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Sheffield’s museums are free and here for everyone. Discover the stories of the city and its people, see the very best in art and design and set your imagination soaring.

Please donate £5 when you visit and help keep your museums open and available for everyone to enjoy.

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Bringing the best in art and design to Sheffield

Celebrating 300 years of Sheffield making history

Stories of Sheffield from prehistory to present day

Step into the past and explore the industry that shaped Sheffield

Discover great art in the heart of the city

See Sheffield’s knife grinding history brought to life

These Mad Hybrids: John Hoyland and Contemporary Sculpture

20 Feb – 18 May 2025 | Millennium Gallery

Discover John Hoyland’s rarely seen explorations of sculptural forms, alongside work by Caroline Achaintre, Phyllida Barlow, Hew Locke and more.

Free Exhibition | Please Donate £5

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A photograph of Hoyland's work Thupelo Memory, shown against a white background. A pink, yellow and blue painted triangle shape rests a top a pink, oval shaped base. A pink curved shape rests behind it, snaking up to the top of the triangle. Behind that is a large pink circle shape, with a line through it. All are decorated with splodges of red and burgundy paint.

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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Derrick Greaves: Art Worlds

25 Jan – Sat 21 Jun 2025 | Graves Gallery

Derrick Greaves grew up in Sheffield and his early experiences here had a significant impact on the development of his painting. Art Worlds presents 20 highlights from his eight-decade career.

Free Exhibition | Please Donate £5

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A photograph of Derrick Greaves' 2020 work Blossom (Two Trees). The painting has a bright green background and depicts two trees side by side. On the left of the image, a pink blossom tree with a red trunk is depicted in bold lines. The trunk has an orange outline. On the right, there is a white blossom tree with a purple trunk. It has a darker purple outline. A collection of small white circles represent the individual blossoms on both trees.

A painting of a young child being bathed in a sink of a 197s style kitchen. Around the sink are a rubber duck, a bottle of washing up liquid, a jug, a kettle and a mug.

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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Makers Open Call Out 2025

Be part of Crafted this Christmas 2025, the Millennium Gallery's annual showcase of the best in British contemporary craft.

Open to UK-based makers until 15 June!

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Three vases with a hammered, shiny surface.

Graves Gallery

Collection Display: Colour, Form & Line

Fri 11 April 2025 - Thu 30 April 2026

Graves Gallery

We are the Monument

Sat 27 January 2024 - Sat 20 December 2025

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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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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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Fridays Under 5s

Our smallest visitors are some of our biggest fans. Join us every Friday during term time for hands-on creative fun for you and your little ones.

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Oil on canvas painting of a grand building which has ornate Christian religious scenes depicted on its walls.

The Ruskin Collection

The Guild of St George’s Ruskin Collection celebrates the visionary ideas of the Victorian artist and writer, John Ruskin (1819-1900) and explores their relevance today.

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Looking across open water towards Hamlet buildings framed by trees in autumnal shades.

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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