Questions about our Queer Realities Director’s Lab? 🤔 There are just two days left to sign up for our online Ask Me Anything session, taking place on Wednesday 12 August at 17:00 BST 🗣️ Our Senior Industry Consultant, Patrizia Mancini, and Creative Director, Raul Niño Zambrano, will be on hand to tell you more about this exciting programme, answer your questions and offer advice to support you in the application process. Sign up now and register your questions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFWRSXtO1d3BeDljrS9Ztr5WTVAEjzL2V2eh9ps020yW7kFA/viewform 🌟Our Queer Realities Director’s Lab programme is open to LGBTQIA+ directors currently developing a documentary project. 🎬It will provide 10 directors a space to learn, share and explore the form of documentary through masterclasses, workshops and individual mentoring, plus a bursary, and will culminate in a presentation showcase and networking session at Sheffield DocFest. Sound interesting? You have just over 2 weeks left to get your applications in (deadline Tuesday 25 August, 13:00 BST). 🔗 Apply now! https://www.sheffdocfest.com/news/applications-open-queer-realities-directors-lab-2026-2027 Queer Realities Director’s Lab is supported by the BFI National Lottery Creative Challenge Fund, awarding National Lottery Good Cause funding.

Happy Summer holidays, everyone! Loads going on this week, including paper-making Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and designing your perfect city Weston Park Museum! And don't forget there's free bus travel for kids during August 🚌 pop along, we'd love to see you! 🌞 🏢Family Activity: The Future of Sheffield is... 📅 Tue 11 Aug, 12-3pm 📍 Weston Park Museum Design, build and create a futuristic place perfect for the city. 🎟️ Free, just drop in, suggested donation £3 🔗 https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/family-activity-the-future-of-sheffield-is/ ☁️ Family Activity: Describing the Sky 📅 Wed 12 Aug, 12-3pm 📍 Millennium Gallery Combine words and pictures in this collage and creative writing activity inspired by the exhibition The Ruskin Collection: Storm-Cloud – The Look of the Sky. 🎟️ Free, just drop in, suggested donation £3 🔗 https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/family-activity-describing-the-sky/ ✏️ Life Drawing 📅 Fri 14 Aug, 12.30-1.20pm, 1.30-2.20pm and 2.30-3.20pm 📍 Millennium Gallery Develop your drawing skills working from a nude model with support from one of our regular artist tutors. 🎟️ £11.50, booking essential 🔗 https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/life-drawing/ 💮 Family Workshop: Paper Making and Collaging Gift Cards 📅 Sat 15 Aug, 12.30-1.20pm, 1.30-2.20pm and 2.30-3.20pm 📍 Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet With guidance from our tutor, learn how to make papers at the Hamlet this summer. 🎟️ £7.50, booking recommended 🔗 https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/family-workshop-paper-making-and-collaging-gift-cards/ 🎨 Art at Abbeydale - book now for upcoming sessions 📅 Sun 16 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’. 🎟️ Booking essential, £9 🔗 https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/art-at-abbeydale-2026/

While you're out on the prowl for lions this summer, call in to the Millennium Gallery shop for some retail therapy! 🦁 As well as our new range of children's books and toys, there's plenty of treats for adults too. From luxury handmade soaps by Oir to these lovely wooden broches and earrings by Robin Valley, we've sourced some special nature-inspired ranges – perfect for gifting, or for you! And when you choose to shop with us, remember every purchase directly supports our work to send visitors of all ages on journeys of discovery that last a lifetime! 🚀

It’s market day and the sun is shining! 🤩 See you all very soon ❤️

Our Bertha DocHouse Steal This Story, Please! screening and Q&A with Amy Goodman has now SOLD OUT - but there are still opportunities to catch this amazing documentary! 👉Extra screening added at Bertha DocHouse on Weds 12 August next week (21:00 BST) https://dochouse.org/event/steal-this-story-please/ 📅 Mon 31 August (18:00 BST) - Sheffield, Showroom Cinema: https://showroomcinema.org.uk/film/docnights-steal-this-story-please Through decades of archive footage, this compelling portrait follows investigative journalist Amy Goodman as she takes on soldiers, politicians and corporate media in pursuit of truth. 🎟️ Grab tickets now!

Welcome @butchfemmelove 💫 who stopped by the Football Art Prize at the Millennium Gallery to tell us about ‘Fair Play’, an environmental portrait project that centres on @claptoncfc women/non-binary development and reserves teams. ⚽️ The project explores themes of equity and solidarity through the power of grassroots community engagement 👊 Exhibition details: The Football Art Prize Open until Sun 13 Sep The Millennium Gallery Thanks to @parkerharrisco and touring to @nationalfootballmuseum Please donate £5 when you visit - your donations help us bring the best in art and design to Sheffield! 👏 #sheffieldmuseums #letscreate #creativesheffield @visitsheffield

Welcome @butchfemmelove 💫 who stopped by the Football Art Prize at the Millennium Gallery to tell us about ‘Fair Play’, an environmental portrait project that centres Clapton Community FC’s women/non-binary development and reserves teams. ⚽️ The project explores themes of equity and solidarity through the power of grassroots community engagement 👊 Exhibition details: The Football Art Prize Open until Sun 13 Sep The Millennium Gallery Thanks to @parkerharrisco and touring to @nationalfootballmuseum Please donate £5 when you visit - your donations help us bring the best in art and design to Sheffield! 👏 #sheffieldmuseums #letscreate #creativesheffield @visitsheffield

Calling LGBTQIA+ directors and creatives! Have you applied for our Queer Realities Director’s Lab yet? 🎥 🏳️‍🌈 First launched in 2024, this programme is returning for two more editions, supported by the BFI National Lottery Creative Challenge Fund, awarding The National Lottery Good Cause funding. 🌟 Each edition will provide 10 selected LGBTQIA+ directors a space to learn, share and explore the form of documentary through masterclasses, workshops and individual mentoring, plus a bursary, and will culminate in a presentation showcase and networking session at Sheffield DocFest. 🔗 Sound interesting? You have just 3 weeks left to get your applications in! Apply now: https://www.sheffdocfest.com/news/applications-open-queer-realities-directors-lab-2026-2027 👉 Any questions? Join us online on Wednesday 12 August at 17:00 BST for an informative session with our Senior Industry Consultant, Patrizia Mancini, and Creative Director, Raul Niño Zambrano, who will tell you more about this exciting programme, answer your questions and offer advice to support you in the application process. Alternatively, you can visit the FAQs section on our webpage. 🔗 Sign up now, and enter questions in advance: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFWRSXtO1d3BeDljrS9Ztr5WTVAEjzL2V2eh9ps020yW7kFA/viewform There will also be time during the session to ask questions directly. The session will take place on Zoom.

It’s just over one week until our free community screening of Agent of Happiness at Sheffield Central Library in celebration of South Asian Heritage Month - and spots are being reserved fast! 👉 This amazing film from our 2024 programme follows a happiness surveyor in the Kingdom of Bhutan grappling with his own contentment in this light-hearted yet fascinating probe into how happiness can be measured. 📍 Carpenter Room, Sheffield Central Library 🗓 Wednesday 12 Aug, 6–7.30pm 🔞 18+ (no BBFC classification) 🔗 Don’t miss out - reserve a free spot now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-screening-agent-of-happiness-tickets-1993685180042 Employed by the Bhutanese government, Amber Gurung travels across mountainous regions to gather data from citizens to measure the country’s gross national happiness. The 148 questions featured in the survey are straightforward, but they draw out the participants’ personal stories, along with a range of emotions that the survey cannot possibly encapsulate. Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó’s film explores larger critical issues raised by this questionnaire and assesses whether it is even possible to define a nation’s happiness, both in the home and as a citizen. They also offer a tender portrait of Amber’s life as a caretaker of his ageing mother, his longing for a romantic partner and his insecurities due to a lack of citizenship. 👉 This film is subtitled. @Sheffield Libraries, Archives & Information

Did you know, 'You Choose' by Nick Sharratt and Pippa Goodhart was a huge inspiration for us when developing the Bobeam Tree exhibition! 🤫 🌳 It’s the National Year of Reading, and our exhibition team worked with colleagues around the organisation and beyond to bring a really nice list of books to the exhibition - including 'You Choose' (of course) ! See what takes your fancy and kick-back under the Bobeam Tree for some treasured time together! Go All In 2026 National Literacy Trust The Bobeam Tree exhibition provides a great starting point for sharing stories this summer! Whether you read a story, look at the pictures, chat about what you see, sing a song, name the things, draw a picture … all these things are brilliant for helping little ones explore the world! The Bobeam Tree comes to Sheffield in partnership with the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood and the National Portrait Gallery Exhibition details: The Bobeam Tree until Sun 30 Aug Millennium Gallery, Sheffield Free entry, please donate £5 to help send imaginations soaring! #whatsonsheff #ukcityofculture29 Welcome to Sheffield