Experience Barnsley Museum & Discovery Centre — Attraction in Barnsley

My second visit in about 10 years & it was as interesting as the first if not better. Lots of items, information boards & variety of subjects to ponder over from local history. Look in the table drawers to read a few pages of a couple newspapers from 100 years ago, interesting reading matter from the format of the print to the news & adverts in it. Although disappointed they weren't from the Barnsley Chronicle. Some interactive stuff not interactive anymore but doesn't detract from the experience. Spent about an hour in there & the staff were friendly. Well worth visiting if your a...

Counter-intuitively closed during the peak holiday season, when schools are closed and young people are free, and therefore forbidding the general public coming from "far and wide" (ie other parts of the UK in this case) from experiencing and enjoying the Tutankhamun exhibition at the Barnsley Museum. This defeats the purpose of having such a high profile exhibition curated by the wonderful Prof Joann Fletcher to be enjoyed in such a location.

Wake up, Barnsley Council!!! At least, update the museum's website to say it is closed between 23rd December and...

Free museum to visit in the civic building. It's not huge, but there's plenty to see and facts to absorb. Very well put together and displayed. Local interest and history, archaeology, fashion, miners and coal, historical artefacts, inventions, military regalia and special exhibitions. Interesting calendar of events. Gorgeous old, as in 'propahh' old iron lift. Public loos. Fab little café called the Old George. Beautiful elegant architecture. Set in attractive, colourful gardens. Great facility. Well...