Kelham Island Museum
📍 Kelham Island Museum Alma Street Sheffield S3 8RY
About Kelham Island Museum
Kelham Island Museum’s interactive galleries tell the story of light trades and skilled workmanship to mass production. Learn what it was like to live and work in Sheffield during the Industrial Revolution and follow the sights and sounds of progress through the Victorian era and two world wars to discover how steelmaking forged the city of today and its impact on the modern world. See our complete article here on Kelham Island Museum.
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📍 Kelham Island Museum Alma Street Sheffield S3 8RY
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Great museum about the history of industry in Sheffield! Free entry is a major plus and displays are both informative and interactive! Fantastic for families (there’s a demonstration of a steam engine and a kids colouring area)! Nice for a Saturday afternoon visit!
A wonderful museum detailing the history of steel making and the making of tools and of the cutlery trade in Sheffield. Helpful friendly staff. You can wander at your leisure or have guided tour. No entry charge but donations welcomed. Small car parking further on past the museum entrance. The Museum is a ten minute walk from Shalesmoor blue tram stop.
Went to the Victorian Christmas Market this weekend and it was brilliant. Some great live performances on show and some fantastic stalls with education around what they were selling and about the hsitory of Sheffield. A brilliant day out and lots of good food stalls to choose from too!
This is fantastic if you are an engineer or interested in the history of steel making. Lots of great exhibits the best of which are the large steam engine which you can see running it made me tingle watching it. Also a Crossley engine that turns over showing how these things worked plus plenty more things check out their website. Suggested payment is £5 which is frankly very low for the display on show. You must go
Great day out Option to donate Steam engine fired up 2pm prompt Lots of interactive activities to take part in