COME AND TAKE A 'SELFIE' WITH THE 'LITTLE MESTER' DURING HERITAGE OPEN DAYS - 8TH-17TH SEPTEMBERNEW 'LITTLE MESTER' SCULPTURE ON DISPLAYThis incredible new sculpture by local scrap metal artist, Jason Heppenstall, and students from Sheffield University Technical College was made as part of our latest Lottery Heritage Funded project. Click here for more information Join us for a SHEFFIELD CUTLERY QUIZ on Wednesday, 15th November7.30pm at Kelham Island Museum Have fun matching various items of cutlery and flatware with foods and functions that they were intended for in Victorian times. Please book your place via Eventbrite (£1 per person plus booking fee) TALKS AND EXHIBITIONSTalks Exploring the Hawley Photo Archive - Every Picture Tells a Story A brief look at how the Hawley's photographic archive augments and embellishes the wider collection - images of the places, processes and people of the tool and cutlery industry in Sheffield over the past century or so. Click here to book your place. The Invention, Development and use of the Bessemer Converter Henry Bessemer was a prolific inventor but his most famous invention was a furnace for converting high carbon pig iron into wrought iron and steel. Click here to book your place. New Temporary Exhibitions THE POWER OF PRINT THE STORY OF PEN & POCKET KNIVES TAKE A LOOK AT OUR DIGITAL RESOURCESA digital knife archive has been compiled for the Name on a Knife Blade Project, plus we have a Youtube channel and a variety of resources to download - click on the links below. The 'Name on a Knife Blade' database Our 'You Tube' channel - New films added!! |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |