THE MILLENNIUM GALLERY

Known as the city’s premiere destination for art, craft as well as design, The Millennium Gallery is also one of the best places to go in Sheffield, especially if you are someone who appreciates and understands art. It is here where you can witness some of the most unique and traditional heritage artworks of the city, including its intricate metalwork. 

Amongst the most famous free attractions in all of England, The Millennium Gallery is also known for being the most important place to visit in Sheffield, especially when it comes to art, craft and design. It is also known for having unique exhibits of the city’s major heritage of metalwork, which contributed to Sheffield’s fame and popularity in the world. Besides that, the gallery also boasts of a wide range of contemporary art and design exhibitions. 

While the Millennium Gallery contains around 13,000 items of metalwork, ranging from Sheffield-made cutlery and flatware, to bowls, teapots and containers, it also boasts of being home to the Guild of St. George’s Ruskin Collection. This collection consists of manuscripts, minerals, drawings as well as watercolours that Ruskin collected and gifted to the people of Sheffield in the 1870s. The gallery also has an onsite Gift Shop, where you can get your hands on authentic Sheffield-made products, jewellery, handicrafts, art prints and other memorabilia. 

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Highlights

• Visit The Millennium Gallery and get a chance to witness the unique metalwork artefacts that have made the city of Sheffield famous all over the world
• Along with the interesting heritage, marvel at a sizeable collection of contemporary art and designs through the various exhibits and displays in the gallery
• Don’t forget to enjoy looking the unique Ruskin collections here, or explore the touring exhibitions of Victoria and Albert, the Tate as well as the National Portrait Gallery when you visit this place
• Learn about the history of the city through the various displays of moving images, performance art as well as new media, which make the gallery all the more interesting