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A group of people look at decorative metalwork objects in glass cases in a gallery. A group of people look at decorative metalwork objects in glass cases in a gallery.

© Andy Brown

Millennium Gallery

The Millennium Gallery brings the best in art and design to Sheffield

The gallery’s changing exhibition programme showcases the best in national and international art and design alongside the region’s remarkable creative talents. You’ll also find collection displays celebrating Sheffield’s metalworking prowess and the remarkable art and artefacts brought to the city by the artist and writer, John Ruskin.

 

Sheffield’s Metalwork Collection is one of the finest in the world. You’ll see over 800 examples of the cutlery, flatware and tableware that have made the city famous, as well as beautiful objects collected from every continent.

The gallery is also home to the Guild of St George’s unique Ruskin Collection. Spanning art, illustrated manuscripts and minerals, the collection was established in the 1800s to inspire the people of Sheffield. Today, it’s showcased through regularly changing displays celebrating the contemporary relevance of Ruskin’s visionary ideas.

During your visit, you can enjoy great coffee and some truly fantastic grilled cheese sandwiches in our café, Ambulo. 

And we'll let you into a little secret – the Millennium Gallery has some of the best shopping in Sheffield. If it's a gift you're after, the Gallery shop has just what you need, from must-have homeware and hand-crafted jewellery to books, cards and stationery. 

 

Suggested donation £5 – please donate if you're able and help keep your museums open and available for everyone to enjoy.

 

Free Entry | Please Donate £5

Opening Times

Tue–Sat 10am–5pm

Sun 11am–4pm

Millennium Gallery

Arundel Gate

Sheffield

S1 2PP

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A photograph of John Hoyland's painting River Tales. River Tales has a blue background. Three red stripes come vertically down the left side of the painting. Next to that is a wider, more irregular red stripe with black paint streaked through. Ovals of orange, yellow, navy and blue are next to it. Then there is a pink rectangle that extends vertically down the piece, with four green stripes going down it.

Strange Presence: John Hoyland Paintings

18 Jan – 18 May 2025  |  Millennium Gallery

The first of two new exhibitions celebrating the acclaimed Sheffield-born artist, John Hoyland, Strange Presence showcases a selection of Hoyland's bold, striking abstract paintings.

Free Exhibition  |  Please Donate £5

 

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A watercolour study in blues, red and greens depicting a biblical scene featuring four figures surrounded by ornate decorative pattern.

Ruskin Collection : Capturing Colour

21 Dec 2024 – winter 2025  |  Millennium Gallery

A new collection redisplay considering how colour is made, what colour can tell us about the natural world and how light is key to how we see and understand colour.

Free Exhibition  |  Please Donate £5

 

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All Exhibitions & Displays

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Events at the Millennium Gallery

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  • Old Sheffield Plate Soup Tureen, 1790-1810. Photo © Sheffield Museums.
  • Two adults are looking at a glass cabinet in the gallery, one of the adults is pointing. There is a dark blue gallery sign behind them. © Andy Brown
  • The Yellow Hammer, Or Yellow Bunting Lithograph, 1832-1837, by John & Elizabeth Gould © the Guild of St George / Sheffield Museums.
  • © Andy Brown
  • J.W.Bunney, Façade Of San Marco, Venice, 1877-82 © the Guild Of St George / Sheffield Museums
  • © Andy Brown
  • © Andy Brown

See more next door at the Graves Gallery

Find more exhibitions and display just over the road at the Graves Gallery, home to the city's visual art collection. Open Tue - Sat, free entry.

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