Sheffield Museums
@sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social
Six museums and historic sites across the city, creating life-shaping, eye-opening, joy-filled memories with you ✨
Today’s #OnlineArtExchange is all about Autumn 🍂 William Ibbitt captured the moment the trees began to change colour, with orange foliage shining out against the fading green leaves. @artukdotorg.bsky.social
🖼️Dam House, Crookesmoor, Sheffield
👨🎨William Ibbitt (1804–1869)
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🖼️Dam House, Crookesmoor, Sheffield
👨🎨William Ibbitt (1804–1869)
📸Sheffield Museums
October 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today’s #OnlineArtExchange is all about Autumn 🍂 William Ibbitt captured the moment the trees began to change colour, with orange foliage shining out against the fading green leaves. @artukdotorg.bsky.social
🖼️Dam House, Crookesmoor, Sheffield
👨🎨William Ibbitt (1804–1869)
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🖼️Dam House, Crookesmoor, Sheffield
👨🎨William Ibbitt (1804–1869)
📸Sheffield Museums
We’re sharing one of visitor favourites for #OnlineArtExchange this week, the impressive Basilica of San Marco!
🖼️Western Façade of the Basilica of San Marco, Venice
👨🎨John Wharlton Bunney (1828–1882)
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🖼️Western Façade of the Basilica of San Marco, Venice
👨🎨John Wharlton Bunney (1828–1882)
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September 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
We’re sharing one of visitor favourites for #OnlineArtExchange this week, the impressive Basilica of San Marco!
🖼️Western Façade of the Basilica of San Marco, Venice
👨🎨John Wharlton Bunney (1828–1882)
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🖼️Western Façade of the Basilica of San Marco, Venice
👨🎨John Wharlton Bunney (1828–1882)
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There’s a Victorian theme for #OnlineArtExchange today. We’re sharing a slightly different view of a Victorian school than expected; the children playing while their teacher is away!
🖼️When the Cat’s Away the Mice Will Play
👨🎨Théophile Emmanuel Duverger (1821–1901)
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🖼️When the Cat’s Away the Mice Will Play
👨🎨Théophile Emmanuel Duverger (1821–1901)
📸Sheffield Museums
September 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
There’s a Victorian theme for #OnlineArtExchange today. We’re sharing a slightly different view of a Victorian school than expected; the children playing while their teacher is away!
🖼️When the Cat’s Away the Mice Will Play
👨🎨Théophile Emmanuel Duverger (1821–1901)
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🖼️When the Cat’s Away the Mice Will Play
👨🎨Théophile Emmanuel Duverger (1821–1901)
📸Sheffield Museums
The theme for #OnlineArtExchange is ceramics this week, so we’re sharing a cuppa with these dainty tea cups ☕ @artukdotorg.bsky.social
🖼️Still Life with Tea Cups
👨🎨Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraten (1629/1630–1700)
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🖼️Still Life with Tea Cups
👨🎨Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraten (1629/1630–1700)
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September 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The theme for #OnlineArtExchange is ceramics this week, so we’re sharing a cuppa with these dainty tea cups ☕ @artukdotorg.bsky.social
🖼️Still Life with Tea Cups
👨🎨Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraten (1629/1630–1700)
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🖼️Still Life with Tea Cups
👨🎨Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraten (1629/1630–1700)
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The theme for this week’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is Time, so we’ve chosen this study depicting the ripening of a cherry
🖼️Three States of Fruit (from 'Bud to Fruit: The Life History of a Cherry')
👨🎨William H. Gill (1839–1923)
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🖼️Three States of Fruit (from 'Bud to Fruit: The Life History of a Cherry')
👨🎨William H. Gill (1839–1923)
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August 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The theme for this week’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is Time, so we’ve chosen this study depicting the ripening of a cherry
🖼️Three States of Fruit (from 'Bud to Fruit: The Life History of a Cherry')
👨🎨William H. Gill (1839–1923)
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🖼️Three States of Fruit (from 'Bud to Fruit: The Life History of a Cherry')
👨🎨William H. Gill (1839–1923)
📸Sheffield Museums
Like many of you, we’re heading to the Wales for the summer holidays with this beautiful painting for #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social in celebration of Oriel Môn's exhibition 'From the Collection' 🖼️
🖼️A Sketch in Wales
👨🎨William James Müller (1812–1845)
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🖼️A Sketch in Wales
👨🎨William James Müller (1812–1845)
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August 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Like many of you, we’re heading to the Wales for the summer holidays with this beautiful painting for #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social in celebration of Oriel Môn's exhibition 'From the Collection' 🖼️
🖼️A Sketch in Wales
👨🎨William James Müller (1812–1845)
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🖼️A Sketch in Wales
👨🎨William James Müller (1812–1845)
📸Sheffield Museums
We’re beaming onto your television screens for @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange today, sharing this charming work by Conrad Atkinson.
🖼️Goldfish
👨🎨Conrad Atkinson (1940–2022)
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🖼️Goldfish
👨🎨Conrad Atkinson (1940–2022)
📸Sheffield Museums
July 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
We’re beaming onto your television screens for @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange today, sharing this charming work by Conrad Atkinson.
🖼️Goldfish
👨🎨Conrad Atkinson (1940–2022)
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🖼️Goldfish
👨🎨Conrad Atkinson (1940–2022)
📸Sheffield Museums
Behind every object in Weston Park Museum is a life lived and a story shared, just like Orville Fuller’s! 🧵
July 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Behind every object in Weston Park Museum is a life lived and a story shared, just like Orville Fuller’s! 🧵
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Tour of #Sheffield 's Lake District anyone? Beautiful on a day like today ☀️
From the collections at @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social
From the collections at @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Tour of #Sheffield 's Lake District anyone? Beautiful on a day like today ☀️
From the collections at @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social
From the collections at @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social
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Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is smells in art for Scented Visions: Smell in Art 1850—1915 at Watts Gallery 👃🌸
"The Sense of Smell" by
David Teniers II (1610–1690) (attributed to)
From @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social
#Art #BlueSkyArt #Flowers
@artukdotorg.bsky.social
"The Sense of Smell" by
David Teniers II (1610–1690) (attributed to)
From @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social
#Art #BlueSkyArt #Flowers
@artukdotorg.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is smells in art for Scented Visions: Smell in Art 1850—1915 at Watts Gallery 👃🌸
"The Sense of Smell" by
David Teniers II (1610–1690) (attributed to)
From @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social
#Art #BlueSkyArt #Flowers
@artukdotorg.bsky.social
"The Sense of Smell" by
David Teniers II (1610–1690) (attributed to)
From @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social
#Art #BlueSkyArt #Flowers
@artukdotorg.bsky.social
It’s all about scent and smells for #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social today!
So taking inspiration from this gentleman and stopping to smell the roses:
🖼️The Sense of Smell
👨🎨David Teniers II (1610–1690) (attributed to)
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So taking inspiration from this gentleman and stopping to smell the roses:
🖼️The Sense of Smell
👨🎨David Teniers II (1610–1690) (attributed to)
📸Sheffield Museums
July 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
It’s all about scent and smells for #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social today!
So taking inspiration from this gentleman and stopping to smell the roses:
🖼️The Sense of Smell
👨🎨David Teniers II (1610–1690) (attributed to)
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So taking inspiration from this gentleman and stopping to smell the roses:
🖼️The Sense of Smell
👨🎨David Teniers II (1610–1690) (attributed to)
📸Sheffield Museums
🎉Hooray for 150 years of Weston Park Museum!🎉
Today, we announced a host of family activities, talks and tours, exhibitions and displays to mark 150 years of life-shaping, eye-opening, joy-filled museum experiences in Sheffield 👏👏👏
Find out more here: www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/visit-us/wes...
Today, we announced a host of family activities, talks and tours, exhibitions and displays to mark 150 years of life-shaping, eye-opening, joy-filled museum experiences in Sheffield 👏👏👏
Find out more here: www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/visit-us/wes...
June 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🎉Hooray for 150 years of Weston Park Museum!🎉
Today, we announced a host of family activities, talks and tours, exhibitions and displays to mark 150 years of life-shaping, eye-opening, joy-filled museum experiences in Sheffield 👏👏👏
Find out more here: www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/visit-us/wes...
Today, we announced a host of family activities, talks and tours, exhibitions and displays to mark 150 years of life-shaping, eye-opening, joy-filled museum experiences in Sheffield 👏👏👏
Find out more here: www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/visit-us/wes...
We’re sharing one of Claudette Johnson’s works for @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange this week, to coincide with the new Jenny Savile exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, exploring the female form 🎉
🖼️Untitled
👨🎨Claudette Johnson (b.1959)
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🖼️Untitled
👨🎨Claudette Johnson (b.1959)
📸Sheffield Museums
June 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We’re sharing one of Claudette Johnson’s works for @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange this week, to coincide with the new Jenny Savile exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, exploring the female form 🎉
🖼️Untitled
👨🎨Claudette Johnson (b.1959)
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🖼️Untitled
👨🎨Claudette Johnson (b.1959)
📸Sheffield Museums
We’re taking a dip in the Cornish ocean to celebrate the new Sea State exhibition at Wolterton Park @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange ⛵
🖼️Mevagissey, Cornwall
👨🎨Stanley Royle (1888–1961)
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🖼️Mevagissey, Cornwall
👨🎨Stanley Royle (1888–1961)
📸Sheffield Museums
June 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
We’re taking a dip in the Cornish ocean to celebrate the new Sea State exhibition at Wolterton Park @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange ⛵
🖼️Mevagissey, Cornwall
👨🎨Stanley Royle (1888–1961)
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🖼️Mevagissey, Cornwall
👨🎨Stanley Royle (1888–1961)
📸Sheffield Museums
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In honour of #BBCspringwatch being filmed up the road at Longshaw, here's some natured-themed children's magazines from the collections @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social
(last one probably frowned on)
(last one probably frowned on)
June 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In honour of #BBCspringwatch being filmed up the road at Longshaw, here's some natured-themed children's magazines from the collections @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social
(last one probably frowned on)
(last one probably frowned on)
It’s Landscape week for @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange so we’re sharing this beautiful, sunny painting of the River Don 🏞️
🖼️River Don at Wardsend, Sheffield
👨🎨William James Stevenson (1835–1905)
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🖼️River Don at Wardsend, Sheffield
👨🎨William James Stevenson (1835–1905)
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June 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
It’s Landscape week for @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange so we’re sharing this beautiful, sunny painting of the River Don 🏞️
🖼️River Don at Wardsend, Sheffield
👨🎨William James Stevenson (1835–1905)
📸Sheffield Museums
🖼️River Don at Wardsend, Sheffield
👨🎨William James Stevenson (1835–1905)
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"Sheffield's collections came from around the world, some dating back 150 years ago this year. There is an active conversation about should they, shouldn’t they, return objects"
We're at @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social asking: should museums return objects? 🖼️
#FofD #Sheffield
We're at @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social asking: should museums return objects? 🖼️
#FofD #Sheffield
April 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Sheffield's collections came from around the world, some dating back 150 years ago this year. There is an active conversation about should they, shouldn’t they, return objects"
We're at @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social asking: should museums return objects? 🖼️
#FofD #Sheffield
We're at @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social asking: should museums return objects? 🖼️
#FofD #Sheffield
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Kelham in colour.
Kelham Island @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social #flowersandtowers in the week of #RHSChelsea @visitsheffield.bsky.social @museumsassociation.org
Kelham Island @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social #flowersandtowers in the week of #RHSChelsea @visitsheffield.bsky.social @museumsassociation.org
May 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Kelham in colour.
Kelham Island @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social #flowersandtowers in the week of #RHSChelsea @visitsheffield.bsky.social @museumsassociation.org
Kelham Island @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social #flowersandtowers in the week of #RHSChelsea @visitsheffield.bsky.social @museumsassociation.org
It’s all about birds for #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social today, to celebrate the new exhibition at Panlee House Gallery 🐦 we’re keeping it coastal with this study of a gull
🖼️White-Winged Silvery Gull
👨🎨John James Audubon (1785–1851)
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🖼️White-Winged Silvery Gull
👨🎨John James Audubon (1785–1851)
📸Sheffield Museums
May 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
It’s all about birds for #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social today, to celebrate the new exhibition at Panlee House Gallery 🐦 we’re keeping it coastal with this study of a gull
🖼️White-Winged Silvery Gull
👨🎨John James Audubon (1785–1851)
📸Sheffield Museums
🖼️White-Winged Silvery Gull
👨🎨John James Audubon (1785–1851)
📸Sheffield Museums
The theme for the #OnlineArtExchange this week is Fabulous fashion 💃 What better way to celebrate than getting a new dress fitted!
🖼️The New Frock
👨🎨Frederick William Elwell (1870–1958)
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🖼️The New Frock
👨🎨Frederick William Elwell (1870–1958)
📸Sheffield Museums
May 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The theme for the #OnlineArtExchange this week is Fabulous fashion 💃 What better way to celebrate than getting a new dress fitted!
🖼️The New Frock
👨🎨Frederick William Elwell (1870–1958)
📸Sheffield Museums
🖼️The New Frock
👨🎨Frederick William Elwell (1870–1958)
📸Sheffield Museums
We’re travelling to Cumbria for #OnlineArtExchange this week, linking with Winifred Nicholson’s Cumbrian Rag Rugs exhibition at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social
🖼A Mill Stream in Eskdale, Cumbria
👨🎨Thomas Creswick (1811–1869)
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🖼A Mill Stream in Eskdale, Cumbria
👨🎨Thomas Creswick (1811–1869)
📸Sheffield Museums
April 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
We’re travelling to Cumbria for #OnlineArtExchange this week, linking with Winifred Nicholson’s Cumbrian Rag Rugs exhibition at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social
🖼A Mill Stream in Eskdale, Cumbria
👨🎨Thomas Creswick (1811–1869)
📸Sheffield Museums
🖼A Mill Stream in Eskdale, Cumbria
👨🎨Thomas Creswick (1811–1869)
📸Sheffield Museums
We’re celebrating Easter for #OnlineArtExchange this week! 🐰🐣 🎉 @artukdotorg.bsky.social
We’re ignoring the chocolate 😉 and sharing this beautiful painting of an egg seller 🥚🍳
🖼The Egg Seller
👩🎨Margaret Deborah Cookesley (1837–1927)
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We’re ignoring the chocolate 😉 and sharing this beautiful painting of an egg seller 🥚🍳
🖼The Egg Seller
👩🎨Margaret Deborah Cookesley (1837–1927)
📸Sheffield Museums
April 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
We’re celebrating Easter for #OnlineArtExchange this week! 🐰🐣 🎉 @artukdotorg.bsky.social
We’re ignoring the chocolate 😉 and sharing this beautiful painting of an egg seller 🥚🍳
🖼The Egg Seller
👩🎨Margaret Deborah Cookesley (1837–1927)
📸Sheffield Museums
We’re ignoring the chocolate 😉 and sharing this beautiful painting of an egg seller 🥚🍳
🖼The Egg Seller
👩🎨Margaret Deborah Cookesley (1837–1927)
📸Sheffield Museums
The Millennium Gallery café, Ambulo, has been ranked one of the top 50 museum cafés in the UK in @theguardian.com 👏☕🍰💐
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
The 50 best museum cafes in the UK
The pioneering V&A tea rooms were designed to draw people into culture, and today these spaces offer more than just sandwiches. Felicity Cloake introduces some of our favourites
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The Millennium Gallery café, Ambulo, has been ranked one of the top 50 museum cafés in the UK in @theguardian.com 👏☕🍰💐
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Tues 8th April is our talk at Showroom 5 in Sheffield. Our last talk for spring 2025 explores the origins of Sheffield's first public museum 150 years ago. Collections of the Literary & Philosophical Society from private house to public facility in 1875 with Alistair McLean 🏦
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Talk: Philosophical Foundations: Origins of Sheffield's First Public Museum in Weston Park - The Victorian Society
Sheffield’s Weston Park Museum is 150 years old in 2025 – A Talk by Alistair McLean, Curator of Natural Science, Sheffield Museums Trust.
www.victoriansociety.org.uk
April 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Tues 8th April is our talk at Showroom 5 in Sheffield. Our last talk for spring 2025 explores the origins of Sheffield's first public museum 150 years ago. Collections of the Literary & Philosophical Society from private house to public facility in 1875 with Alistair McLean 🏦
bit.ly/41Y7rhA
bit.ly/41Y7rhA
For today’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange we’re looking at biodiversity. We’re sharing an insect study to celebrate the relaunch of Cornwall Museum! 🎉
🖼Study of Insects with Foliage
👨🎨Edward Donovan (1768–1837)
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🖼Study of Insects with Foliage
👨🎨Edward Donovan (1768–1837)
📸Sheffield Museums
April 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
For today’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange we’re looking at biodiversity. We’re sharing an insect study to celebrate the relaunch of Cornwall Museum! 🎉
🖼Study of Insects with Foliage
👨🎨Edward Donovan (1768–1837)
📸Sheffield Museums
🖼Study of Insects with Foliage
👨🎨Edward Donovan (1768–1837)
📸Sheffield Museums