The Hawley Collection

The prestigious Hawley Collection has moved to its new home in the Hawley Gallery at Kelham Island Museum. The new gallery has been created in a refurbished industrial building on the Kelham Island Museum site using a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The Hawley Collection is a unique and comprehensive record of tool making, cutlery manufacture and silversmithing. It is the product of over 50 years of collecting by Ken Hawley, a former tool retailer in Sheffield and champion of Sheffield's industrial heritage. The Ken Hawley Collection Trust was formed in 1994 to safeguard the collection and Ken continues collecting and working with the collection - it is his life and his continuing passion.

This internationally important collection of over 100,000 objects includes edge tools, measuring tools, tools used for cutlery manufacture and silversmithing, plus related catalogues, photos, films and oral histories. It is gathered mostly from Sheffield and Yorkshire but also from Britain and the rest of the world.

Contact Judith Smith or Jenny Bland on 0114 276 2602 or audiences@simt.co.uk

Find out what's on in the Gallery with our exciting events and exhibitions programme or visit www.hawleytoolcollection.com

Coming soon ...What Great Grandfather Did ....Cleudo at the Museum!