Collecting Policy
The Trust has a wide collecting remit covering the major manufacturing industries
of the city. We collect, preserve and interpret material relating to the people, products,
manufacturing processes and histories of these industries.
The main areas of collecting are: the metallurgical industries, iron and steel making,
cutlery making, tool making, silver and holloware manufacture, mechanical and
electrical engineering, scientific and technological research, and other manufacturing
industries around Sheffield including the extraction of raw materials which support
these industries.
The type of material in the collections includes the machinery, tools and other items
used in the processes above. Material relating to the working environment such as
safety clothing, and that relating to workers’ organisational groups is also collected.
We have documents, photographs, original art, commercial decorative art, merchandising
and advertising material, and health and safety equipment relating to the industries and
the products made too.
The scope of collecting is restricted to items that relate to Sheffield’s industries and
range in date from the 1750s to the present. Items older than this will be collected
where they relate to the early development of an industry or specifically to Kelham
Island.
Click below to find out more details about different areas of the Trust’s collection.
The Heavy Industries
The Light Industries
General Collections
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