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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 47m

Our 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 ✅

Three British one-pound banknotes on a black surface. Two notes show a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, while the third, older note features a different design.

Two green ceramic vases are displayed side by side. The left vase features painted designs of a bird and flowers, while the right vase is plain. Both have a glossy finish and a classical shape with a wide base and narrow neck.

A rectangular bar of green soap with a rough texture and an engraved pattern or letters on the top surface, sitting on a neutral background.

A ceramic tile featuring a green and white illustration of an old sailing ship with three masts and billowing sails on wavy water, framed in wood.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The #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

A woman in a long black dress and hat leans thoughtfully against a stone wall in an autumnal garden, with golden leaves on trees and scattered on the ground. A large building is visible in the hazy background.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What 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

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Combining #NationalPoetryDay with 🧩 #MuseumJigsaws 🧩 ➡ bit.ly/CooperJigsaw... We'll be sharing more poetry a little later today!

Barnsley Is the place to be around the district you will see right busy mines where underground nothing can beat the coal that's found staunch friends you'll find the Barnsley folks, Like all good sportsmen fond of jokes. Everything cheery as it can be, You come to Barnsley, you'll soon see.

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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 29/09/2026

It'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?!

We are looking at a silver coffee pot in a vase form, reeded borders, engraved with foliate decoration and an initialled cartouche, hinged raised cover with a knop finial, on an oval foot, the underside inscribed.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It'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

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today 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

A ceramic teapot with a tall, gourd-shaped body, a curved spout, and handle. It features decorative red patterns with floral and abstract designs on a white background.

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Karen RH @karenrh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Take a few minutes to distract from the doomscrolling

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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

The sun rises over a misty landscape with grassy fields, scattered trees casting long shadows, and a hazy sky above distant hills.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We're looking forward to National Ken Day, oops we mean National Poetry Day next week!

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We 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.

A huge key hung in the middle of the museum with a sign for Albert Hirst's Famous Black Pudding

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We'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

A crowned figure in ornate robes stands on a path, holding a golden orb. Sun and moon shine above, rays connecting to a reclining figure by water. Lush mountains and trees surround the scene, with blue sky and clouds overhead.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today 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

A small, blue ceramic elephant figurine decorated with intricate floral and geometric patterns in lighter blue and green on its back, head, and ears.

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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

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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

A large brick building stands beside a garden with tall trees. People are scattered across the grass, some sitting and others walking. The sky is partly cloudy, and sunlight bathes the peaceful outdoor scene.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Shiver me timbers! This decorated clay tobacco pipe was found in Houndhill #TalkLikeAPirateDay

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We 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.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

That Monday morning feeling when you start getting dressed but don't have the energy so lie back down for a while.

a small doll, a slightly detached head and is only wearing a pair of crocheted socks

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

@helenliz.bsky.social Thank you for sharing our post yesterday! Form the 'Laikin about' section of the museum, we remember the Barnsley born footballers, Tommy Taylor and Mark Jones, who were two of the Busby Babes who were killed in the Munich Air Disaster in 1956

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

@mothflame.bsky.social Thank you for sharing our post yesterday! From our 'Barnsley and the world' section of the museum here are two WW1 Death Penny's - these were sent to the next of kin of soldiers who were killed during the war

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

@gargarin.bsky.social Thank you for sharing our post yesterday! In return here are two postcards featuring Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social

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Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The focussed exhibitions are my favourite. I loved the art inspired by LOTR, the Brian Wildsmith was exemplary, but the current one curated by Barnsley's own Prof Joann Fletcher is my favourite and it's on until February.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

@elaine28.bsky.social Thank you for sharing our post! In return here's the story of a war hero: On January 6, 1942, a Whitley bomber left Dalton Airbase to attack the docks in France. It was too cloudy, so the plane returned with a full load of bombs.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

@ulstermuseum.org Thank you for sharing our post! In return here's some cute children's shoes. Oops there might be a creepy doll and a hot water bottle lurking in the background

Museum display case containing a collection of childhood and family-related objects arranged on a white display plinth. At the centre sits a blonde-haired doll wearing a bright pink and orange striped dress and black shoes. Around the doll are several toys, including a green Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle figure, two pastel-coloured toy ponies, and a pair of model pigeons mounted on small stands.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

@ericbearshug.bsky.social Thanks for sharing our post! We have lots of childhood and school memories on display in the museum. This was John's shirt signed by his class in 2000

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

@astrumtetra.bsky.social Thank you for sharing our post! Jamie Preece’s Joystick - Jamie helps the NHS in Barnsley to represent the views of disabled people who use their devices. Jamie has Cerebral Palsy and this early device helped Jamie to control his wheelchair.

Close-up view of a museum display case featuring a specialist wheelchair joystick control unit labelled “Penny & Giles.” The device is housed in a cream-coloured rectangular casing with a large black joystick in the centre, protected by curved metal guard rails.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

@sulli864.bsky.social Thank you for sharing our post! On display in Experience Barnsley is a game of mousetrap (We have been informed via a Facebook group that this is set up wrong)

Museum display case featuring a brightly coloured vintage Mouse Trap board game set up on its game board with red, yellow, green, and blue plastic components. Surrounding objects include a small black-and-white toy figure, a scientific-looking model with metal rods, old keys, a handwritten letter,

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Would we do a thing like that? before you all answer that was a rhetorical question.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We're getting close to 2,000 followers. If you share this post we will share something from our collections. We'll do the same for any new followers too.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'life by the sea' for John Bellany: Anchored at Scottish Fisheries Museum 🌊 'Beach Scene' by John Henry Mole (1814–1886) from Royal Watercolour Society @artukdotorg.bsky.social #Art #BlueskyArt #beach #sea #seaside

Four people are on a beach: a girl with a basket, two seated men by fishing nets and fish, and a woman standing by a boat. Other figures and boats are visible in the background under a blue sky.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#PuzzleMonday 'Flower Piece' by Jan van Huysum 🧩Let us know how long it takes to complete this #MuseumJigsaw 🧩 🎨 bit.ly/BlueskyJigsaws #art #bluesky #artist #game #puzzle #PuzzleMonday #MuseumMonday

A painted still life of a vase filled with colourful flowers, including roses, lilies, and poppies, arranged on a dark surface with lush green leaves and a dim background.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We're ending the week with a new short film: Of Minstrels and Mayhem: The quest for the chalice Performed by Next Big Thing, Barnsley Museums’ youth group, to celebrate the history of Monk Bretton Priory. watch the 20 minute film on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ-h...

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'reflections' 🪞 A Reflective Approach by Kevin Atherton (b.1950) Armouries Drive, Leeds @artukdotorg.bsky.social #Art #Sculpture

A statue of a person pushing a large reflective metal sphere, which mirrors nearby buildings and the surroundings in an urban outdoor setting.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Does anyone feel like today is Monday pt2? As we didn't do our regular #PuzzleMonday jigsaw yesterday we thought we'd share one today This is our lovely Barnsley Heritage map illustrated by Liz Kay Piece it together here: bit.ly/BlueskyJigsaws #MuseumJigsaws #puzzle #game #heritage

A brightly coloured illustrated map with icons depicting heritage areas of interest in Barnsley.

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Great choice! 🐕

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Dogs are taking over the #OnlineArtExchange this week! 🐶🐕🐾 'Comical Dogs' by Edwin Henry Landseer from Victoria and Albert Museum @artukdotorg.bsky.social #art #dogs #BlueskyArt

Two small, scruffy dogs sit indoors. One wears a white bonnet and red shawl, the other a red scarf. A spool of thread lies nearby. Warm light and a red curtain set a cozy, humorous scene.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

📩 Barnsley Museums objects as email sign offs....

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We realise the only Dolly we should be posting about today is Dolly Parton. Do you remember the Dolly Parton challenge from a few years ago?

A four-panel meme uses old paintings to parody social media profiles: formal for LinkedIn, friendly for Facebook, regal for Instagram, and risqué for Tinder.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Today is National Toilet Roll Day, surely we can't link that to our doll collections?! Yes we can! Presenting our 1960s toilet roll dolls #NationalToiletRollDay

Three vintage dolls in elaborate dresses are displayed. A sign reads: “Toilet Roll Dolls, 1960s. During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, toilet roll was a precious commodity due to panic-buying.”.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Happy #NationalDogDay We don't know much about this photo in our collections, but that's why we like it so much! Your best captions please....

a woman stood next to a chair with a dog sat on it

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow you gotta put up with the rain" Dolly Parton - 1946-2026 📸 Cannon Hall Museum Park and Gardens

A rainbow over the parklands at Cannon Hall

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Jackie is currently sulking as she didn't appear in this video. Us preparing for a Netflix documentary about creepy dolls.

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Karen RH @karenrh.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Gentle way to get the day going

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