This new exhibition brings together over 150 objects spanning art, science, nature and cultural histories, alongside a range of interactive activities.
Art picks
Take a Sheffield art tour with our picks of the exhibitions and artists' events on now and coming soon.
Fake Fans
Fri. 1 August 2025 — Sun. 14 September 2025
Site Gallery
An exploration of the world of bootleg and fan-made objects. With an animation film, unofficial games remixing familiar franchises, zines, fan art, reimagined figurines, and a series of trading cards created by Site Gallery's youth collectives.
Exposure Photography Festival
Fri. 19 September 2025 — Sun. 21 September 2025
A weekend dedicated to adventure photography. Here to inspire climbers, aspiring professional and passionate photography hobbyists alike – with workshops out in the Peak District and in a Kelham Island studio, talks, social events and a gallery.
Independent Makers Market hosted by Endless Love Creative
Sat. 27 September 2025
Showroom
A curated Makers Market celebrating the beauty of independent art, craft and design, featuring over 60 artists and makers at Showroom Workstation.
Thursday’s Child – The Roots of Wonder by Jennie McCall
Sat. 30 August 2025 — Sat. 4 October 2025
Cupola Gallery
The new exhibition Thursday’s Child – The Roots of Wonder by Jennie McCall is coming this week. Hope you can join us at the exciting opening event on Friday 29th!
Liliane Tomasko: The Psyche of the Portrait
Sat. 24 May 2025 — Sun. 12 October 2025
Millennium Gallery
For this new exhibition, New York-based visual artist Liliane Tomasko uses portraiture as an acute lens to shed light on the ever-changing human psyche.
Kelham Makes: Metal Smithing Leaf Decorations
Wed. 22 October 2025
Kelham Island Museum
Get hands on with creative metalsmithing techniques to make a beautiful leaf shaped sculpture, decoration or piece of jewellery. With metal artist Morvarid Alavifard.
Sheffield Creative Collective Artisan Market
Sat. 25 October 2025
Millennium Gallery
Join us Millennium Gallery for Sheffield Creative Collective's first Artisan Market from. Expect a fresh mix of local artists, illustrators, and makers all under one roof.
Sheffield Print Fair
Sat. 8 November 2025
Millennium Gallery
Enjoy watching printmaking in action and pick up a print or two to take home from among the 43 stalls featuring the wares of artists and printmakers from Sheffield and beyond. Call for applications open till 1 September 2025.
Peter Blundell Jones: Architecture, Landscape and the City
Mon. 21 July 2025 — Sun. 14 December 2025
Western Bank Library
An exhibition celebrating the life, work and legacy of the late British architect, writer, and teacher Peter Blundell Jones who taught at the University of Sheffield School of Architecture.
Slime Mother
Fri. 3 October 2025 — Sun. 1 February 2026
Site Gallery
An immersive, multi-sensory exhibition by artist and writer Abi Palmer. With film, text, sculpture and installation, inviting us to be more slug-like – to slow down, merge and connect – embracing the resilient strangeness of this complex gastropod.
Sheffield Ceramics Festival
Sat. 18 April 2026 — Sun. 19 April 2026
Kelham Island Museum
Browse the wares of around 50 ceramic artists, potters and sculptors from South Yorkshire and beyond.
In Conversation: On the Border of my Peaceful Home
Tue. 24 June 2025 — Wed. 23 December 2026
Graves Gallery
An exhibition curated by artist Kedisha Coakley, bringing together artworks, objects and specimens from Sheffield’s collection to explore the relationship between empire and the trade in fruit and flowers.