Teacher-led Visits

Weston Park Museum tells the stories of Sheffield and its people from pre-history right through to the present day. The museum spans a wide range of science-based topics, with an extensive natural history collection. Displays also chronicle local history, from the Stone Age, through ancient Egypt and the Bronze Age to the present day.

Open Tue – Sun during term time

Located in one of the city’s oldest industrial districts, Kelham Island Museum stands on a man-made island that’s nearly a thousand years old. The museum’s collections, including the mighty River Don Engine, tell Sheffield’s industrial story past and present, making it a perfect focus for local history or design projects. Follow the growth of the Steel City, learn about the amazing Women of Steel and discover Sheffield's global connections.   

Open Tue – Sun during term time

If you are making a teacher-led visit to Kelham Island Museum, you are welcome to download our free teaching resources to support teaching and learning on the day. Please see the links below:

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The Millennium Gallery brings the best in art and design to Sheffield, presenting a regularly changing programme of exhibitions. It’s also home to Sheffield’s nationally significant Metalwork Collection, which offers perspectives on local history and industry, changes in society throughout the 20^th century, and the science of steel. Highlights from the Guild of St George’s unique Ruskin Collection are also showcased here, celebrating the wonders of nature through art, craft, geology and natural science.

Open Tue – Sun during term time

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet offers a glimpse of life at home and at work at a rural scythe and steelworks dating back to the 18^th century. Once a producer of agricultural tools and the largest water-powered industrial site on the River Sheaf, it represents a key part of Sheffield’s industrial heritage. The historic hamlet buildings include the Manager's House, Workers’ Cottage, waterwheels, workshops, tilt hammers, a grinding hull, steam engine and the last complete surviving crucible steel furnace in the UK. 

Open Thu – Sun (Summer only) during term time

If you are making a teacher-led visit to Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, you are welcome to download our free teaching resources to support teaching and learning on the day. Please see the links below:

Key Stage 1
Key Stage 2
Key Stage 3

These teaching resources have been made possible as part of Embrace Abbeydale, with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to create these free resources for teachers, which give information and guidance on supporting children and young people on a self-guided visit to Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet.

The Graves Gallery is home to Sheffield’s visual art collection. You’ll see work by artists including David Hockney, John Hoyland, Tess Jaray, Claudette Johnson, Keith Piper, Bridget Riley, Lesley Sanderson, Marc Quinn, JMW Turner and many more, alongside a vibrant programme of regularly changing exhibitions. Galleries provide opportunities to explore areas such as colour and form, identity and portraiture.

Open Tue – Sat during term time

Set in the Porter Brook valley, Shepherd Wheel Workshop is a unique working example of Sheffield's knife-grinding industry dating back to the 16^th century. It was one of many small water-powered grinding workshops along Sheffield's rivers; for over four centuries is was the workplace of skilled grinders, who produced fine, sharp cutting edges. Shepherd Wheel is a unique part of Sheffield’s history.

Open to schools by appointment during term time (Spring 2 and Summer terms only)