The Sykes Gallery Metalwork Collection

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

The Collection comprises of some 13,000 items, thought to be the most extensive grouping of Sheffield-made cutlery, flatware (forks and spoons) and holloware (bowls, teapots, containers) in existence. The Collection was awarded Designated Status by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport in 1999 in recognition of its outstanding national and historical significance.

Visit our Metalwork Collection Gallery for a dazzling showcase of around 800 objects and a changing programme of temporary exhibitions and displays.

Find out more about Sheffield’s cutlery manufacturers and makers past and present on our interactive cutlery map.

Suggested donation £5 – Please donate and help safeguard the remarkable collections that make Sheffield’s cultural heritage so unique.

Free Entry | Please Donate £5

Opening Times

Tue–Sat 10am–5pm | Sun 11am–4pm

Closed Mondays including Bank Holidays

***The Millennium Gallery lift is currently out of order***

***Liliane Tomasko: The Psyche of the Portrait will be closed 11 – 22 Aug and the Metalwork and Ruskin Collection displays will be closed 11 – 29 Aug while we carry out work on the gallery's air handling system***

Millennium Gallery

Arundel Gate

Sheffield

S1 2PP

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Old Sheffield Plate soup tureen, 1790 - 1810

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