Kelham Island
Address
Kelham Island Museum,
Alma Street (off Corporation Street),
Sheffield,
S3 8RY
Website
Directions
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(The postcode for the centre of
Penistone is S36 6AR.)
Distance from Penistone: 13.6 miles, 27 mins
Details
Kelham Island Museum was opened in 1982 to house the objects, pictures and archive material representing Sheffield's industrial story.
Located in one of the city's oldest industrial districts, the Museum stands on a man-made island over 900 years old.
Come inside and explore the sights and sounds of industrial Sheffield. Wander through inetractive galleries telling the story from light trades and skilled workmanship to mass production.
Learn what it was like to live and work in Sheffield during the Industrial Revolution and follow the growth of the city through the Victorian Era and two world wars to see how steelmaking forged both the City of today and the world
Full web address:
http://www.simt.co.uk/kelham-island-museum/about
The museum is also the homr of the Hawley Collection, an internationally important material record of tool making, cutlery manufacture and silversmithing from Sheffield, together with complementary material from Britain and the rest of the world.
See more here: www.hawleytoolcollection.com
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