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Cooper Gallery
Be Inspired by Art
Opening times
Monday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm Closed Sunday and Bank Holidays.
Please note that exhibition spaces are closed to the public during change of exhibition.
If you wish to contact the cafe call: 07470753315
Church Street, Barnsley, S70 2AH
*Exhibition changeover*
Our main galleries and The Sadler Room are closed while we install two new exhibitions. Our gift shop and cafe are open as usual. We re-open fully on Saturday 17 January
What's On
Find our what events & exhibitions are taking place at The Cooper Gallery
Collections
The fine art collection at the Cooper Gallery includes works by British and European artists from the 17th to 21st centuries.
Accessibility
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John Ledger’s “Straight A’s” Exhibition Opens at Cooper Gallery
A new exhibition, “Straight A’s”, by local artist John Ledger, opens at the Cooper Gallery from Saturday 17 January to Saturday 11 April 2026. It will offer visitors a powerful and honest insight into mental health, drawing on Ledger’s own life experiences through his acclaimed large-scale drawings, video, and sculpture
New exhibitions exploring mental health open at The Cooper Gallery
Just Us are proud to announce their new exhibition ‘Expressing the Walls in My Mind’, created in collaboration with young people, artist Tony Wade, and with support from Barnsley Civic.
Barnsley Museums celebrates record-breaking milestone of two million visitors
Barnsley Museums is thrilled to announce a historic achievement, welcoming two million visitors in 2024-25. This is the first time, in the council’s records, that the Museums service has reached this number in a year.
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