Pottery.

Ceramic Teapot, Leeds Pottery or Staffordshire
Pottery

On a blue background, Harry Styles a blue outfit poses similarly to the young man in the adjacent painting, "The Blue Boy" by Gainsborough. The text below reads: "Copy of Gainsborough’s 'The Blue Boy' by Henry Bone.

As there's a new Harry Styles album out today and we haven't done one for a while...

Harry Styles as Barnsley Museums objects. A THREAD 👇

Copy of Gainsborough's 'The Blue Boy' by Henry Bone

"The gold tremisses are all Frankish and date to the late sixth and early seventh centuries (see p. 40)"

Treasures from Sutton Hoo, Gareth Williams Published by the British Museum

Do I win a museum for nerdiness?

Dramatic classical oil painting of a scholarly monk or biblical scribe writing in a large open book by candlelight. The bearded man leans over a wooden desk,

It's become a tradition that we play this #WorldBookDay game:

Grab the nearest book, turn to page 34 and reply below with the third sentence from that page.

🎨The Scribe by George Cattermole from The Cooper Gallery

A Victorian-era living room inspired by Chelsea Interior at Carlyle's House, with floral wallpaper, patterned carpets, and ornate wooden furniture. A man in a robe stands by the fireplace while a woman sits at a table with papers.

The #OnlineArtExchange this week is 'Art that explores home' for Catherine Opie: To Be Seen at National Portrait Gallery

'A Chelsea Interior' (The Carlyles at Home with Their Dog, 'Nero') by Robert Scott Tait (c.1816–1897) from National Trust, Carlyle's House

British pie week?!?! I'm in.

According to reports the pie contained: 1,000lbs of choice meats, 16 stones of flour, 8 sacks of potatoes, 100lbs of lard, 16lbs of baking powder.

In an event filled with comical mishaps the marque was blown over the night before leaving the watchman in the centre of the deflated tent shouting out for help (he escaped uninjured)

A commemorative plate featuring an illustration of a steaming pie, with text reading: “Wombwell Hospital Carnival, Collier’s Pie, Size 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, 16 inches deep, June 25th 1938.”.

We've shared this story about a giant pie before but as it's British Pie Week we felt it was worth repeating....

This huge pie made headlines across Yorkshire in 1938. The weight of it was blamed on a platform giving way just after the carnival's Beauty Queen, Florence Frost had been crowned!

We think there should be an alternative blue plaque trail of all the places @imcmillan.bsky.social has enjoyed an espresso (complete with quotes and a score of out 10)

Ancient iron spearhead with corroded metal blade and hollow socket handle

#NationalOldStuffDay or as we rather call them: priceless objects and collections.

This Bronze Age bronze spearhead (1400-1000 BC.) was found at Town Edge Quarries, Crow Edge, Penistone.

🔊 Listen to an audio description soundcloud.com/barnsleymuse...

Perfect diatraction for a few minutes!

Alexander Carse was a Scottish painter known for his scenes of Scottish life. His works include a large canvas of George IV's visit to Leith and three early paintings of football matches.

19th-century tavern interior oil painting depicting a group of British soldiers and civilians gathered around a wooden table in a rustic inn, illuminated by warm firelight.

#PuzzleMonday Tavern Scene with a Soldier by Alexander Carse

🧩Let us know how long it takes to complete this #MuseumJigsaw 🧩

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#jigsaw #puzzle #game #art

A bright orange piggy bank made out of glass

A jug shaped as a pig

Happy National Pig Day! 🐽 🐖

Here's our piggy bank, made at Woods Brothers Glassworks in Barnsley and and a pig shaped jug by an unknown maker

#NationalPigDay #pig #pigs

Oooh! May i enter my personal collection of copper/bronze/tin teapots?

Found at thrift stores, used for still life studies. I have a limited collection of rather mundane objects: I call them the MAD/MET (museum van alledaagse dingen/ museum of everyday things) (NL/EN).

Bring back hyperlocal teapots and teasets! 🫖