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Metalwork
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| Sheffield’s Metalwork Collection contains over 12,000 objects that illustrate the city’s heritage as a world leader in the production of cutlery and domestic and decorative metalwork. It includes silver, pewter, stainless steel, Old Sheffield Plate, Britannia Metal, iron and steel. |
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Ruskin Collection
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| The Ruskin Collection, also known as the Guild of St George Collection, was originally formed by the influential Victorian artist, writer and critic John Ruskin as an educational resource for the people of Sheffield. It was first displayed in the Museum of St George at Walkley in 1875. |
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Visual Art
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| Sheffield has a rich and varied collection of over 5,000 paintings, watercolours, prints, drawings, photographs and sculpture that portray the development of British and European art from the 17th century to the present day. |
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Decorative Arts Collection
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| The Decorative Arts Collection is made up of beautiful objects that were made to be admired or used. It includes metalwork, ceramics, glass, clocks and the Grice collection of ivories. The largest and most important part of the collection is metalwork. |
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Grice Collection of Chinese Ivories
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| The Grice Collection of Chinese Ivories is still one of only two internationally known collections of Chinese ivories in the United Kingdom, and the only one in a public museum. This exceptional group of 154 skilfully carved objects is the result of one man's personal interest in an art form frequently overlooked by other Western collectors. |
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Geology Collection
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| There are more than 40,000 rocks, fossils and minerals in the geology collection. These originate from all over the world and contain rarities such as native platinum and meteorites, as well as excellent reference collections from the Sheffield region. |
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Natural History Collection
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| Sheffield's extensive natural history collection contains a wide variety of animals and plants. The botany collection dates back to the late 1700s. It includes marine algae and hundreds of species of plants, many of which are from the Yorkshire and Derbyshire regions. |
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Archaeology Collection
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| The archaeology collection consists of physical remains from different periods which give us a better understanding of how our ancestors lived. |
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Social History Collection
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| The Social History collections contain thousands of objects representing the everyday and exceptional lives of local people from around 1500 to the present. It aims to cover all aspects of the domestic and social lives of those for whom Sheffield is home. |
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