Free Half Term Activity in Thorne and Mexborough
Museums of the Future Danum Gallery Library and Museum is hosting free, fun, family activities this February half term in Thorne and Mexborough. Join us for creative hands-on workshops for children aged 7-11 and their families, to explore what museums are, what museums mean to you and what the ‘museums of the future’ will look […]
A Rich Seam: A Mining Statue For Doncaster and a Letter to Share
Nick Stopforth, Head of Culture and Commercial for Doncaster Council, shares some recent feedback about Doncaster’s mining statue, A Rich Seam. We had contact from sculptor Laurence Edwards recently about a letter Laurence received which really summed up for me the ambition, purpose and success of the sculpture, which you can see located on Printing […]
Moving Museum Summer Tour
The Moving Museum brings Heritage Doncaster’s objects and stories to a place near you! Get hands-on with history and explore Doncaster’s past across Doncaster throughout Summer 2022. Summer 2022 Tour On our Summer 2022 tour you can get hands-on with history, make your own badge, and sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge. It’s suitable […]
Moving the Pollington Sarcophagus
Discovered in 1949 by quarry workers, this enigmatic burial of a woman has featured prominently in Doncaster Museum over the years. Our Human History curator, Peter Robinson, uncovers what went into the complex operation to move it to its new home in the Danum Gallery, Library and Museum due to open later this summer. The […]
No. 251 Locomotive Returns to Doncaster
By Kim Drabyk, Heritage Doncaster Manager On a cold Sunday morning in January, and at an early hour, the Great Northern Railway Atlantic locomotive No.251 made the 90 mile journey from Shildon, south down the A1, to its new home. Following years of planning by Heritage Doncaster and partners, colleagues from our team waited with […]
Doncaster Storytelling Festival 2021
Doncaster turns a page with brand new storytelling festival 1 February – 4 March Nine cultural organisations have joined forces to create Doncaster’s first ever storytelling festival to celebrate diversity and different cultures and languages. Hosted by Doncaster Cultural Education Partnership together with local literacy campaign Doncaster Stories, the festival is bookended by National Storytelling […]
Look up at the moon and stars
By Mina Hayati, Community Engagement Officer In this blog article, we provide a brief history of the telescope, amateur astronomy, and the moon landing. We explore astronomy ideas for beginners and consider how we all might benefit from a bit of stargazing or even just remembering to look up and appreciating the wonderful natural world. […]
History, Health and Happiness Blog
By Victoria Ryves, NPO Programme Manager In this blog we share updates from our History, Health and Happiness programme, which aims to tackle isolation and improve wellbeing in four key areas of Doncaster, using museum collections as the basis for outreach and community engagement activities. October 2019 This October the History, Health and Happiness team have been getting spooky […]