There is a fantastic 'secret' museum on Ecclesall road that needs shouting about.

The museum, located next to the church in the old church hall, specialises in local history from 1850-1950 showing many local businesses and domestic situations. I urge you to go and experience it for yourself, there is so much there, and best of all is the hands on approach that they offer, very different to any of the other museums in the area.

The next open day is the last saturday of February, add it to your diary it really does have to be seen to be appreciated.It's great for all ages and a very interesting and exciting day out.

There is a fantastic 'secret' museum on Ecclesall road that needs shouting about.

The museum, located next to the church in the old church hall, specialises in local history from 1850-1950 showing many local businesses and domestic situations. I urge you to go and experience it for yourself, there is so much there, and best of all is the hands on approach that they offer, very different to any of the other museums in the area.

The next open day is the last saturday of February, add it to your diary it really does have to be seen to be appreciated.It's great for all ages and a very interesting and exciting day out.

Sounds like something me and my wife would be interested in, the problem is I work on a Saturday. Is it ever open on a Sunday ?

I'm afraid not, but the next open day is an all day event on 23rd february. If this still is not appropriate I can let you have the contact details to see about arranging a trip for small groups in the week.

It is a fantastic museum and very much one of Sheffield's secrets. It's been going for years I think, mainly down to lots of hard work by volunteers.

When did you visit? What can you tell us about the museum?

I walked past this a couple of weeks ago and was intrigued to see it there.

Thanks for the further information.

Thanks for the info History Man, might come down and have a look on the 23rd :)

...the next open day is an all day event on 23rd february. If this still is not appropriate I can let you have the contact details to see about arranging a trip for small groups in the week.

Are these details of the Traditional Heritage Museum (http://www.shef.ac.uk/natcect/thm.html) out of date?

http://www.shef.ac.uk/natcect/thm.html
This is the link to the website, these details should be correct. If you want to know anymore about it let me know.

my uncle alan jepson did most of the original carpentry work to build all the old shops and facias. I walked passed the other day, but couldn't bring myself to go in- as it wouldn;t be the same for me without him there to show me around.

But on a lighter note - i recommend this to anyone else to go and have a look. Its all run by volunteers and is very very interesting :D

Yes it's a great little museum.

Sheffield's other secret museums are Wortley Top Forge and the Turner Glass Museum.

Where's the Turner Glass Museum, Alastair? Never heard of that! :confused:

One of the other jewels of Sheffield is the Hawley Collection. This is a collection of edge tools, documents and ephemera built up over more than 40 years by Ken Hawley here in Sheffield. Ken ran a tool shop in Sheffield and over his lifetime he has built up one of the finest collections of tools in the world. His collection is vast but unfortunately lack of funds means that this world class collection does not have the recognition it surely deserves and is run on a shoe string.
A couple of links that may help are
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/hawley/index.html
http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/matshef/unwin/MSfilecutter.htm
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3983/is_200612/ai_n17196347
I for one would like to thank Ken for his forethought in starting this collection, because without him much of Sheffield’s industrial heritage would have been lost. The only pity is that the majority of the collection is not and I suspect will never be on display.

The next open day is 23rd feb (week on friday) and is open from 10.30 - 4.30. Strongly advise that people come along, there is so much to find out for the old and young.

Located 500yards east of Hunter's bar roundabout, this museum is in a great location.

Come along and see what you might discover.

Where's the Turner Glass Museum, Alastair? Never heard of that! :confused:

It's just off Mappin Street, all the info here -

http://www.turnermuseum.group.shef.ac.uk/information.html

Thanks Alastair!

The museum on Ecclesall roadn is open on saturday 10.30 - 4.30

http://www.shef.ac.uk/natcect/thm.html

There is so much to see, a great activity for the weekend.

If you are stuck for something to do this weekend, why not pop down. You won't be disappointed!

sounds good. i'll be there.

Blackbeard, I remeber Ken Hawley very well. I once took a plane blade into his little shop off the Moor to buy a replacement.

Instead of selling me a new one he took the time and trouble to show me how to restore the edge to my old one ! 'Course I had to buy a oil-stone but I never had to buy another plane blade. :)

He would often have a few exhibits of old Sheffield made tools in his shop. It's good that his work has been recognised.

So did anyone go down on saturday? If you did could you please share your opinions. (If not, why not! -joking-)

I did! It was great :D We had a good potter about, there's loads of brilliant things in there, and we spent a lot of time pointing stuff out that our parents and grandparents had in their houses.

It's definitely worth a look round! We spent about an hour in there I think. The chemist shop is brilliant. :thumbsup:

I didn't go on Saturday but I have been several times before, it is one of my favourite places :)

We have often been with the home ed group, they do a lovely wash day activity with the children that they really enjoy, and they let them dress up and play shop in some of the reconstructed shops which is always great fun.

Is the museum's future secure, do you know? I am not sure who runs it or how it is financed?

Yes, i went.
Brilliant!
Just like to say a public thank you to Harry, for letting me browse through his fathers ww1 pay book. (This was after the Saturday, on monday. Had the museum all to myself)

Yes, we went, it is brilliant for anyone who has memories of grocer's, chemist, cobblers and various shops plus seeing how grinders worked their machines. All the products which we could remember from our everyday lives are there to rekindle those memories.

The volunteers are on hand to answer questions and they are very helpful and polite, it's very well organised.

We would suggest that anyone who hasn't seen it to get to know the opening days, it's well worth the visit.

Yes, we went on Saturday, we really enjoyed it. The staff are very enthusiastic and make you feel very welcome. As we no longer live in Sheffield it was a good nostalgic day out for us. We also went to Bingham Park and walked up to Forge Dam Cafe. Was glad to see it was still there and still as good. Great weather too Saturday :)

Sounds like everyone who went had a great time. The next open day is on the bank holiday monday, 24th March. Get yourselves down there if you can.

Is it possible to get the dates of open days throughout the year? These would be really useful for a publication for visitors my company is currently working on.

Is it possible to get the dates of open days throughout the year? These would be really useful for a publication for visitors my company is currently working on.

Sent you a PM

So did anyone go on monday? If you couldn't get down there you're in luck. The next open day is on saturday 29th March.

Open Days:
Saturday 29th.March
Saturday 26th.April
Monday 5th.May
Monday 26th.May
Saturday 31st. May
Saturday 28th.June
Saturday 26th. July
Monday 25th.August
Saturday 30th.August
Saturday 27th.September
Saturady 25th.October
Saturday 29th.November
Open 10:30- 4:30
Admission £1.50, Concessions £1.00, Family Ticket £4.00 (2 Adults + 2 Children).

Thanks for posting that DUFFEMS, its great to see that other people know things about the museum.

Did anyone get to the musuem on saturday? If not put 26th April in your diary, thats the next open day.

If you are a Sheffielder then this place is a must, if you are new to Sheffield then this place is well worth a visit to learn something about Shefffield's heritage. It's a fascinating place for young and old, the volunteers there are very enlightening and welcoming.
I'm not plugging this museum because I have any connections with it, just that I came across it and have found it to be an absolute gem. It's quite unusual to find so much information within our city limilts.

It's a good museum :)

I want to visit the Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising in London sometime. Same idea, but much bigger and it always gets brilliant reviews. It's a slightly obscure museum and all the work of one man, Robert Opie.

http://www.museumofbrands.com/index.html

http://www.urbanpath.com/london/museums/museum-of-brands.htm

http://www.robertopiecollection.com/

It's a good museum :)

I want to visit the Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising in London sometime. Same idea, but much bigger and it always gets brilliant reviews. It's a slightly obscure museum and all the work of one man, Robert Opie.

http://www.museumofbrands.com/index.html

http://www.urbanpath.com/london/museums/museum-of-brands.htm

http://www.robertopiecollection.com/

Yes I'd love to go there too. I love old advertisments (infact I bought that book on the last link ['Remember When'] a few weeks ago in York).

It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here and I'm most obliged to you for making it clear that I'm not here.

Syd Barret

Syd Barret

Good observation...:thumbsup:

i have heard from a very reliable source that the heritage museum is to close!

i have heard from a very reliable source that the heritage museum is to close!

I wouldn't be surprised--the National Centre for English Cultural Tradition, of which the museum was an offshoot, thanks to its first founder, Prof. John Widdowson, has gone through many lean periods--it seems the University didn't quite know what to do with it and even found it an embarrassment at times. Now the Centre's library and archives are being absorbed into the Special Collections of the Main Library and many who gave interesting material are being asked if they want it back; also books have been sold off from the Centre's library if they were considered to be duplicates or not relevent to the work of the Centre. I can't help feeling that this means a movement to run the Centre down eventually. On the other hand, one big collection that has taken off massively in the University is the Fairground Collection (a subject not entirely unrelated to what the Centre was intended to study), under the curatorship of the dynamic Vanessa Toulmin--so perhaps there is hope that material from the Centre will be advertised and find good usage among scholars. It would, however, be sad if the Museum closed...it also has a fair bit of material that I donated.

Sad news, I sincerely hope the museum doesn't close! It'd be such a shame.