Kelham Island Museum

Alma Street
Off Corporation Street
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S3 8RY
England

Website

www.simt.co.uk

E-mail

General enquiries

ask@simt.co.uk

Education enquiries

education@simt.co.uk

Collection enquiries

collections@simt.co.uk

Telephone

0114 272 2106

Fax

0114 275 7847

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Bessemer Converter
Food icon Shop icon Library icon Study area icon Wheelchair access icon

Major displays on Sheffield industry and its people, processes and products from Victorian times. See the most powerful working steam engine in Europe, reconstructed workshops and working craftspeople.
"The Melting Shop" is an area for children up to 9 years of age - they can be processed like steel and explore the world of industry and technology.
Hands-on interactives around the museum explain the science behind the objects.

Venue Type:

Museum, Industrial heritage site

 Opening hours

Mon-Thurs 1000-1600
Sun 1100-1645

Closed: Fridays and Saturdays

 Admission charges

Adult £4.50
Concession £3.50
Accompanied U16: Free (not inc school visits)
School groups £1.80

Discounts

  • Museums Association
 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
 Disability access
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Alma Street
Off Corporation Street
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S3 8RY
England

Website

www.simt.co.uk

E-mail

General enquiries

ask@simt.co.uk

Education enquiries

education@simt.co.uk

Collection enquiries

collections@simt.co.uk

Telephone

0114 272 2106

Fax

0114 275 7847

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

The collections at Kelham Island Museum cover industries in Sheffield from 1750 up to the present. Major collections include the Iron & Steel Industry Collection, Cutlery Industry Collection, Armament Industry Collection and the Tool Making Industry Collection. There are also collections of Historic Photographs and Documents relating to a variety of Sheffield firms. The library contains many technical metallurgical reference books and is available by appointment.

Collection details

Archives, Industry, Land Transport, Science and Technology, Social History, Trade and Commerce

Key artists and exhibits

  • Key objects on display include the Bessemer Converter and the 12,000 HP River Don Engine.

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Alma Street
Off Corporation Street
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S3 8RY
England

Website

www.simt.co.uk

E-mail

General enquiries

ask@simt.co.uk

Education enquiries

education@simt.co.uk

Collection enquiries

collections@simt.co.uk

Telephone

0114 272 2106

Fax

0114 275 7847

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Digital and online resources

A Day in the Life of a Young Sheffield Steel Worker

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=571

How working life has changed in the Sheffield steel industry since Victorian times, with good audio clips from workers past and present.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.
 Face to face resources

1940s: Wartime Children

http://www.simt.co.uk

Living History Day for schools
Children travel back in time to wartime Sheffield. They will investigate the lives of real people and encounter the trials and tribulations of air raids, evacuations and life on the Home Front. They will experience sounds, songs, gas masks, and life under an Anderson Shelter.

Alma Street
Off Corporation Street
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S3 8RY
England

Website

www.simt.co.uk

E-mail

General enquiries

ask@simt.co.uk

Education enquiries

education@simt.co.uk

Collection enquiries

collections@simt.co.uk

Telephone

0114 272 2106

Fax

0114 275 7847

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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