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Kelham Island Museum

Kelham Island Museum is a museum in Sheffield. It comes under Sheffield Museums Trust. Close by, Sheffield Cathedral is 800 m away, one of 49 within 15 km.

Photo: Kelham Island Museum, Mick Knapton (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Sheffield

inside the built-up area

Run by

Sheffield Museums Trust

the operator on record

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum in Sheffield

Inside Sheffield

Kelham Island Museum is inside Sheffield’s built-up area, with 26 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The weather, month by month

The warmest stretch in Sheffield is June to September, at 18–21°C in the afternoon.

Jan7° / 2°73 mm

Feb8° / 2°65 mm

Mar10° / 3°59 mm

Apr13° / 5°58 mm

May16° / 7°54 mm

Jun19° / 10°74 mm

Jul21° / 12°64 mm

Aug21° / 12°64 mm

Sep18° / 10°64 mm

Oct14° / 7°77 mm

Nov10° / 4°83 mm

Dec7° / 2°84 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Sheffield, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Sheffield. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Sheffield’s full climate →

About

Kelham Island Museum

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 5 languages.

Type: Museum
Run by: Sheffield Museums Trust
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in Sheffield
Official site: simt.co.uk/kelham-island-museum

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Visiting: the details

Entrance fees

EntryBy donation

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Kelham Island Museum on the map

The numbers show what else is near Kelham Island Museum, in the order listed below.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Kelham Island Museum

Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Sheffield

500,520 people · 44 places to visit

2 · 4.7 km north of it

Ecclesfield and Grenoside

8,187 people · 11 places to visit

Compare the 2 towns

Town	Where Kelham Island Museum is	People	Places to visit
Sheffield	It’s in town	500,520	44
Ecclesfield and Grenoside	4.7 km north of it	8,187	11

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Kelham Island Museum

Our list has 49 more within 15 km, among them 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle.

CathedralSheffield Cathedral800 m away 2

CathedralCathedral Church of St Marie1 km away 3

CastleSheffield Castle800 m away 4

MuseumWeston Park Museum1.5 km away 5

Art galleryGraves Gallery1.1 km away 6

MuseumMillennium Gallery1.2 km away 7

GardenSheffield Botanical Gardens2.5 km away 8

MuseumBishop's House4.3 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Kelham Island Museum: the answers

Where is Kelham Island Museum?

Kelham Island Museum is in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Kelham Island Museum?

Museum in Sheffield, England.

Who runs Kelham Island Museum?

Sheffield Museums Trust.

When is the best time to visit Kelham Island Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Sheffield, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Kelham Island Museum?

Within 15 km: Sheffield Cathedral (800 m), Cathedral Church of St Marie (1 km), Sheffield Castle (800 m) and Weston Park Museum (1.5 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Kelham Island Museum: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sheffield Cathedral: Richard Rogerson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral Church of St Marie: Bob Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sheffield Castle: Gregory Deryckère, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Weston Park Museum: Adrian Richardson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Graves Gallery: BCDS, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Millennium Gallery: Warofdreams, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sheffield Botanical Gardens: Warofdreams, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bishop's House: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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