Museums & Galleries

Portland Works

Portland Works, built in 1877, is one of the earliest surviving examples of an integrated metal trades complex. It is a Grade II* listed building, which in 1913 became the first place in the world to manufacture stainless steel cutlery.

S1 Artspace

S1 Artspace is an artist-led organisation providing studio space for over twenty Sheffield based artists and a project space, which presents an annual programme of contemporary exhibitions, screenings and events.

Shepherd Wheel Workshop

See Sheffield’s knife grinding history brought to life at Shepherd Wheel Workshop.

Site Gallery

Site Gallery is Sheffield’s leading international contemporary art space, supporting artists specialising in moving image, new media and performance. 

Stoneface Creative Ltd

The Stoneface Creative Woodland Gallery is Sheffields very own sculpture park. This one of a kind gallery showcases a wide variety of sculpture by well known Sheffield artist Andrew Vickers. 

The Alfred Denny Museum of Zoology

The museum is a valuable resource for undergraduate teaching in biodiversity and evolution. Students study taxonomic features on real life specimens to support their understanding of classification, adaptation and core principles of biological science.

Turner Museum of Glass

The Turner Museum of Glass is one of the UK's most interesting and comprehensive collections of nineteenth and twentieth century glass. 

Weston Park Museum

The city's amazing collections of beautiful, varied & unusual treasures are brought to life through fascinating histories, incredible facts and hands-on interactives.

Wortley Top Forge Industrial Museum

Top Forge is a Water Powered Heavy Iron Forge whose history can be traced back to at least 1640. Exhibits at Top Forge include the original water wheels and water-powered drop hammers within the original Forge building which is progressively being restored to 1900s condition. All three Water Wheels can be run subject to the conditions.

Yorkshire Artspace

Yorkshire Artspace provides studio space to around 170 artists and makers across two studio sites in Sheffield city centre, and hold regular open days and special events around festivals and exhibitions.

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