Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 9h'The Berkshire Boy' by Eliza Turck Eliza Turck worked as a painter, miniaturist and illustrator at a time when it could be difficult to work as a female artist. Her paintings were accepted for exhibition at the Royal Academy from 1854 and she continued to exhibit for many years. 030
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 9h'Lady and Pony' or 'The Best of Friends' by J F Pasmore Pasmore exhibited many works at the Royal Academy in the mid 19th century and seems to have specialised in sporting themes and sentimental genre paintings both of which were very popular with Victorian collectors. 130
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 9h'Lady Holding a Book' by I Sabatini Little is known about this artist but the picture was painted in Florence in the late 19th century and was then bought in London from the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. 130
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 9h'Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I' by English School She is wearing a red dress encrusted with jewels and a large white lace collar. Elizabeth I was Queen of England from 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the daughter of King Henry VIII by his second wife, Anne Boleyn. 130
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 9h'The Drinker' by British School There is a betting slip tucked into the brim of his hat and on the table are a jug and a pipe. The man in question could have been a coachman or even a squire as he is wearing a thick overcoat. 130
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 9h'Watter Joe' by Abel Hold Hold was very prominent in Barnsley during the Victorian period. He lived on Church Street (near to what is now the Cooper Gallery) for a few years and then moved to the village of Cawthorne close to the estate of Cannon Hall 130
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 9hGORDON'S ALIVE! Happy 90th birthday to the legend that is Brian Blessed. He has managed infiltrate our Cooper Gallery paintings and now there's no escaping him! Henry VIII (1491–1547) Hans Holbein the younger (c.1497–1543) (after) 1132
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 08/10/2026At Wentworth Castle Gardens the Sun Monument was dedicated to Lady Mary as one of the earliest memorials to celebrate a living (non-royal) woman. She is also remembered with a Barnsley Civic Trust blue plaque 0130
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 08/10/2026*It is important to note that the word bisexuality did not exist at this time. Sexuality was defined by what you did, rather than who you were Montagu though, was an aristocratic woman. Her class and wealth provided her with a privilege and status unknown to most British citizens 180
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 08/10/2026A bisexual* Georgian feminist icon (1678 – 1762) who introduced the smallpox inoculation into the UK from Turkey over 300 years ago! 170
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Lady Mary Wortley Montagu is something of an unsung hero - She was the first person to introduce the smallpox inoculation in the UK in 1721 She is remembered at Wentworth Castle Gardens with The Sun Monument 180
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 08/10/2026‘queer joy’ is the #OnlineArtExchange theme this week in celebration of Tim Walker's Fairyland: Love and Legends at National Portrait Gallery. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Jonathan Richardson the elder (1667–1745) from Sheffield Museums 2253
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We're glad you enjoyed your visit and the nativity puppets, we have a video of them in action - we'll re-share that a bit closer to Christmas 120
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 05/10/2026#PuzzleMonday Obviously there's an area in Experience Barnsley devoted to Kes and Barry Hines 🧩Let us know how long it takes to complete this #MuseumJigsaw 🧩 🎨 bit.ly/BlueskyJigsaws #bluesky #game #puzzle #PuzzleMonday #MuseumMonday #WorldTeachersDay 1170
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#WorldSmileDay This photo always brings a smile to our faces! Sheffield Road, date unknown. 0163
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Here's another poem by Ken Brookes @kbrookes42.bsky.social which we thought we'd shared yesterday but clearly some gremlins got in the way! 'The Museum Door began to creak....' A poem about Maurice Dobson Museum and Heritage Centre 0145
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Our Digital Curator is feeling a bit glum today after failing to get Glastonbury tickets yesterday. Have you got any photos from your camera roll to cheer him up? Those in the queue yesterday have a shared pain of a green progress bar that never seemed to move, so here are some green objects ✅ 3161
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 01/10/2026From our own collections we have 'Autumn' by William Henry Mander This painting featured in our 'Four Seasons In One Day' exhibition last year which we then turned into an @artukdotorg.bsky.social curation #OnlineArtExchange 0110
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The #OnlineArtExchange this week is all about autumn 🍂 Autumn Regrets by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893) from Shipley Art Gallery #Autumn #Art #BlueskyArt @artukdotorg.bsky.social 1407
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What better way to celebrate #NationalPoetryDay than with a poem about our mysterious Veiled Lady. Thanks to @kbrookes42.bsky.social for this poem about his favourite piece of art on display at The Cooper Gallery 53611
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Combining #NationalPoetryDay with 🧩 #MuseumJigsaws 🧩 ➡ bit.ly/CooperJigsaw... We'll be sharing more poetry a little later today! 2154
Reposted by Barnsley MuseumsMerchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 29/09/2026It's National Coffee Day? Hold our tea (sorry - we are from Yorkshire it's the law)... How about this fancy pants coffee pot made in York in 1799 for your morning brew?! 09719
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A day early for #NationalPoetryDay but here is a poem that @imcmillan.bsky.social wrote a few years as part of our exhibition about the Slazenger factory in Barnsley #NationalSportingHeritageDay #NSHD2026 1143
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It's become a tradition of ours to ask you to #ShowUsYourBalls as part of National Sporting Heritage Day. Here's our multi-coloured tennis balls that were made at Slazenger's in Barnsley where are at one time all the tennis balls were made #NationalSportingHeritageDay #NSHD2026 2298
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The piece is signed JJ and it's likely it was painted by Joe Juster. Juster joined De Morgan during the latter part of the Chelsea period (1872-82) and came to be regarded among the most skilful of De Morgan's decorators. 0100
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Today is National Coffee Day, which is all the reason we need to re-share this beautiful ceramic coffee pot by William De Morgan. #NationalCoffeeDay #Coffee 25211
Reposted by Barnsley MuseumsKaren RH @karenrh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Take a few minutes to distract from the doomscrolling 082
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#PuzzleMonday A view of Cannon Hall Museum, Park and Gardens 🧩Let us know how long it takes to complete this #MuseumJigsaw 🧩 🎨 bit.ly/BlueskyJigsaws #bluesky #game #puzzle #PuzzleMonday #MuseumMonday 1132
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We're looking forward to National Ken Day, oops we mean National Poetry Day next week! 171
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We don't have as many keys but ours seems bigger! This giant key used to be on display outside Reynolds and Wadsworth, an Ironmongers in the centre of town. 1142
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Lennep writes, 'The prince wears a triple crown, made of iron, silver and gold. He holds a sceptre surrounded by seven stars and a golden globe upon which a dove perches' (op. cit. p. 117). In the background, the old king drowns. 050
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We're going for gold for the #OnlineArtExchange this week ✨ 'A Prince, Clad in Gold, Succeeds the King; Representing a Stage in the Alchemical Process' (after Salomon Trismosin) by Edith Annie Ibbs (1863–1937) and Salomon Trismosin (after) from @wellcomecollection.bsky.social 1110
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The firm was taken over by his four sons in the 1930s and they appointed Aldo Londi as Artistic Director in 1946. Londi had been apprenticed to the Fratelli Fanciullaci pottery before serving in the Second World War. 040
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Today is Elephant Appreciation Day 🐘 Figure of an elephant by Bitossi. The Bitossi factory was founded in 1921 by Guido Bitossi building on successive generations of his family's creative skills in Montelupe Fiorentino near Florence, Italy. #ElephantAppreciationDay 1201
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"More famous than the players he umpired" were the words used to describe Dickie Bird who passed away a year ago today. Dickie umpired 66 Test matches and three World Cup finals. This interview was recorded in 1983. Listen to more as part of the Barnsley Museums Natters podcast 1141
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Jan Jansz van der Heyden was born in Gorinchem in 1637. He probably first trained as a glass painter. He settled in Amsterdam by 1650 where he principally worked. He specialised mainly in townscapes of Amsterdam but was also a landscape and still life painter. 040
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Van der Heyden painted several views of the house and gardens offering different perspectives. This view is of the main façade of the house from a sharp side angle. The house is now one of three official residences of the Dutch Royal Family 130
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The Huis ten Bosch, or the House in the Wood, is the summer residence of the ruling House of Orange. A mile from the centre of The Hague, the building was designed by Pieter Post in about 1645 for Amalia Solms, the wife of the Dutch Stadholder, Frederick Hendrick. 130
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 21/09/2026#PuzzleMonday 'The House in the Wood (The Huis ten Bosch)' by Jan van der Heyden 🧩Let us know how long it takes to complete this #MuseumJigsaw 🧩 🎨 bit.ly/BlueskyJigsaws #art #bluesky #artist #game #puzzle #PuzzleMonday #MuseumMonday 2235
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Shiver me timbers! This decorated clay tobacco pipe was found in Houndhill #TalkLikeAPirateDay 0202
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We also wanted to say that thank you for helping us to get to 2000 followers! ✨ We will thank all our recent followers in a weeks time after we have a short break in celebration. 1141
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 14/09/2026That Monday morning feeling when you start getting dressed but don't have the energy so lie back down for a while. 0110
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 11/09/2026@hillaryneale.bsky.social Thank you for sharing our post yesterday! A coal not dole poster and t-shirt from the 1984-5 Miners' Strike 1101
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 11/09/2026@maykenalanna.bsky.social Thank you for sharing our post yesterday! We have a collection of tins in the museum that were made locally at the Barnsley Canister Company 1110
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 11/09/2026@madeyemasn.bsky.social Thank you for sharing our post yesterday! This huge key hung outside an ironmongers on Market Hill in the centre of town. Not connected to the Albert Hirst the butcher who had shops on several streets 080
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Sadly not, these are on display in the museum, maybe we need more Ian McMillan merch? 010
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 11/09/2026@gardennicola.bsky.social Thank you for sharing our post yesterday! This clocking in machine was used at Barnsley Main, right up until the colliery closed in the 1990s 2110
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 11/09/2026@caroline-venezia.bsky.social Thank you for sharing our post yesterday! We have lots of references to pigeons in the museum Fake eggs! The owner would give these eggs to any broody champion pigeons during the racing season so that they would be content and not lay as many eggs during big races. 160
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 11/09/2026@covell.ca Thank you for sharing our post yesterday! On display in Experience Barnsley: A New York pocket watch bought by the Sherburn family 1 hour before sailing back to Liverpool from America in 1908. This Barnsley family only stayed in Virginia for 2 years before returning to Barnsley. 080