Millennium Gallery

The Millennium Gallery brings the best in art and design to Sheffield

The gallery’s changing exhibition programme showcases the best in national and international art and design alongside the region’s remarkable creative talents. You’ll also find collection displays celebrating Sheffield’s metalworking prowess and the remarkable art and artefacts brought to the city by the artist and writer, John Ruskin.

Sheffield’s Metalwork Collection is one of the finest in the world. You’ll see over 800 examples of the cutlery, flatware and tableware that have made the city famous, as well as beautiful objects collected from every continent.

The gallery is also home to the Guild of St George’s unique Ruskin Collection. Spanning art, illustrated manuscripts and minerals, the collection was established in the 1800s to inspire the people of Sheffield. Today, it’s showcased through regularly changing displays celebrating the contemporary relevance of Ruskin’s visionary ideas.

During your visit, you can enjoy great coffee and some truly fantastic grilled cheese sandwiches in our café, Ambulo.

And we'll let you into a little secret – the Millennium Gallery has some of the best shopping in Sheffield. If it's a gift you're after, the Gallery shop has just what you need, from must-have homeware and hand-crafted jewellery to books, cards and stationery.

Suggested donation £5 – please donate if you're able and help keep your museums open and available for everyone to enjoy.

Free Entry | Please Donate £5

Opening Times

Tue–Sat 10am–5pm | Sun 11am–4pm

Closed Mondays including Bank Holidays

***The gallery café, Ambulo, will be closed on Wed 21 May for an event***

Millennium Gallery

Arundel Gate

Sheffield

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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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Ruskin Collection : Capturing Colour

21 Dec 2024 – winter 2025 | Millennium Gallery

A new collection redisplay considering how colour is made, what colour can tell us about the natural world and how light is key to how we see and understand colour.

Free Exhibition | Please Donate £5

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A watercolour study in blues, red and greens depicting a biblical scene featuring four figures surrounded by ornate decorative pattern.

Two adults are looking at a glass cabinet in the gallery, one of the adults is pointing. There is a dark blue gallery sign behind them.

The Sykes Gallery Metalwork Collection

Sheffield’s Metalwork Collection is one of the finest in the world. See examples of the cutlery, flatware and tableware that have made Sheffield famous, as well as beautiful objects collected from every continent.

Ongoing display

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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), exploring their relevance today through annually changing displays.

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