What a way to spend the last Pollen of the year 🥹 Huge thank you to all the incredible creatives and everyone who came along to support us throughout 2025, Pollen wouldn’t be what it is without you 🫶 We can’t wait to share what’s coming in 2026, so make sure you stick around for updates! Until then, have a very Merry Christmas 🎄✨
📢Heads-up, our Millennium Gallery Cafe, Ambulo is closed today (Tue 23 Dec) and tomorrow (Wed 24 Dec), due to a maintenance issue. The rest of the gallery is open as usual. 📢
This Christmas, treat yourself, or a loved one, to a creative workshop ticket - create something beautiful and enjoy instant delivery! 📬 😉 Here's some top gift choices from our Public Programme team, depending on what you're after: ⭐ 2026 Vision Board Crafting Social - an uplifting evening of crafting to beat the January blues! Tickets cost £5, so this is a good choice if you're looking for something to do together. Completely perfect gift for fans of our popular Craft Jam or Feel Good Art Club. ⭐ Evening Workshop: Charm Necklaces - create a necklace that is completely unique with beads and charms. (Thu 19 Feb, 6-8.30pm, Millennium Gallery, £50). ⭐ Kelham Makes: Make Your Own Leather Pouch - learn how to cut and prep your leather, smooth and burnish it, and stamp it to create a personalised pouch to store your precious items or give as a unique gift. (Wed 28 Jan, 6-8.30pm, Kelham Island Museum, £50) ⭐ Workshop: Pigment & Paint Making - A full day of hands-on creativity - grinding, washing and mixing natural minerals to create beautiful handmade paints and discovering historical colour inspired by Ruskin (Sat 31 Jan, the Millennium Gallery £80). 🔗Discover these workshops, and more! https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/creative-workshops-2041989
⛄ Morning everyone! It's Monday and we're open! 😲Visit The Millennium Gallery Weston Park Museum for some last minute Christmas shopping and museum magic 🎄✨
Come and see what we’ve got for sale in Crafted at the Millennium Gallery! With @franrawlingsart 💫 including @walnuttreestudio @lollygaggift @jo_bodesigns 🎁 Crafted, the Millennium Gallery’s popular selling showcase and celebration of creativity and craftsmanship across the region and beyond is open now. Every purchase you make helps support the work of Sheffield Museums in creating life-shaping, eye-opening experiences for everyone! #sheffieldmuseums #museumshops #supportculture #shoplocal @visitsheffield
🎁 MORE TRADERS ANNOUNCED! 🎁 This Sunday! Join us at the Winter Gardens for the final Pollen Market of the year 🎄 Support some of the best local and small businesses around (and secure those last minute Christmas prezzies 🤭) Scroll to see who else will be at Pollen this Sunday! 📍 Sunday 21st December | 10am-4pm | S1 2LH Free entry! But sadly no dogs allowed this time due to a change in venue 🐶🐾
🎄 Christmas opening hours 🎄 🔔 Don't miss our special Monday openings at Millennium Gallery and Weston Park Museum on Mon 22 Dec - perfect for some last minute shopping in our beautifully stocked Christmas shops, or for a pre-Christmas art-escape to see our latest exhibitions! 👀 🕑 The Millennium Gallery, Kelham Island Museum, Weston Park Museum and Graves Gallery will be open until Wed 24 Dec, 2pm. 🎅 We'll then be closed for Christmas until Tue 6 Jan. Shepherd Wheel Workshop will reopen on Sat 10 Jan. Reminder - the Graves Gallery will be closed for redisplay until 26 Feb. 🔗 Visit our website to find out more, including all the details about our opening hours in the run up to Christmas, our closure days over the festive period and when we reopen in the New Year: https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/about-us/christmas-opening-hours/
🎄 Pollen gets a cosy upgrade for Christmas! 🎄 Usually braving the cold at Castlegate’s Grey-to-Green, we’re swapping the chills for a cosy festive edition of Pollen Market at the Winter Gardens! 🎁✨ Support local makers and grab some last-min Christmas gifts! Find plants, ceramics, artwork, vinyl, fresh bakes & loads more goodies. Scroll for the first lot of lovely makers with more TBA! 📍 Sunday 21st December | 10am-4pm | S1 2LH Usual free entry but sadly no dogs allowed this time due to the change in venue 🐶
Morning everyone, here's what we've got coming up this week - hope you can join us! 🎅🎄 🎨Graves Art Club 📅Thu 18 Dec, 11am – 1pm 📍Graves Gallery Find creative inspiration in the Graves Gallery with this welcoming and supportive art group. 🎟️£7.50, pay on the day 🔗 https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/graves-art-club/ 🧸Fridays Under 5s - Get Stuck In! 📅Fri 19 Dec, 10am – 12:30pm 📍Weston Park Museum Join us for hands-on creative fun for you and your little ones. 🎟️Suggested donation £3, just drop in 🔗 https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/fridays-under-5s-get-stuck-in/ ✏️Life Drawing 📅Fri 19 Dec, 10:30am – 12:30pm 📍Millennium Gallery Develop your drawing skills working from a nude model with support from one of our regular artist tutors. 🎟️£11, book in advance 🔗 https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/life-drawing-sep-dec-2025/ Our Santa’s Workshop at Weston Park Museum is selling out fast, but there’s still some daytime sessions available on Wednesday and Thursday this week! 🎅Santa's Workshop at Weston Park Museum - LAST REMAINING TICKETS 📅 Wed 17 Dec, 3pm 📅 Thu 18 Dec, 2pm & 3pm 📍Weston Park Museum Santa and his helpers are returning to Weston Park Museum this year for more of their hugely popular sessions for younger visitors, combining a visit with the much-loved man himself and some fantastically festive craft activities. 🎟️£12.50 per child, £5 per baby, £2 per adult 🔗 Wed: https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/santas-workshop-wpm-17-dec/ 🔗 Thu: https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/santas-workshop-wpm-18-dec/
