Sheffield Museums

❄ Season’s Greetings from Sheffield Museums ❄ We’re hugely grateful for your continuing support and we’ve loved welcoming you to the museums over the last 12 months 🤗 🔗 You can find details of our closure days and when we reopen in January here: sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/about-us/chris…

📣⭐ Whoop, we’ve got more @PeteMcKee exhibition tickets available! ⭐📣 We’ve added more booking slots to all days - find out more and book here👉 sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/pete-… Tickets are free, suggested donation £5 – if you’re able, please donate

📢 If you're heading to Weston Park Museum on Friday (6 Dec), then please be aware that the Sheffield Stories & Picturing Sheffield galleries will be closed for a private event. The rest of the Museum will be open as usual 📢

📢 A heads-up that our Ruskin Collection Display at The Millennium Gallery is being redisplayed and so is closed until Sat 21 Dec. We'll reopen with a brand new display then!

The @PeteMcKee exhibition really is brilliant, and runs until 2nd November 2025, so you’ve got plenty of time to see it 🙂 It’s free, but at the moment pre-booking of tickets via the @SheffMuseums website is essential due to its popularity 👍 #Sheffield

🥁Opening day! The Boy with a Leg Named Brian: Memoirs by @PeteMcKee at Weston Park Museum! 🥁 📷 Pre-booking is essential to avoid disappointment. Tickets are FREE, if you’re able please donate and help keep your museums free and open for everyone. sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/mckee

Behind-the-scenes, @PeteMcKee is onsite working on freehand drawings for the exhibition walls! The Boy with a Leg Named Brian: Memoirs by Pete McKee opens on Friday! 🔗sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/pete-…

📢 Weston Park Museum shop will be closed this week for a revamp 📢 The shop will be open again, and looking more beautiful than ever, on Friday. Meanwhile, the rest of Museum will be open as usual.

🔈 Kelham Island Museum is closed on Thu 28 & Fri 29 Nov to set up for the Victorian Christmas Market. Shepherd Wheel will be closed over the weekend too, as our staff will be onsite at Kelham Island Museum. Ho ho hope to see you there! 😉 🔗sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/victo…

🎄 Christmas is coming!🎄 Gather under the gas-lamps at our much-loved Victorian Christmas Market! Returning to Kelham Island Museum for its 30th year! Sat 30 Nov (10am - 6pm) and Sun 1 Dec (10am - 5pm). 🔗 Find out more and plan your visit: sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/victo…

📢 We're currently unable to run the River Don Engine due to a fault on the motor on the gas booster. We're sorry if you were hoping to see it - our Historic Engineering team are working to fix the problem and we'll have the engine back in steam as soon as possible.📢

🥁 New on our website - Online Collections! ✨ Head over to the new Collections & Stories pages of our website to discover highlights from the city’s collections! 💻 🔗 Explore the city’s collection here: sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/collections-st…

Sheffield City Council are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible - we're sorry if you're unable to visit in the meantime, we look forward to welcoming you as soon as we're able.

📢If you're planning to visit Graves Gallery, please be aware that, due to a maintenance issue with both lifts in the Central Library building there is currently no step-free access to the Graves Gallery. 📢

EXHIBITIONS: 'Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood' at Millennium Gallery @SheffMuseums is a survey of some of the most important artworks on art and motherhood from artists including Carrie Mae Weems, Chantal Joffe, Paula Rego and many others creativetourist.com/event/acts-of-…

Come along & visit @SheffMuseums #MinersStrike40 display of the 1984/5 #MinersStrike and its legacy - in the glass cases along the avenue at the #Sheffield Millennium Gallery sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/the-1…

📢All our sites will be closed on Tue 5 Nov (tomorrow) for staff training. They will be open as usual from Wed 6 Nov 📢

We’ll be releasing batches of tickets fortnightly as the exhibition continues – it’s on until November next year, so there’ll be plenty of chances to book your visit. You’ll always find the latest ticket info on the exhibition webpage. 🙏

We’re expecting this to be a popular one, so pre-booking is essential to avoid disappointment. Tickets to the exhibition are FREE, but if you’re able please donate and help keep your museums free and open for everyone to enjoy. 🧵👇

📣⭐Pete McKee Ticket Announcement! ⭐📣 Less than 1 month to go until The Boy with a Leg Named Brian: Memoirs by @PeteMcKee opens at Weston Park Museum and we’ve got all the ticket info for you need – and a first look at the exhibition poster! 👀 🥳 🧵 👇