Weston Park Museum at 150 - Sheffield Museums Trust

To mark the 150th anniversary of Weston Park Museum, this small exhibition highlights some of the objects that formed the basis of Sheffield’s collections, many of which were on display when the museum opened in September 1875.

It includes the first object accessioned into the collection; a specimen of Platypus which was given the museum number A1, many other items donated by Sheffield Literary and Philosophical Society, who’s gift made Sheffield’s first public museum possible and a slideshow of photographs of the museum over the last 150 years.

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Opening Times

Tue–Sat 10am–5pm | Sun 11am–4pm

Closed Mondays including Bank Holidays

***Weston Park Museum will be closed on Tue 11 Nov for staff training. We're sorry if you were hoping to visit then, the museum will open as usual from Wed 12 Nov***

Weston Park Museum

Western Bank

Sheffield

S10 2TP

An old black and white photograph of three gentleman stood outside Weston Park Museum, all smartly dressed. — Weston Park Museum

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