Philosophical Foundations: Origins of Sheffield’s First Public Museum

Tue, 08 Apr, 2025 at 07:30 pm

Events: Showroom 5, The Workstation, Paternoster Row, S1 2BX | Sheffield

The Victorian Society - South Yorkshire
Publisher/HostThe Victorian Society - South Yorkshire
Philosophical Foundations: Origins of Sheffield\u2019s First Public Museum
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The talk covers the formation of the public collections by the Literary & Philosophical Society, and the history of the original Weston Park Museum (with a bit on Weston Park) from its origins as a private house in the late 1700s, through to it being made a public facility in 1875, taking in the addition of the Mappin Art Gallery in 1887 and the demolition of the original Weston Park Museum and subsequent opening of the new Weston Park Museum in the 1930s. The talk finishes with the museum bombing in 1940s.
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Events: Showroom 5, The Workstation, Paternoster Row, S1 2BX, 46 Shoreham Street, Sheffield, S1 2, United Kingdom,Sheffield

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