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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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A donation from you could supercharge children’s learning, help people unlock their creativity and see visitors embark on journeys of discovery that last a lifetime. 

Donate today and your donation will be doubled – making twice the difference, at no extra cost to you!

 

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New Horizons: Growing Sheffield's Art Collection

18 Oct 2025 – 25 Jan 2026  |  Millennium Gallery

New Horizons presents highlights of the paintings, works on paper, sculpture and video art that have joined the collection over the last ten years, celebrating artistic excellence that reflects the world we live in and helps us find our place in it.

Free Exhibition  |  Please Donate £5

 

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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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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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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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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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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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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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© Andy Brown

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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Explore the different ways the museums can help grow knowledge, develop skills and make new connections to the world around us.