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Morning Sheffield, here's what coming up this week, hope you can join us!
🐆Family Activity: Go Dotty
Tue 5 Aug, 11am – 2:30pm
Millennium Gallery
Join Sheffield City Council’s Family Learning Team for these hands-on, dotty-themed art activities.
Free, donations welcome
https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/family-activity-go-dotty/
🐻WPM 150 Family Activity: Evolutionary Tales
Tue 5 Aug, 12-3pm
Weston Park Museum
We’re bringing out the museum’s taxidermy object handling collection this week to inspire a creative storytelling workshop where imagination and evolution collide!
Suggested donation £3
https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/wpm-150-family-activity-evolutionary-tales/
💙Family Activity: Colour Challenge - Blue Reminds Me Of...
Wed 6 Aug, 12-3pm
Millennium Gallery
Take part in our summer colour challenge and make a piece of art using only one colour!
Suggested donation £3
https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/family-activity-colour-challenge-blue-reminds-me-of/
👩🎨Feel Good Art Club
Wed 6 Aug, 6-7:30pm
Millennium Gallery
Develop your artistic skills in a relaxed setting at the Millennium Gallery.
£9, booking recommended
https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/feel-good-art-club-6-aug/
🏭Family Activity: Make Your Own Little Mesters Workshop
Thu 7 Aug, 12-3pm
Kelham Island Museum
Design and craft your own miniature workshop inspired by the immersive Little Mesters Street at the museum.
Suggested donation £3
https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/family-activity-make-your-own-little-mesters-workshop/
🌞Summer Tots
Fri 8 Aug, 10am – 12:30pm
Weston Park Museum
This summer, bring your toddlers and babies to discover bright coloured splat mats: a place to squeeze, stack, pull, mix, touch, scratch, thread, mash, hold and bash different objects.
Suggested donation £3
https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/summer-tots/
🧱Family Workshop: Frieze Frames - Clay Tile Making
Sat 9 Aug, 1 – 1.50pm, 2 – 2.50pm, 3 – 3.50pm
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
Have a go at creating your own clay tile to take home using motifs and symbols inspired by Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet’s industrial past.
£7 per person, booking essential
https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/family-workshop-frieze-frames/
🌳Art at Abbeydale
Sun 10 Aug, 1:30-3:30pm
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
Join us outdoors in the beautiful surroundings of Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet for an afternoon of sketching and painting ‘en plein air’.
£8.50, booking essential
https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/art-at-abbeydale-2025/
🌏Performance: Threads of Unity – South Asian Dance, Music and Fashion
Sun 10 Aug, 2-3:30pm
Millennium Gallery
Celebrate South Asian Heritage Month with dance and music performances from Sunrit Culture Group.
Suggested donation £5, book in advance
https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/performance-threads-of-unity-south-asian-dance-music-and-fashion/