M is for Millennium Gallery

The Millennium Gallery opened in April 2001 as part of Sheffield's "Heart of the City" project, a major regeneration projecting linking the train station with the city centre.

The gallery features over 1,800 square metres of exhibition space and is the permanent home of Sheffield's unique Metalwork Collection and the Guild of St. George's Ruskin Collection. It also has two temporary exhibition spaces which were showing "Phlegm: Pandemic Diary" (13 January - 7 July 2024), and "Show Your Metal" (13 June - 29 September 2024) when we visited.

Sheffield’s Metalwork Collection is one of the finest in the world. You’ll see over 800 examples of the cutlery, flatware and tableware that have made the city famous, as well as beautiful objects collected from every continent.The gallery is also home to the Guild of St George’s unique Ruskin Collection. Spanning art, illustrated manuscripts and minerals, the collection was established in the 1800s to inspire the people of Sheffield. Today, it’s showcased through regularly changing displays celebrating the contemporary relevance of Ruskin’s visionary ideas.

The Millennium Gallery is part of Sheffield Museums which also looks after:
  • Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet - step into the past and explore the industry that shaped Sheffield
  • Graves Gallery - discover great art in the heart of the city
  • Kelham Island Museum - celebrating 300 years of Sheffield making history
  • Shepherd Wheel Workshop - see Sheffield's knife grinding history brought to life
  • Weston Park Museum - stories of Sheffield from prehistory to present day