Exhibitions in Sheffield
With such a fantastic array of museums and galleries in Sheffield (many of which are free to visit) you'll never be short of interesting exhibitions to explore in the city.
While there are some fascinating permanent exhibitions in the city, which are available to peruse all-year round, here you'll find listings for temporary exhibitions in Sheffield which are only available for a limited amount of time- catch them before they're gone!Â
Exhibition listings
Crafted at the Millennium Gallery
Crafted is Millennium Galleryâs new annual selling showcase celebrating excellence in making across the region and beyond. On show now until Christmas Eve 24 December.
Joyful - selected Christmas group show
Cupola has brought together a diverse collection of art across media for their latest Christmas exhibition. The selected work was chosen for its strength and the unique voice of each artist or maker. We are all different and we all find joy in diverse ways.
Green Gardens - Free Exhibit & Workshops
Green Gardens delves into the realities of life in care through the eyes of young people, workers, families, and friends living in Sheffield. Their stories and insights have shaped this exhibit, offering a glimpse into their world.
The Boy with a Leg Named Brian: Memoirs by Pete McKee
This major new exhibition takes visitors on a nostalgia-filled journey through the childhood of one of Sheffield best-loved artists, Pete McKee.
Christmas Market and Open Studios at Portland Works
Come celebrate the creativity housed at Portland Works at this Open Studios and Christmas Market!
Contemporary British Painting Prize 2024
Paintings by the finalists of this year's Contemporary British Painting Prize are shown at Yorkshire Artspace.
Ember - A Winter Market for Creatives at Hagglers Corner
Discover unique art, connect with local talent, and enjoy a cosy evening of drinks, music, and last-minute Christmas shopping. Come along on Tuesday 10 December to Hagglers Cornerâfree entry, all vibes!
Colour, Form & Line
Discover how artists have experimented with colour and form, with displays including work by Joseph Cutts, Naum Gabo, Tess Jaray and Bridget Riley.
Portraiture and the Human Figure
The human figure has been a subject for artists since the earliest cave paintings. This new display, drawn from Sheffieldâs collections, explores artistsâ enduring fascination with depicting people.
PostNatures
PostNatures sees Lucas draw on the constructed composition of Turnerâs painting to highlight how imaginary subjects can affect our individual or cultural perceptions of reality.
The Ruskin Collection: Hand, Head and Heart
The Guild of St Georgeâs Ruskin Collection celebrates the visionary ideas of the Victorian artist and writer, John Ruskin (1819-1900)
Ancient Egypt
From pharaohs and pyramids to mummies and myths, explore the wonders of Ancient Egypt in our gallery at Weston Park Museum.
Beneath Your Feet
Unearth the remarkable stories behind the stars of the cityâs collection in the museum's archaeology gallery.
Gordon Bridge Gallery: Picturing Sheffield
Discover a new perspective on Sheffield in Weston Park Museum's art gallery, packed with local scenes and views of the city from the past 250 years.
Hawley Tool Collection
This world-renowned tool collection has been amassed since the mid-1950s by former tool retailer and champion of Sheffieldâs industrial heritage, Ken Hawley. It consists of over 100,000 objects, all relating to Sheffieldâs tool, cutlery manufacturing and silversmithing industry.
Sheffield Life and Times
Discover some of Sheffield's fascinating stories, told from the point of view of people whoâve lived here, in our Sheffield Life & Times gallery.
The Charlesworth Transport Gallery
Showcasing some of the finest Sheffield-made vehicles of the 1920s, The Charlesworth Transport Gallery explores the story of transport in Sheffield and its essential part of our industrial history.
The Sykes Gallery Metalwork Collection
Sheffield Museumsâ Metalwork Collection is one of the finest in the world. It contains the cutlery, flatware and tableware that have made Sheffield famous, as well as beautiful objects collected from every continent.
What On Earth!
Explore the brand new additions joining Spike the Woolly Rhino and co. in the museumâs natural science showcase.
We are the Monument
Curated by artist Yuen Fong Ling, We are the Monument explores the ways in which the plinth can be seen as a social, political and cultural symbol and encourages us to consider the significance of those represented on, or in opposition to, the plinth.
A Passion for Prints: A Sheffield Collection
This display tells the story of a father and son from Sheffield whose passion for prints led them to develop an outstanding collection, including works by Jacques Callot, Edouard Manet, Odilon Redon, Rembrandt and more.
Collection Display: Identity
See how ideas around identity have been explored by artists including Claudette Johnson, Hew Locke, Eelyn Lee, Ryan Mosley, Grayson Perry and Su Richardson.
Sheffield Stories: Caribbean Footsteps
This new exhibition celebrates the many ways that people of African Caribbean heritage have contributed to Sheffield life.
Lubna Chowdhary: PLURIVERSE
Lubna Chowdharyâs bold, hybrid creations deftly explore the interconnectivity of objects in the material world, across wide-ranging cultural contexts.
Roy Fisher 1930-2017
An new exhibition looking at the life and work of the poet Roy Fisher.
Dead Cat Bounce
Dead Cat Bounce is an exhibition about an experimental opera by Gary Zhexi Zhang and Waste Paper Opera that imagines parallel realities of environmental and financial catastrophes across time and space.
Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood.
This new exhibition from Hayward Gallery Touring comes to the Millennium Gallery in Sheffield and plunges into the joys and heartaches, mess, myths and mishaps of motherhood through over 100 artworks, from the feminist avant-garde to the present day.
