List of museums in South Yorkshire


This list of museums in South Yorkshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace are not included.
NameImageTown/CityRegionTypeNotes
Abbeydale Industrial HamletSheffieldSheffieldIndustryHistoric steel and iron-working site with living history enactors
Alfred Denny MuseumSheffieldSheffieldNatural historybiology specimens, part of the University of Sheffield, open monthly for guided tours only
Bank Street ArtsSheffieldSheffieldArtContemporary arts centre
Bishops' HouseSheffieldSheffieldHistoric houseEarly 16th century half-timbered house, exhibitions on life in the 16th and 17th centuries with two rooms decorated in Jacobean style
Brodsworth HallBrodsworthDoncasterHistoric houseOperated by English Heritage, Victorian country house, features late 19th to late 20th century interiors, 1860s gardens
Cannon Hall Museum, Park & GardensCawthorneBarnsleyMultiple17th-century country house, includes collections of fine furniture, paintings, ceramics and glassware, houses the Regimental Museum of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars and the Light Dragoons
Cawthorne Victoria Jubilee MuseumCawthorneBarnsleyLocal, local history, culture, agriculture
The Civic, BarnsleyBarnsleyBarnsleyArtperforming arts centre with art gallery
Clifton Park and MuseumRotherhamRotherhamMultipleLocal history, archaeology, Victorian period kitchen, toys, Rockingham Pottery, antiquities, natural and social history, York and Lancaster Regiment artefacts and memorabilia
Conisbrough CastleDoncasterDoncasterHistoric houseOperated by English Heritage, restored medieval castle keep and medieval life exhibits
Cooper GalleryBarnsleyBarnsleyArtcontemporary art exhibits, collection of 17th- to 20th-century paintings, watercolours and drawings
Cusworth HallCusworthDoncasterHistoric houseRestored 18th-century country house with local history exhibits
Doncaster Museum & Art GalleryDoncasterDoncasterMultipleNatural history, archaeology, local history, fine and decorative art, pottery in Yorkshire
Elsecar Heritage CentreElsecarBarnsleyIndustryEarly industrial and mining village, exhibits on local history and industry and a Newcomen beam engine, buildings house an antiques centre, craft shops, Elsecar Heritage Railway
Experience BarnsleyBarnsleyBarnsleyLocalLocal social history and archaeology, archives centre and changing exhibitions
Graves Art GallerySheffieldSheffieldArtCollections of 19th- and 20th-century British and European art
Kelham Island MuseumSheffieldSheffieldIndustryLocal industries including steelmaking, steam engines, Sheffield-made vehicles of the 1920s
Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry MuseumDoncasterDoncasterMilitaryHistory and memorabilia of the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, located in the same building as Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery
Magna Science Adventure CentreTempleboroughRotherhamScienceLocated in a former steelworks, hands-on exhibits about earth, air, fire, water, power, steel-making
Maurice Dobson MuseumDarfieldBarnsleyLocallocal history
Millennium GallerySheffieldSheffieldArtExhibits of historic and contemporary art and crafts
National Emergency Services MuseumSheffieldSheffieldMultipleHistoric fire and police station with equipment, vehicles, uniforms, artifacts, local history displays
SheffieldSheffieldTechnologyA unique museum where you can play, explore and create videogames. Moved from Nottingham in December 2018, and was renamed from the National Videogame Arcade to the National Videogame Museum.
Rotherham Art GalleryRotherhamRotherhamArt
S1 ArtspaceSheffieldSheffieldArtArtist-led organisation with programmes of contemporary exhibitions, commissions, screenings and events
Sheffield Institute of Arts GallerySheffieldSheffieldArtPart of Sheffield Hallam University, changing exhibits of art and design
Shepherd WheelSheffieldSheffieldTechnologyFormer water-powered grinding workshop with water wheel, grinding hulls and grinding wheels
Site GallerySheffieldSheffieldArtChanging exhibits of multimedia-based art
South Yorkshire Aircraft MuseumDoncasterDoncasterAerospaceOccupies the former site of RAF Doncaster, restored and historic aeroplanes
South Yorkshire Transport MuseumAldwarkeRotherhamTransportationFormerly the Sheffield Bus Museum, history of bus transport in South Yorkshire
Turner Museum of GlassSheffieldSheffieldArtPart of the University of Sheffield, 19th and 20th century glass
Wentworth CastleStainboroughBarnsleyHistoric houseEarly 18th-century castle under restoration, gardens
Weston Park MuseumSheffieldSheffieldMultipleArt, natural history, archaeology, decorative arts, social history, ethnographic and Inuit artifacts
Worsbrough Mill Museum and Country ParkWorsbroughBarnsleyMillFeatures a 17th-century water-powered mill and a 19th-century steam-powered mill
Wortley Top ForgeWortleyBarnsleyIndustryHistoric former ironworks and water-powered forge
Yorkshire ArtSpaceSheffieldSheffieldArtContemporary art exhibits
Yorkshire Natural History MuseumSheffieldSheffieldNatural History
Yorkshire Sculpture ParkWest BrettonWakefieldArtOpen-air gallery on the border of South and West Yorkshire

Defunct museums