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Ruskin Collection: Hand, Head and Heart

9 Dec 2023 – 1 Dec 2024  |  Millennium Gallery

John Ruskin believed in the positive power of making by hand. This new redisplay looks at how the act of handmaking improves people’s lives today.

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A colourful embroidered quilt featuring text and images. At the centre are two portraits of Terry Higgins which are framed by a hear motif. The quilt is hung on a concrete and glass wall in a contemporary building.
A painting of a busy industrial scene showing factories with many chimneys which have smoke billowing out of them. A waterway runs to the right of the picture with boats and a train travels over a viaduct. There are lots of people and horses and carts.

City of Rivers

24 Nov 2023 – 4 Nov 2024  |  Weston Park Museum

Explore our connections to the rivers that shaped Sheffield 

Free Exhibition  |  Please Donate

 

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Handmade for Christmas

Until 24 Dec 2023  |  Millennium Gallery

Looking for a Christmas present that’s truly special? Find gifts created by talented makers from across the region.

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A collection of coloured vases in red, orange, yellow, blue and turquoise. The vases vary in size and shape, but each has a ridged or textured surface.
An open small altar. The open centre section features an stylised bird in gold. The interiors of the doors either side feature multicoloured illustrations.

Pioneers: John Ruskin, William Morris and the Bauhaus

19 Oct 2023 – 21 Jan 2024  |  Millennium Gallery

Explore the unexpected connections between these pioneers of art and design.

Free Exhibition  |  Please Donate

 

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Colour and Light: Scottish Colourists from the Fleming Collection

14 Jul – 9 Dec 2023  |  Graves Gallery

Celebrating one of the most talented and distinctive groups in 20th century British art.

Free Exhibition  |  Please Donate

 

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A painting of a loch and surrounding land, in green, yellow, blue and brown. In front of the lock there is grass, shrubbery and a fence, and behind the loch are mountains.

NEWS: A bright future begins at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet this winter

We begin work on a two-year programme of improvements at Abbeydale thanks to major funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

 

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A young visitor tries a historic bench vice at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet.

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Sheffield Stories

Help shape new displays telling the stories of people of African Caribbean heritage living in Sheffield.

 

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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

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