This summer, one of our city’s best-loved museums is kicking off celebrations for its 150th anniversary. Join Weston Park Museum for its WPM 150 series of eye-opening, joy-filled exhibitions, events and activities.
Sheffield's first public museum, Weston Park Museum opened in 1875. In the many years since, the original building has been replaced and the museum and its art galleries redeveloped. The museum even survived significant bomb damage during the Sheffield Blitz in 1940. Over the decades it's welcomed people in their millions.
Join Sheffield Museums to mark Weston Park Museum’s milestone anniversary with a summer of family activities and a new trail, culminating in a big birthday party in September and followed by further events in autumn and winter.
Family activities & events:
- Tue 29 July 2025 – Family Activity: Let's Get This Party Started!
- Fri 1 August 2025 – Family Activity: What remains...? With Wessex Archaeology
- Tue 5 August 2025 – Family Activity: Evolutionary Tales
- Tue 12 August 2025 – Family Activity: Score! Come and Play Some Retro Old School Games
- Tue 19 August 2025 – Family Activity: Pop-up Places
- Tue 26 August 2025 – Family Activity: Get Ready to Party!
- Tue 2 September 2025 – Toddler Takeover
- Sat 6 September 2025 – Let’s Celebrate! Weston Park Museum’s Birthday Party
Talks & tours:
- Wed 9 July 2025 – Lunchtime Talk: Considering Sheffield
- Thu 4 September 2025 – Lunchtime Talk: Philosophical Foundations – The Origins of Sheffield’s First Public Museum
Coming soon:
- Marvellous Museum Mice Trail
- New exhibitions and displays – from autumn, displays will explore the history of the museum and its early collectors. Co-curated with people from the city's South Asian communities, another display will look at how a museum collection of the future can represent Sheffield and its people. From November, a new exhibition from Sheffield-based Heavy Water Collective will reveal eclectic stories from how the city’s museum collections began.
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