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Adults in front of an oil painting, The Missus Vickers by John Singer Sargeant. The painting is of three women in formal Victorian dress. They are sitting informally next to each other - two women are sharing a chair and looking at a book, and the third woman is sitting on a chair behind them. The painting has a dark background, with the outline of a dresser on which sits a silver jug and a porcelain bowl. Adults in front of an oil painting, The Missus Vickers by John Singer Sargeant. The painting is of three women in formal Victorian dress. They are sitting informally next to each other - two women are sharing a chair and looking at a book, and the third woman is sitting on a chair behind them. The painting has a dark background, with the outline of a dresser on which sits a silver jug and a porcelain bowl.

© Andy Brown

© Andy Brown

Sheffield Museums was established in 2021, uniting Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust and Museums Sheffield.

We’re responsible for running six of the city’s leading museums, galleries, and historic sites and caring for the city’s collections.

 

Our legacy trusts

Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust

Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust was established in 1994. It was responsible for the operation of Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Kelham Island Museum and Shepherd Wheel Workshop and caring for the city’s collections of industrial history.

Museums Sheffield

Museums Sheffield was established in 1998 and was responsible for the operation of the Graves Gallery, Millennium Gallery and Weston Park Museum.  It cared for the city’s collections of art, archaeology, decorative metalwork, natural science, social history and world cultures and was custodian of the Guild of St George’s Ruskin Collection.

Prior to 1994 the six sites now cared for by Sheffield Museums were operated by Sheffield City Council.

Annual Reviews

Read our annual summaries of the work we do, from welcoming visitors to growing the city's collections and delivering our programme of exhibitions, activities and events.

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A group of adults and children looking at the River Don Engine.
A black and white photograph of a roundabout (known as the “Hole in the Road”) with a view of Sheffield in the background. Cars and buses are driving round the roundabout, and in the middle, below street level, there are people walking and sitting.

Past Exhibitions

Explore the exhibitions we've presented since Sheffield Museums Trust was established in 2021.

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Museum Histories

You can find out more about the history of each of the museums through the links below

 

Kelham Island Museum
Oil on canvas painting of a grand building which has ornate Christian religious scenes depicted on its walls.

Millennium Gallery

Weston Park Museum
Looking across open water towards Hamlet buildings framed by trees in autumnal shades.

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

Graves Gallery

Shepherd Wheel Workshop

Going Public

Since 2015, we've been working to make meaningful connections between public museums and private collections.  

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A painted banner across the nave of Sheffield Cathedral