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

Women of Colour in the Archives

Free – book in advance

Women of colour have long been overlooked or marginalised in local archives. Dig Where You Stand seeks to change this. Through its creative development programme, it brings women of colour together, grants access to archives after hours, and helps to creatively explore untold and overlooked stories.

Join Dig Where You Stand's latest community gathering to learn more about this exciting work. Its panel of presenters and performers – all women of colour – will share their experience of exploring local archives, the stories they discovered, and creative responses they produced. This will be followed by a Q&A with the audience.

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Grenoside Reading Room

An 18th century Reading Room for the villagers of Grenoside to engage with books, snooker, debates and music. Now restored as a community hub with talks, craft workshops, exhibitions, and a Monday morning cafe.

Weston Park Museum

Trace Sheffield's social history and learn about life and nature in further flung parts of the world. The museum sits in one of the city's prettiest green spaces, next to blossom trees, a bandstand and pond.

National Emergency Services Museum

Housed in the old fire, police and ambulance station, this museum offers lessons in everything from the origins of the name "bobbies" to why hoax 999 calls are bad. There are lots of vehicles to climb on and uniforms to climb in, too.

Come Beautify the Night with Otis Mensah

Fri. 22 May 2026

Millennium Gallery

Enjoy a special evening of live music and poetry curated by Otis Mensah, featuring a screening of Otis Mensah and Jamal Sterrett’s film Come Beautify the Night and an exclusive in-person conversation with the artists.