Exhibition Gallery

Previous exhibitions

Yorkshire Voices
4 June to 17 August 2013
This exhibition explores what it means to write in the local dialect. It includes audio of various Yorkshire accents.

Sheffield Entertained
7 February - 6 May 2013
An exhibition celebrating the entertainment heritage of the City of Sheffield, including the growth of music hall and variety, the world of magic, early cinematograph shows, and travelling funfairs.

Heritage Makers
13 September – 21 December 2012
An exhibition celebrating a hundred years of Sheffield’s Hunter Archaeological Society using artefacts and documents to showcase the work of the Society from 1912 to the present day.

Jack Rosenthal & Maureen Lipman - a creative partnership
2 June – 19 August 2012
Jack Rosenthal emerged from the newly created Granada television studios in Manchester to become an award winning playwright and television screen writer. Maureen Lipman continues to have an enduring, successful and wide-ranging career which includes theatre, television, film, radio and print.

Circus Showmen: Innovators who Shaped the Circus
1 February – 3 May 2012
This exhibition celebrated the personalities who innovated the circus for their generation.

The Architecture of George Devey
6 October 2011 – 4 January 2012
George Devey was an important figure in the evolution of Arts and Crafts architecture, who designed several large and attractive houses across the British Isles.

Engineered by US.
3 June - 30 September 2011
An exhibition by the University of Sheffield’s Faculty of Engineering.

Memoirs of a Showwoman
9 February – 13 May 2011
Memoirs of a Showwoman invited you into the world of renowned showwoman, Marisa Carnesky.

The Million Book Library
19 October 2010 – 14 January 2011
This exhibition celebrated 50 Years of Western Bank Library.

Mervyn Peake’s Alice
30 June to 29 September 2010
From the British Library's archive, this exhibition included original illustrations produced by Peake for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Humbug!
1 March to 27 May 2010
The Humbug! exhibition celebrated 200 years of P.T. Barnum.