Cannon Hall - Museum — Attraction in Barnsley

Wanted to go in this museum but have always had the dogs with us ( no dogs in the museum.) Free to get in with a donation box if you wish to add a contribution. Lots of lovely original features of the house with bits of more modern houseware thrown in too. We prefer the really old furnishings, so the more modern stuff was a bit overlooked by us but will appear to some. A lot bigger inside than I anticipated with the floor space well utilised. Museum staff were on hand to explain anything people wanted to know and plenty of signs that explained about a lot of the history of the house and its occupants. We spent about 45 minutes in here but could have spent longer if we had read all the information available ( but we were limited on time.) There are toilets in the main house with a disabled toilet, plus a changing area for adults with disabilities and their carers. There are also lifts within the house for wheelchair users. The car park is a few minutes walk, but disabled bays are very close to the house. There is a coffee station with outdoor seating in the courtyard at the back of the house which is a lovely setting to have a snack and a drink. It’s nice to see a museum that has so much on hand for the younger generation to use...

Well maintained rural park, shrubberies and walled gardens that were being enjoyed by lots of families and groups on a summer Sunday. The house itself has a few preserved public rooms reflecting the lifestyle and interests of landed and cultured Georgians and Victorians. The ceramics, glass and furniture collections include a fair number of pieces of national museum quality. Wow items for us were the William de Morgan exhibits lent by the De Morgan Collection alongside paintings by his wife Evelyn and John Roddam Spencer Stanhope. Worth noting in these straitened times that entry is FREE, and the Pear Tree Pantry in the walled garden serves tasty bakes, savouries and drinks at extremely competitive prices - I did a double-take when asked for just £6.90 for a hot sausage roll, a big slice of lovely carrot cake and two teas. And parking was only £1 for two hours or £5 all day. Staff were friendly, welcoming and well informed about the collections, and seemed to be enjoying their jobs. Big hand to Barnsley Council for their generous access policies and for keeping the Hall and gardens for public enjoyment and education for the past 70 years. If only other councils were so culturally and...

Hi I have been to cannon hall loads of times I absolutely love the house and garden and the gardens and e grounds are stunning and been surrounded by countryside is even better I'm gratefully to Barnsley council for doing this may they continue to do so and look after the house and grounds. The only disappointing thing was no state bedrooms like at syon house it would have been nice if they had restored the original old bedrooms and kept them as they were in Stanley Spencer hopes times but I'm glad they put the original rooms to good use the ones up stairs by having a nice exhibition. However my disapointment was to see a hideous graffiti painting done by some student at Barnsley college placed in the study and library at cannon hall I found the graffiti painting to be an Insult to the beauty of cannon hall the graffiti painting should not be placed in cannon hall and would be better suited at the cooper gallery in Barnsley.

Just because cannon hall is owned by Barnsley council they should not place hideous graffiti style paintings like this at cannon hall it is an insult to a place of beauty.

I must say though that the garden centre and cafe is better than the Wyevale one at syon...