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Handmade for Christmas

21 Oct – 24 Dec 2022  |  Millennium Gallery

Find unique gifts created by talented makers from across the region.

Free Entry

 

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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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From Sky to Sea: Artists and Water

Coming Soon: Opens 24 Nov 2022
This new exhibition will explore artists’ enduring fascination with water and our relationship to it.

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Johny Pitts: Home is Not a Place

Until 24 Dec 2022  |  Graves Gallery

Photographer Johny Pitts explores the idea of home through the lens of the Black British experience.

Free Exhibition  |  Please Donate

 

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Brought to Light: The Remarkable Bateman Collection

See objects spanning archaeological treasures to ancient fossils and explore the life and legacy of the pioneering local Victorian collector and antiquarian, Thomas Bateman.

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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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Venue Hire

From weddings to conferences, host your event at one of Sheffield’s landmark venues

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Sheffield Museums is a charity. Your support helps keep your museums open and free for everyone to enjoy.

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Prints on Demand

Turn your living room into a gallery and enjoy your favourite work form the collection in your own home

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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

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

Learning

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

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