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Sheffield’s museums are free and here for everyone. Explore the stories of the city and its people, see the very best in art and design and set your imagination soaring.

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Bringing the best in art and design to Sheffield

Celebrating 300 years of Sheffield making history

Stories of Sheffield from prehistory to present day

Step into the past and explore the industry that shaped Sheffield

Discover great art in the heart of the city

See Sheffield’s knife grinding history brought to life

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Try the new Marvellous Museum Mice Trail

For Weston Park Museum’s 150th birthday, we’ve invited some very special guests to celebrate with us – the marvellous Museum Mice! Explore the museum with our new family trail and see if you can spot them. 

 

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Celebrate 150 years of Weston Park Museum with us!

Join us for a host of of family activities, new displays, talk and tours as we celebrate Weston Park Museum's 150th birthday.

 

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A photograph. 16 pieces of woodcut prints arranged in a grid, showing an army of men and horses being submerged in water. The back of a woman's head is seen leaning into the bottom of the frame, arms (with hands in blue gloves) stretching out over the work.

Penny McCarthy: How to Look Through Time

12 Jul – 20 Dec 2025  |  Graves Gallery

Inspired by one of the star's of Sheffield Visual Art collection, this exhibition of new work by Penny McCarthy reflects on how time affects the way we view and understand art.

Free Exhibition  |  Please Donate £5

 

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Colour

19 Jun – 14 Sep 2025 |  Millennium Gallery

Explore a spectacular world of colour – how we see it, how it’s made, how it’s used and what it means – through over 150 objects spanning art, science, nature and cultural histories.

Free Exhibition  |  Please Donate £5

 

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A composite image featuring, L-R: a colour ornithological illustration of a parrot; a blue sculptural form in the shape of a chalice; a colour botanical illustration of a foxglove, a historic painting of a woman in a ochre yellow dress.

In Conversation: On the Border of my Peaceful Home

Until 23 Sep 2026  |  Graves Gallery

This new exhibition, curated by artist Kedisha Coakley, brings together artworks, objects and specimens from Sheffield’s collection to explore the relationship between Empire and the trade in fruit and flowers. 

Free Exhibition  |  Please Donate £5

 

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Liliane Tomasko: The Psyche of the Portrait

Until 12 Oct 2025 |  Millennium Gallery

Shedding light on the ever-changing human psyche, this new exhibition see New York-based artist Liliane Tomasko present work directly responding to key portraits in Sheffield's visual art collection.

Free Exhibition  |  Please Donate £5

 

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This image is split in half vertically. The left half shows an abstracted figure with long blonde hair and what seems to be a patterned top, with red, white, yellow and brown sections. The background is white, brown and blue. The right half is more abstract, with swathes of pink, white and blue paint mixed together in brushstrokes. There is a green and blue section in the top right corner. The background is beige. There is a red and white triangle in the bottom right corner.
A painting of a young child being bathed in a sink of a 197s style kitchen. Around the sink are a rubber duck, a bottle of washing up liquid, a jug, a kettle and a mug.

The Boy with a Leg Named Brian – Memoirs by Pete McKee

Until 2 Nov 2025  |  Weston Park Museum

Take a nostalgia-filled journey through Pete McKee's 1970s childhood in this major new exhibition.

Free Exhibition  |  Please Donate £5

 

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Graves Gallery

Collection Display: Colour, Form & Line

Fri 11 April 2025 - Thu 30 April 2026
Graves Gallery

We are the Monument

Sat 27 January 2024 - Sat 20 December 2025

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Graves Gallery

Collection Display: Place and Identity

Fri 9 May 2025 - Thu 30 April 2026
Graves Gallery

Portraits and the Human Figure

Tue 25 March 2025 - Sat 25 April 2026

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Give a Museum Gift Experience

Our unforgettable museum experience packages are a present guaranteed to wow that special someone. As well as making their day (or treating yourself), you’ll also be giving an important gift to your museums – raising vital funds to help keep them free and open for everyone to enjoy, all year round.

 

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Collections & Stories

Discover highlights from the collections, or  explore stories from across the museums, from the work that goes on behind the scenes to insights into the artists and makers on display.

 

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River Don Engine

Hear the roar and feel the rumble of the most powerful working steam engine in Europe – an unmissable part of any visit to Kelham Island Museum! Experience it in steam at 12pm & 2pm Thu-Sun. 

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Fridays Under 5s

Our smallest visitors are some of our biggest fans. Join us every Friday during term time for hands-on creative fun for you and your little ones.

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The Ruskin Collection

The Guild of St George’s Ruskin Collection celebrates the visionary ideas of the Victorian artist and writer, John Ruskin (1819-1900) and explores their relevance today.

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Step back in time at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

Explore the industry that shaped Sheffield and immerse yourself in life at home and at work at this rural scythe and steelworks, just a 10 minute walk from Millhouses Park.

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Seven smiling primary school aged children taking part in a school session. They are dressed as Anglo Saxons and wearing brightly coloured tunics and paper helmets which they have made in the session.

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Seven smiling primary school aged children taking part in a school session. They are dressed as Anglo Saxons and wearing brightly coloured tunics and paper helmets which they have made in the session.

© Andy Brown

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