Kelham Island Museum
Major displays on Sheffield industry and its people, processes and products from Victorian times..
Venue Type:
Museum, Industrial heritage site
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.
1940s: Wartime Children
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.
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.
Kelham Island Museum
Alma Street
Off Corporation Street
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S3 8RY
England
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