Top rated History museums in Barnsley

Experience the best that Barnsley has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 8 places from History museum category.

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The Gainsborough Heritage Centre
Heritage museum
👍 A nice little place full of history and news about Gainsborough, especially the old Marshalls tractor factory and Roses packaging company. These two displays take up most of the ground floor and if you were to read and study all the information on display about them you'd need an hour or two. Upstai...
4.80 (66 reviews) (~42.58 km from centre)
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Pleasley Pit Coal Mining Museum
Museum
👍👍 This is well worth a visit. Very informative about our mining history. The staff great and its all dog friendly and all they ask for is a small donation because its run by volunteers.
4.80 (51 reviews) (~40.96 km from centre)
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Royal Armouries Museum
National museum
Modern building for displays including Henry VIII's armour, war histories and experimental weaponry.
4.70 (12.1K reviews) (~30.32 km from centre)
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National Emergency Services Museum
Museum
Fire-fighting exhibits and 40 emergency service vehicles on display in a 1900 former fire station.
4.70 (1K reviews) (~17.78 km from centre)
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Bishops' House
Museum
Educational museum in a half-timbered house with rooms depicting Elizabethan and Jacobean styles.
4.70 (279 reviews) (~21.39 km from centre)
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Oakwell Hall
History museum
Manorial hall re-creating a 17th-century household plus restored gardens and a country park.
4.60 (1.7K reviews) (~29.95 km from centre)
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Welbeck estate
Historical landmark
😠 Whitwell Wood is managed by Forestry England on a lease from Welbeck Estate. Welbeck Estate have some retained rights and one of which is for shooting. They have given the club the permission to shoot in the wood. Every single year in February, wood pigeons are shot, in the woods. The irony.
4.60 (59 reviews) (~33.71 km from centre)
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Maurice Dobson Museum & Heritage Centre
Museum
👍👍 A surprise to find this excellent little museum. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Full of interesting local history all explained by Ken Brookes, a sprightly 82 local, who walked and talked us round the museum. Finally ended up in a nice little tearoom which is part of the museum all run by volunteers. Will d...
4.60 (47 reviews) (~0.37 km from centre)
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