New look Museum and Market attracts over 11,000 visitors

Our 18th Victorian Christmas Market brought in record attendances attracting over 11,000 visitors as our biggest and most prestigious event.

This two day event featured over 80 stalls set in our new look Museum and ambient market quarters including - ‘Sheffield, Made' Traditional Skills, Crafts and Gifts, Christmas Shop, ‘All that Glitters' Gifts and Jewellery and Festive Food and Family Entertainment.

Visitors walked admist the sights and smells of Victorian Sheffield as our Dickensian Living History characters relived the story of ‘A Christmas Carol' - with Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas' past, present and yet to come!

This year's highlights included a family entertainment programme including a Victorian style fairground with Gallopers and Helter Skelter and a flavour of family fun from yesteryear with a display of local photographs and posters from the National Fairground Archive.

Children's activities included skating on a synthetic ice pad provided by iceSheffield and rides on our miniature engine, the Kelham Flyer, alongside Punch and Judy and Storytelling Santa.

In the museum, our Little Mesters were at work along with craftspeople including Lacemakers, Spinners, Weavers and Dyers and a Blacksmith demonstrating traditional skills.

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For more information about how to find us, access and opening times visit www.simt.co.uk or contact us on ask@simt.co.uk 0114 272 2106. Kelham Island Museum, Alma Street, Sheffield S3 8RY.

If you have missed this year's market but would like to be added to our mailing list for next year, please email us at events@simt.co.uk

Sheffield Scimitars celebrate Christmas, Victorian style!

Sheffield's Premier League Ice Hockey Club, the Scimitars, will be opening the ice skating pad at Kelham Island's Victorian Christmas Market on Saturday, 5 December

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For the very first time, Kelham Island Museum will host an ice pad during their Christmas Market, bringing a real sense of fun to the festivities. The ice pad is a welcome addition to the action packed family entertainment programme which includes a Victorian style fairground with Gallopers and a Helter Skelter!

Gary Apsley, co director of the Scimitars said:

"The Sheffield Scimitars Ice Hockey Club is delighted to be working alongside Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust to promote the Kelham Island Christmas celebrations and hope that this year the events and activities are enjoyed by as many Sheffield people as possible.

"The Scimitars players and staff are always thrilled to be involved in community projects and especially initiatives that promote all that is good in and around Sheffield and its proud industrial heritage. "

Niki Connolly, Events and Marketing Officer, SIMT said:

"We are delighted that the Scimitars are coming to open the ice pad and then spend the day with our visitors. We are also very happy to have the ice pad on loan from iceSheffield, as it adds another fun element to our already exciting entertainment programme.

"We wanted to make this year's Christmas market better than ever, to celebrate not only its 18th year, but also the fantastic new look and fully refurbished museum".

The event runs over Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December and will feature over 80 stalls in and around the Museum.

Admission: £4 Adults, £3 Concessions, accompanied children under 16 years of age are FREE.

For more information visit www.simt.co.uk or contact us on ask@simt.co.uk 0114 272 2106