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Sheffield Museums Together with local, regional and national partners, we showcase home-grown creative talent and bring outstanding cultural experiences to the city.

Six museums and historic sites across the city, creating life-shaping, eye-opening, joy-filled memories with you ✨

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Graves Gallery, Kelham Island Museum, Millennium Gallery, Shepherd Wheel & Weston Park Museum Established in 2021, Sheffield Museums Trust cares for the city’s collections of art, human and industrial history, and natural science, alongside the Guild of S

t George’s John Ruskin collection and is home to the Ken Hawley Collection Trust’s Hawley Tool Collection. We work with our communities to tell the remarkable story of Sheffield and its people, and celebrate its reputation for excellence in craft, making and innovation. Supported by Sheffield City Council and Arts Council England.

Father's Day inspiration, right here!Pop in to the Millennium Gallery shop for glorious gifts for Dad or anyone special ...
19/06/2026

Father's Day inspiration, right here!

Pop in to the Millennium Gallery shop for glorious gifts for Dad or anyone special this Father’s Day.

Top choice is the ‘Classic Football Shirts’ book by Penguin, a love letter to football shirts and fan culture. Just hope Dad doesn’t get too sad about sending his old football shirts to the charity shop, only to realise they’re now the height of fashion 🤫

We love these sauces and rubs from Sheffield favourite, Unit and Bullion Chocolate is also a superb gift.

Or how about a Pete Mckee mug for the perfect cuppa? ☕️

How about a workshop ticket - at Kelham Makes: Leatherwork Workshop – Make Your Own Keyring Dad could get crafty and make something beautiful and useful ♥ (booking link in bio)!

Best of all: a trip to see the Football Art Prize together 🤗 ⚽

Every purchase in our shops directly supports our work to send visitors of all ages on journeys of discovery that last a lifetime.

There’s something magical growing in the Millennium Gallery! 🌳Opening on Sat 20 Jun, The Bobeam Tree is a magical tree, ...
18/06/2026

There’s something magical growing in the Millennium Gallery! 🌳

Opening on Sat 20 Jun, The Bobeam Tree is a magical tree, which – as the story goes – grows when surrounded by children’s curiosity, play, thoughts and feelings. 🧸🐸📚

At the Millennium Gallery young imaginations will be sent soaring by over 70 objects from the city’s collection. Discover a host of artworks spanning people, animals and places – including works by Gillian Ayres, Patrick Caulfield and Godfrey Sykes. You’ll also find unusual birds and animals from the city’s Natural Science collection. Plus, books, toys and dressing up clothes!

The Bobeam Tree comes to Sheffield in partnership with and the National Portrait Gallery

Exhibition details:
The Bobeam Tree
Sat 20 Jun – Sun 30 Aug
Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
Free entry, please donate £5 to help send imaginations soaring!

Last chance to see When the Day is Done: New Paintings by Ryan Mosley at the Graves Gallery! Open now until 4 Jul ✨Now i...
16/06/2026

Last chance to see When the Day is Done: New Paintings by Ryan Mosley at the Graves Gallery! Open now until 4 Jul ✨

Now is your chance to see this landmark exhibition - whether revealing musicians in night clubs or individuals dwarfed by the enormity of the natural world, each painting sees the human condition scrutinised through the painter’s lens.

Also, there’s a small number of limited edition prints by Ryan Mosley still available in the Graves Gallery shop.

Please donate £5 when you visit as bringing the best in art and design to Sheffield is only possible thanks to your generosity 👏

Is history your thing? Sheffield has a brilliant and varied history. From the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet to Kelham Isla...
16/06/2026

Is history your thing?

Sheffield has a brilliant and varied history. From the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet to Kelham Island Museum, there is plenty to explore about the city’s past.

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15/06/2026

Meet the winner of the Football Art Prize 2026

See the winning artwork Footwork (2025) by Alina Akbar in the Football Art Prize, now on at the Millennium Gallery!

This work brings together football freestyle and Kathak dance through rhythm, movement and sound. Working with members of the British South Asian diaspora, it explores the similarities between different forms of footwork and performance.

Exhibition details:
The Football Art Prize
Now until Sun 13 Sep
The Millennium Gallery

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Please donate £5 when you visit, you’re helping bring the best in art and design to Sheffield!

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Morning everyone, here are the special events we have coming up this week, hope you can join us! 🌷👶 SOLD-OUT - Baby Frie...
15/06/2026

Morning everyone, here are the special events we have coming up this week, hope you can join us! 🌷

👶 SOLD-OUT - Baby Friendly Art Club
📅 Tue 16 Jun, 11am-12.30pm. Book now for July's edition, on Tue 21 Jul.
📍 Millennium Gallery
Develop your artistic skills in a relaxed setting with this specially designed art class for parents or carers with young babies under 12 months.
🎟️ £9, booking recommended.
🔗 https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/baby-friendly-art-club-jul-2026/

🎨 Feel Good Art Club
📅 Wed 17 Jun, 6-7.30pm
📍 Millennium Gallery
Develop your artistic skills in a relaxed setting at the Millennium Gallery.
🎟️ £9.50, booking recommended
🔗 https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/feel-good-art-club-17-june/

🎨 Graves Art Club
📅 Thu 18 Jun, 11am 1pm
📍 Graves Gallery
Find creative inspiration in the Graves Gallery with this welcoming and supportive art group.
🎟️ £7.50, pay on the day, in the shop
🔗 https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/graves-art-club/

🧸Fridays Under 5s - Get Stuck In!
📅 Every Friday during term time, 10am – 12:30pm
📍Weston Park Museum
Join us for hands-on creative fun for you and your little ones.
🎟️Suggested donation £3, just drop in
🔗 https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/fridays-under-5s-get-stuck-in/

✏ Life Drawing
📅 Fri 19 May, 10.30am - 12.30pm
📍 Millennium Gallery
Develop your drawing skills working from a n**e model with support from one of our regular artist tutors.
🎟️ Booking essential, £11.50
🔗 https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/life-drawing/

🌳 Be the First to See the Bobeam Tree!
📅 Sat 20 Jun, 10am - 1pm
📍 Millennium Gallery
Join us as we unveil a magical world of interactive discovery for 0–5-year-olds and their grown-ups. Be the first to explore the exhibition and there's a free goodie bag for the first 100 little visitors!
🎟️ £5 suggested donation, just drop in!
🔗 https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/be-first-to-see-the-bobeam-tree/

📢 Heads up if you’re planning a visit to The Millennium Gallery tomorrow (Sun 14 Jun), please note that the gallery will...
13/06/2026

📢 Heads up if you’re planning a visit to The Millennium Gallery tomorrow (Sun 14 Jun), please note that the gallery will be closing at the earlier time of 3.30pm for an event. 📢

We’re very sad to hear that David Hockney, one of Yorkshire’s finest, has died. If you’d like to take a look at his work...
12/06/2026

We’re very sad to hear that David Hockney, one of Yorkshire’s finest, has died.

If you’d like to take a look at his work next time you’re in town, then his print Cleanliness Is Next To Godliness (1964) is on display in the Graves Gallery. It gives you a sense of the bold, accepting and hopeful nature of his work that made him one of the most important figures in contemporary art. 🌻

The work is displayed as part of the exhibition ‘Revolution, Revelation, Reinforcement: Q***r Legacies in Sheffield’s Art Collection’.

The Football Art Prize 2025/26 winners have been announced! 🏆First Prize of £5,000 goes to Alina Akbar, for her film Foo...
11/06/2026

The Football Art Prize 2025/26 winners have been announced! 🏆

First Prize of £5,000 goes to Alina Akbar, for her film Footwork, which brings together football freestyle and khatak dance.

Second Prize of £2,000 goes to Conor Rogers Artist, for his Betting Slip series, paintings made directly onto found betting slips, exploring class, masculinity and football culture in Britain.

The Football Art Prize is now open The Millennium Gallery until 13 September!

Exhibition details:

The Football Art Prize
Now until Sun 13 Sep
The Millennium Gallery
Please donate £5 when you visit to help bring the best in art and design to Sheffield! 👊

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