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Elsecar Heritage Centre
An Earls Village of Iron and Coal
Opening times
Elsecar workshops are open all year round except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. Individual shops and businesses have varying opening times.
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Elsecar, Barnsley, S74 8HJ
Elsecar Heritage Centre
Elsecar by the Sea
In days gone by, families from Sheffield, Rotherham and Barnsley used to flock to Elsecar for a day out at the reservoir to enjoy boat rides, picnics and games on the shore.
Then & Now
The Elsecar Story
Experience what it was like to live and work in Victorian Elsecar in this astonishingly detailed digital reconstruction. Fly through ironworks, collieries, workshops and village streets, surrounding by beautiful Yorkshire countryside. See Earl Fitzwilliam speaking to his workers, iron puddlers by their furnaces and the families who lived on our canal.
The Mute Still Air – a film by Ed Carter and Grimethorpe Colliery Band
The Mute Still Air – a film by Ed Carter and Grimethorpe Colliery Band
The Mute Still Air is a sculptural sound installation, musical instrument, and graphic score project by artist and composer Ed Carter, performed with Grimethorpe Colliery Band, and filmed by James Lockey.
Originally commissioned for Elsecar Heritage Centre, the piece reflects on the significance of social responsibility within a brutal commercial industry, taking inspiration from the cultural impact of Benjamin Biram’s pioneering engineering work at the Elsecar coal mine in South Yorkshire.
Find out more about the instalation here
Audio Description of Elsecar Reconstruction launched
A detailed audio described version of the Elsecar reconstruction has been revealed.
Stunning Digital Reconstruction Reveals Yorkshire Village’s Remarkable Industrial Past
The Victorian past of Elsecar, the model industrial village at the heart of South Yorkshire, has been brought to life in a stunning new digital reconstruction and animation.
Barnsley Museums to receive £3.93M funding which helps safeguard nation's cultural heritage
Elsecar Heritage Centre is among more than 60 galleries, museums, libraries and cultural venues to receive Government’s Cultural Investment Fund (CIF) Awarded through the Cultural Development Fund (CDF) strand of the funding, this award will support Elsecar in becoming an internationally recognised visitor destination.
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