Millennium Gallery, Arundel Gate, Sheffield, S1 2PP

Trusted for 10 years

Museums Sheffield was created in 1998 as an independent charity to take over the running of the city’s non-industrial museums and galleries from Sheffield City Council.Our first major project was the launch of the newly-built Millennium Gallery in 2001, a cornerstone of Sheffield’s Heart of the City regeneration project.  The Millennium Gallery set the tone for our work over the following decade; fundraising for and delivering major improvement projects to enhance the city’s galleries and museums. Major successes have included:

• Becoming lead partner of the Yorkshire Museums Hub and negotiating key partnerships with national museums and galleries
• The £19m redevelopment of Weston Park museum, culminating in nomination for the Gulbenkian Prize and winning the Guardian Family Friendly Museum Award 2008
• Achieving ‘Designated Collection’ status from the Department of Culture, Media & Sport for the city’s unique metalwork collection
• Fundraising for the acquisition of significant artworks and historic objects for the city, including the Bill Brown cutlery collection and The Kiss by Marc Quinn
• Fundraising for largescale refurbishments and redisplays of the Graves Gallery and Ruskin Collection
• Winning the Contemporary Art Society annual award in 2010 to commission Czech artist Katerina Seda to create a new artwork, Lisen Profile
• Welcoming over a million visitors annually across all sites