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Christmas at YSP

Christmas at YSP

Join us this festive season to celebrate creativity, art, delicious food and the great outdoors. Wrap up warm, get your boots and gloves on for a grounding day out at YSP.

This year the halls will be decked, the fires lit and the mulled wine warm and ready for you to tuck into, helping you get into the festive spirit with loved ones. With a programme of Christmas craft workshops, tasty festive dining events, plus incredible exhibitions to discover and magical experiences for little ones, there is something for everyone to enjoy come rain, snow, wind and crisp sunshine. 

Every Sunday in December, treat yourself to a delicious festive lunch in the Kitchen Café, and enjoy live music from Neighbourhood Voices on 7 December and Barnsley Flute Choir on 13 December for added festive cheer.

Our shops are filled with exciting new product ranges to help you get some Christmas shopping done during your visit, from colourful decorations and homeware to presents for kids and treats for yourself. Look out for special Museum Shop Sunday discounts on 30 November.

Don't forget, kids get in for free and parking is always free.

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Christmas Family Activity: Make and Create Together

Every Saturday and Sunday from 22 November–21 December. Entry from 11.00–14.30. Event finishes at 15.00.

Join in this festive season with creative making together for all the family in the Bothy Gallery.

A woodland play area at dusk, decorated with festoon lights and wooden star decorations

Little Wild Wood

Open daily 10.00–17.00

Discover Christmas sparkle in Little Wild Wood, with festive lights to illuminate while you play.

A young girl and a woman with styled hair are engaged in a creative activity at a table covered with colourful books and art supplies. The girl is using a brush on a book, while the woman smiles encouragingly. In the background, a boy is working at another table.

The Studio

Open Tues–Sun 11.00–15.30

Let your creativity run wild in The Studio inspired by William Kentridge's The Pull of Gravity exhibition.

Discover Christmas at YSP activities

  1. A young girl is kneeling on the floor, focused on drawing with crayons on a large sheet of paper. In the background, other children and adults are engaged in various art activities in a bright, spacious room. Illustrations of trees are overlaid onto the image.
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    Christmas Family Activity: Make and Create Together

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    Every weekend a different artist-led activity will unfold, where you can come and spend time with your family connecting to the artworks at YSP, and to each other.
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    Christmas by Candlelight at The Weston

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    SOLD OUT. This festive season, celebrate in style and with an evening of elegance and seasonal warmth at The Weston.
  3. Detail of a circular enamel necklace pendant, in shades of white, black and red, on a red cord.
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    Enamel Jewellery and Decoration Making Workshop with Rachel Brown

    SOLD OUT. Learn how to use coloured enamels to produce your very own pair of earrings and a festive Christmas decoration, with expert tuition from Yorkshire based jeweller, Rachel Brown
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    Sculpture Baby: Jordy Kerwick

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    Spend creative time with your baby and enjoy this sensory session inspired by Jordy Kerwick's One to Give. One to Take Away exhibition at The Weston.
  5. A storyteller crouches in front of a wooden box filled with colourful objects.
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    Storytelling in the Gallery: William Kentridge

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    Led by our spellbinding storytellers, move, make and imagine together, inspired by the William Kentridge: The Pull of Gravity exhibition.