Victoria Jubilee Museum
Small volunteer-run village museum in Cawthorne known for its curiosities, including stuffed animals and a two-headed lamb.
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About the museum
The Victoria Jubilee Museum in the village of Cawthorne was built to mark Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee and is generally said to have opened in 1889, although some directories give 1884 as its date. It is a small independent museum run by volunteers.
The collection is a mixture of unusual objects. It includes a stuffed cheetah, a two-headed lamb and a two-headed calf, and a crocodile skin that once hung in Barnsley’s civic museum. Part of the natural history material is reported to come from a Barnsley collection that closed in the 1950s. A Jubilee stone dated 1897 stands in the grounds on Taylor Hill.
Highlights
- Stuffed cheetah
- Two-headed lamb and two-headed calf
- Crocodile skin from the former Barnsley civic museum
- Queen Victoria Jubilee stone of 1897 in the grounds
Permanent exhibition
- Collection of curiosities – Natural history specimens and other unusual objects in a small village museum, including a stuffed cheetah and a two-headed lamb.
- Founded
- 1884
Admission & discounts
| Adults | £1 |
|---|---|
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 15 · Children under 16 are free. |
A small admission charge applies for visitors aged 16 and over.
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