Maurice Dobson Museum & Heritage Centre — Attraction in Barnsley

We had a fantastic visit yesterday, there was a guided tour of both upstairs and down telling us all about the history or Maurice Dobson, the house, Darfield and the items in the house.

There's a lovely big tea room in the back serving delicious cakes, tea and coffee, it was exceptionally clean and displays local artists work which are available to buy and the artist changes every month.

I'm not one for museums normally but the guided tour made it very interesting and we will go back to look at things more in depth and visit the lovely tea rooms again.

If you haven't been, I can highly...

This is a great little museum, free to enter, previously owned by Maurice Dobson who left it to the village on his death. It is staffed by friendly volunteers and has history relating to Maurice and his partner Fred, and the surrounding Darfield area. You can have a guided tour, or look round independently. It also has a lovely tea room serving drinks and home made cakes, a patio to sit and enjoy the sun, and a shop selling items from local crafters such as jewellery and pictures. There are also often events on, check on the website or FB. Well...

Small museum that seems to be a a well loved community hub of Darfield. Hosting many types of events and meetings. We had a lovely guided,well informed tour of the building and enjoyed a delicious lunch in the cafe. It would have been nice to see more photos and memories of Maurice & Fred. The museum is cash only but they accept bank transfer. We easily got there by bus from Barnsley bus station and...