Kelham Island Museum

Kelham Island Museum, Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Shepherd Wheel Workshop remain closed for now.

If you have any queries, please contact info@sheffieldmuseums.org.uk

Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to welcoming you back soon.

See one of the few remaining revolutionary Bessemer Converters in the world!

Explore our interactive galleries following the growth of the steel city

Take a stroll along our Little Mesters Street workshops and see skilled craftsmen at work

Kids love being melted, rolled and hammered into steel objects from their imagination!

I See Saws! Over 100,000 objects make up the world-renowned Hawley Tool Collection

Located in one of the city’s oldest industrial districts, the museum stands on a man-made island over 900 years old.

Kelham Island Museum was opened in 1982 to house the objects, pictures and archive material representing Sheffield’s industrial story.

Our interactive galleries tell the story from light trades and skilled workmanship to mass production and what it was like to live and work in Sheffield during the Industrial Revolution.

Follow the growth of the steel city through the Victorian Era and two world wars to see how steelmaking forged both the city of today and the world!

 

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Kelham Island

Located in one of the city's oldest industrial districts, Kelham Island Museum stands on a man-made island over 900 years old

Transport Galleries

The finest Sheffield, Made vehicles including the iconic Sheffield Simplex car

The Crucible Shop

See the Changing Face of Work in Sheffield in one of the last remaining Crucible Works in Sheffield