Kelham Island Museum

Kelham Island Museum. (Pic credit: Andrew Roe)

Yorkshire attractions listed in the European Route of Industrial Heritage
There are four tourist attractions in Yorkshire that are part of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

The Cambridge Street Stamping Works were later named after occupant Henry Leah

Grade II-listed cutlery workshop in Sheffield to be restored

Pictures supplied by the Stan Shaw family of Stan Shaw at his workshop at Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield. Stan, was the last cutler or 'little mester', who made knives for the Queen and carried the cutler's tradition until his death in 2021 after 80 years forging, grinding and finishing blades. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty.

Heritage trail to follow in the footsteps of Sheffield's last 'little mester'

Helen Featherstone is the new Northern director of the National Lottery Heritage Fund.. Photo: Roth Reed photography

The Yorkshire woman on a mission to champion heritage in the North

David Richards (left) and Professor Koen Lamberts at Kelham Island Museum

'Pioneering' AMRC Data Cloud scheme launched at Kelham Island Museum

Stan Shaw died in February last year at the age of 94, after working for almost eight decades as a penknife crafter.

Last of Sheffield's Little Mesters cutlery crafters to be honoured at memorial

Sheffield's Opera on Location are performing at Kelham Island Museum. Pictured: Andrea Tweedale, Chloe Saywell, Gareth Lloyd, Aiden Edwards and Matthew Palmer as they prepared for a performance of Puccini’s classic opera, La Bohème at the Graves Gallery in 2014. Picture: Marisa Cashill

Sheffield's Kelham Island Museum to host Opera on Location's The Prodigal Son

Anthony Hinchliffe, the new owner of the 1908 Sheffield-Simplex. Picture: Ian Spooner

Businessman steps in to buy rare Sheffield-made car and keep it on show at city ...

Where to eat, drink and shop in Sheffield's Kelham Island

Five good reasons why Sheffield is king of UK city breaks

Exhibition marks bright idea in steel city 100 years ago

Fundraisers face pudding problems

River to be lit up for celebratory festival

It’s Twist again as Dickensian market staff set out their stall

City hosts Junior Chamber convention

Characters holding vital clues to museum’s murder mystery

Casting light on working lives

Museum event recreates the sights and sounds of 1940s

Budding builders get to grips with construction industry

Ex-retailer throws light on the history of tool making

Blades of glory... display tells why steel city has the edge
KELHAM Island Museum is set to host an event focused on Sheffield’s long history of making steel skating blades, featuring talks from experts including an ice hockey captain and a local hand grinder.
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Spade that can't be trumped

Commendation for museum staff who overcame flooding

Commendation for museum staff who overcame flooding

Primary school pupils go to town in bid to make own piece of history

Tool collector shares his passion

Tool collection on show

Tool collection on show

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