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The Sheffield culture guide written by in-the-know locals

Collection Store Tour

Free

Step behind the scenes at Sheffield Museums with their curators for a wonderful chance to have a closer look at many of the items in the Sheffield collection that are not currently on display.

You'll see a variety of fascinating objects from the different collections that relate to this year's Heritage Open Days theme: Astounding Inventions.

Sheffield Museum’s collection store is in the northeast of the city. Its location and arrival instructions will be sent to ticket-holders by email before the event.

Numbers are extremely limited – booking is essential.

There'll be four tours on the day, focussing on different collections.

The tours:

10–11am: Metalwork and natural sciences

11am–12pm: Visual art, social history and archaeology

1–2pm: Metalwork and natural sciences

2–3pm: Visual art, social history and archaeology

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