Connecting with Collections: What Do Our Memories Mean to Us?

Connecting with Collections: What Do Our Memories Mean to Us? is on at Kelham Island Museum on Friday 13 November, from 2 pm to 4 pm. It's a session run by Sheffield Museums that asks exactly what the title suggests: what do our memories mean to us? The starting point is the 'Sheffield Project' photography exhibition in the Exhibition Pod, which the session uses to spark an informal but in-depth conversation around that question.

From there, you'll explore the museum's collections and consider how they resonate today through philosophical enquiry—collaborative thinking, talking and listening. It's open to everyone and doesn't require any prior experience, so you can just turn up and join in. The whole thing is run by Sheffield Museums at Kelham Island Museum, which marks 300 years of Sheffield making history. The museum takes you from master craftsmen and the Industrial Revolution through the Victorian era to the Women of Steel and the industry that made the city world-renowned.

There's plenty to see around the session if you want to linger. Highlights include the River Don Engine, described as the most powerful working steam engine in Europe, and the Hawley Tool Collection, which Ken Hawley amassed from the mid-1950s. You'll also find the 1916 House and the Sheffield Simplex cars. Entry is free, though visitors are asked to donate £5. It runs from 2 pm to 4 pm on Friday 13 November at Kelham Island Museum, Alma Street, Sheffield S3 8RY.