Museums Sheffield: Graves Gallery

Graves Gallery
Surrey Street
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S1 1XZ
England

Website

www.museums-sheffield.org.uk

http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/museums/graves-gallery/home

E-mail

info@museums-sheffield.org.uk

Telephone

Main Reception

0114 278 2600

Bookings for Tours, Talks, Events and School Trips

0114 275 2655

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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Rise above the city and discover over three hundred years of European and British Art. Take time out from the bustling city to relax on our comfy sofas or unwind in the café. Through Sheffield’s permanent collection and a changing programme of exhibitions, the Graves Gallery offers a break from the hectic pace of life and a place to think.

Expect to see lots of changes in the Graves over the coming months as we reconfigure the galleries and present new displays of our collections. Please bear with us whilst this work is undertaken.

Cross over the road to visit the Millennium Gallery or take a bus from the city centre to Bishops’ House.

Venue Type:

Gallery

 Opening hours

Wed-Fri 10.00-15.00, Sat 11.00-15.00

Closed Bank Holidays

 Admission charges

Free

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • General audio-guide available
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Refreshments
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Touch exhibits
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Loan service
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events

Additional info

See website for details

Graves Gallery
Surrey Street
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S1 1XZ
England

Website

www.museums-sheffield.org.uk

http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/museums/graves-gallery/home

E-mail

info@museums-sheffield.org.uk

Telephone

Main Reception

0114 278 2600

Bookings for Tours, Talks, Events and School Trips

0114 275 2655

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.

Collection details

Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art

Key artists and exhibits

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Pierre Bonnard
  • Sir Stanley Spencer
  • Helen Chadwick

Collections services

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

Graves Gallery
Surrey Street
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S1 1XZ
England

Website

www.museums-sheffield.org.uk

http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/museums/graves-gallery/home

E-mail

info@museums-sheffield.org.uk

Telephone

Main Reception

0114 278 2600

Bookings for Tours, Talks, Events and School Trips

0114 275 2655

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.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.
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Blk Art Group

27 August 2011 — 3 March 2012 *on now

The Blk Art Group was formed in the early 1980s by a radical group of young Black artists including Eddie Chambers, Claudette Johnson, Keith Piper, Marlene Smith and Donald Rodney. The collective responded to the crises in race relations both at home and overseas by making work which was angry, defiant and thought-provoking. This exhibition will feature significant works which were acquired for Sheffield during the 1980s, but which have rarely been seen since. It will also explore the important role that regional galleries, including Sheffield’s, played in supporting and promoting Black British Art at a time when many public art institutions were reluctant to engage with the political subject matter.

Open: Wed-Fri 10am-3pm, Sat 11am-3pm.

Suitable for

  • Any age

Where

Graves Gallery

Website

http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/museums/graves-gallery/exhibitions/current/

Graves Gallery
Surrey Street
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S1 1XZ
England

Website

www.museums-sheffield.org.uk

http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/museums/graves-gallery/home

E-mail

info@museums-sheffield.org.uk

Telephone

Main Reception

0114 278 2600

Bookings for Tours, Talks, Events and School Trips

0114 275 2655

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.
Events details are listed below. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all. For events that don't have a specific date see the 'Resources' tab above.
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Blk Art Group - Lunchtime talk

1 March 2012

Jon Bradley, Communities Manager reflects on the importance of The Blk Art Group today, 30 years on from their first convention in 1982.

Suitable for

  • Any age
  • Family friendly

When

1-1:45pm

Admission

Free, no need to book

Graves art gallery

Guided Tour: Graves Gallery

17 March 2012

Join members of our Learning Team for a free introductory tour, giving you a brief overview of Sheffield's many treasures.

Suitable for

  • Any age
  • Family friendly

When

1:30-2pm

Admission

Free, no need to book

Graves Gallery
Surrey Street
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S1 1XZ
England

Website

www.museums-sheffield.org.uk

http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/museums/graves-gallery/home

E-mail

info@museums-sheffield.org.uk

Telephone

Main Reception

0114 278 2600

Bookings for Tours, Talks, Events and School Trips

0114 275 2655

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

Altered Books - Workshops and techniques

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=327

A step by step guide of workshop techniques about creating 'Altered Books' - where students show their individuality by creating their own books or personalise existing ones.

Publisher

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

Engaging young people with artworks

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=437

How to engage young people with art and Museums - includes audio recordings of members of a Youth Forum giving creative responses to different artworks.

Publisher

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

Marc Quinn and Figurative Sculpture

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=53

Marc Quinn's contemporary sculpture raises questions about how we view beauty and the human body, and about issues of disability. Using the sculpture as a focal point, this resource explores these themes with reference to other figurative sculpture from the collection of Museums Sheffield.

Publisher

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

Portraits

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=144

Looking at portraits in Sheffield's collections - engaging interactive to create your own portrait.

Publisher

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

Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London of 1666

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=546

A resource about Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London, including ideas about how to use it in the classroom. Information about 17th Century life and housing, plus a really good interactive suitable for KS1/2 pupils.

Publisher

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

Twentieth Century Artists in the Graves Gallery

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=202

Information and chronologies about C20th Century artists with audio responses from students of all ages on some of the artworks featured. Artists include: Frank Auerbach, Peter Blake, John Bratby, Patrick Caulfield, Paul Nash, Richard Long and RB Kitaj.

Publisher

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

Yong's China Quest adventure game Level 2

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=518

Level 2 of an adventure game about Chinese history from 500 BCE to the Olympics.

Publisher

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

Youth Forum

http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/coresite/html/events.asp?site=27&id=983

Youth Forum consists of young people aged 14-24 years from across the city and is a ground breaking interpretation project which enables young people to be the decision-makers, creating dialogues between art in the Graves Gallery, Sheffield and its visitors. Through a series of artist-led workshops, supported by Museum Sheffield staff, Youth Forum creates innovative responses to Sheffield's Visual Art collection, sharing and exploring their ideas with a wider audience.

How to obtain

For more information, contact the Youth Forum Co-ordinator on 0114 278 2614 or email youthforum@museums-sheffield.org.uk.

Graves Gallery
Surrey Street
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S1 1XZ
England

Website

www.museums-sheffield.org.uk

http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/museums/graves-gallery/home

E-mail

info@museums-sheffield.org.uk

Telephone

Main Reception

0114 278 2600

Bookings for Tours, Talks, Events and School Trips

0114 275 2655

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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