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Arts & Culture  
 
City Museum, in Weston Park, has permanent displays of archaeology, including Egyptian mummies, natural history exhibits, ceramics and clocks and an excellent programme of children's activities. Next door is the Mappin Art Gallery, which houses the city's collection of old masters and other artworks from before 1900. More recent art is displayed at the Graves Art Gallery in Surrey Street. John Ruskin's unique collection of drawings, objects and paintings, The Guild of St George Collection, is one of the major attractions in the world-class Millennium Galleries, which opened in April 2001.

The city's industrial heritage is not forgotten. "Little mesters" workshops from the cutlery trade are preserved at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, and a whole street of them is recreated at Kelham Island Museum, which also displays original forges, factories and rolling mills used during the industrial heyday of Sheffield, which was once the world's leading "steel city".

Everyday life over the last 150 years is recalled in the exhibits at the Traditional Heritage Museum at Hunter's Bar and tours of Sheffield Town Hall are available during summer months. If you are visiting Sheffield with children, consider taking them to the Fire/Police Museum; most young visitors love the accessible fire engines here.

The contemporary arts scene also flourishes in Sheffield. The Cupola Gallery in Hillsborough and the Site Gallery in the developing Cultural Industries Quarter provide excellent exhibitions.
 
 
Feature of the Week
Millennium Galleries
An outstanding venue for visual arts
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The Graves Art GalleryFree Admission
Millennium GalleriesAn outstanding venue for visual arts
Kelham Island MuseumClosed until further notice due to flood damage
Weston Park Museum Breath will be taken