Our Year 2015/16 Photo © Andy Brown

Artist Joe Scarborough with his painting Through the Ages (2006) at Weston Park Museum.

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5 Who we are 7 Welcome 9 Thank you 10 Our year 13 Connecting with our visitors 17 Connecting with our communities 19 Understanding and celebrating the city’s collections 25 Our volunteers 27 Working with local business 29 Building a sustainable future 31 Our supporters 33 Appendix 1: Our exhibitions & displays 34 Appendix 2: Our funders & supporters 35 Appendix 3: Our people

3 Cover photo © Andy Brown A young visitor enjoying our free Discovery Day sessions at Weston Park Museum.

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4 Photo ©Photo Museums © Andy Sheffield Brown Who we are

Museums Sheffield is the charity which runs the Millennium Gallery, Graves Gallery and Weston Park Museum, and cares for the city’s collections of art, human history and natural science.

Our vision is inspirational museums and galleries where people can reflect upon the past, question the present and imagine the future.

Our mission is to connect with our visitors, share stories about Sheffield and the wider world, and care for the city’s collections.

5 Natural Sciences Collections Assistant Glenn Roadley cleaning a white-handed gibbon (Hylobates Iar) in prepeartion for the new displays at Weston Park Museum.

6 Photo © Andy Brown Welcome

It has been a busy and successful year on all fronts with wonderful exhibitions, displays and events at all sites. As I look back I am thankful for the incredible talent and commitment of the Museums Sheffield team and the huge generosity of people and organisations in Sheffield and across the UK who support our work.

In June 2015 Museum Sheffield completed the refurbishment of The Sykes Gallery, the home of Sheffield’s Designated Metalwork Collection at the Millennium Gallery. The new displays showcase the depth and breadth of the collection, which is a testament to Sheffield’s design and manufacturing excellence. We were delighted to celebrate the naming of the The Sykes Gallery and to recieve the generous support from Sir Hugh and Lady Ruby Sykes for the ongoing development of the city’s remarkable Metalwork Collection.

Another highlight of the year was the ground breaking Going Public - International Art Collectors in Sheffield, seen across the Millennium Gallery, Graves Gallery, , Sheffield Hallam University and Site Gallery. To collaborate with so many partners and to exhibit work from four major private European collections was a wonderful achievement. Going Public profiled Sheffield on a global stage and stimulated significant debate around the world about the relationship between private philanthropy and the public art space. It was the beginning of an exciting journey for us all.

It’s wonderful to see that work to create flexible new displays for the collections at Weston Park Museum is well underway. Funded by Heritage Lottery Fund with support from a range of funders and our many visitors, the new displays will enable more people to experience the richness of the collections. We look forward to seeing the project complete in October 2016.

My thanks go to our visitors and users, and to our partners the V&A, Sheffield Culture Consortium, the Guild of St George, Sheffield City Council and Arts Council . Finally, I’d like to offer sincere thanks to the whole team, our volunteers and Trustees for all the work they do to support Museums Sheffield.

John Cowling Chair of Trustees Museums Sheffield

7 Amphora with Peacocks (about 1888-1898) by William De Morgan, painted by Halsey Ralph Ricardo, drawn from the city’s collections and displayed at the Millennium Gallery as part of the exhibition, In the Making: Ruskin, Creativity and Craftsmanship.

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8Photo © Museums Sheffield Thank you

The achievements of 2015/16 can be summed up in one word: collaboration. Our relationships with partners throughout the city region, from schools, artists, businesses and friends to colleagues in museums across have seen us share a common purpose. We have worked together to celebrate our arts and culture, making Sheffield a better place to be, and demonstrating our collective ambition for the city and region.

This year our vibrant creative programme has enabled the people of Sheffield to learn more about their collections, and brought new objects and works of art to the city. This programme has developed through discussions and partnerships across the country and I would like to thank all of the individuals and organisations who have shared ideas and supported us this year including; Creswell Crags, the National Portrait Gallery, the Herbert Museum & Art Gallery, the V&A, Arts Council Collection, Bridget Riley, Jo Peel, Karsten Schubert, Nicolas and Celia Cattelain, Dominique & Sylvain Levy, Egidio and Daniel Marzona, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Sebastien Montabonel, Mark Doyle, and the family, friends and colleagues of Frank Constantine.

As members of the Sheffield Culture Consortium, Museums Sheffield has planned and delivered a rich and diverse programme of exhibitions and events to support Sheffield’s Year of Making 2016. The strategic approach and resources of The have been instrumental in the realisation of the Year of Making, and I would like to thank Professor Vanessa Toulmin and her team for their support and commitment. The year began with the opening of In the Making, a beautiful and thoughtful Guild of St George funded exhibition that drew from the Ruskin Collection, the V&A, the Arts Council Collection, and from the work of contemporary artists, to examine the importance of making in a successful society. In the Making set the scene for a wonderful series of events and exhibitions that explore what it is to make in 21st century Sheffield.

An outstanding creative programme inspired by our collections and our population is vitally important to Sheffield and to the sustainability of our work as a charity. I would like to acknowledge the tremendous efforts of the Museums Sheffield team in generating ideas and engaging creative content, and bringing new thinking to the work we do. Whether it’s researching material for the new displays at Weston Park Museum, developing our Live Lates series, or welcoming our visitors every day, the huge commitment and energy of our team, our volunteers and our Trustees is crucial and invaluable. I’d like to extend my thanks and appreciation to each of my colleagues here and to everyone, including our visitors, our Friends and our Stakeholders, who has worked with us during the year - we look forward to collaborating again in the year ahead.

Kim Streets Chief Executive Museums Sheffield

9 Our year

23 new exhibitions and displays shared with visitors

136,400 visitors to the citywide exhibition Going Public – £300,000 redevelopment of International Art Sykes Gallery Collectors in Metalwork Sheffield Collection displays

2,500 adults engaged in our programme 16,800 of talks, tours & children and young workshops people from over 180 schools welcomed to our sites 9 metre long Joe Scarborough painting installed at Weston Park Museum

10 81,000 visitors to Life on the Edge: Ice Age Frontier 1,022,751 visitors through our 250 objects conserved, doors safeguarding them for everyone to enjoy

2,900 collection enquiries from public and 8,000 professionals children & adults participated in activities for families £3.60 generated for every £1 we received in public funding

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‘It made a huge impact on my feelings about Sheffield...I’m impressed to have such major artists in a display here.’ Visitor to Going Public - International Art Collectors in Sheffield 12 Connecting with our visitors

Ensuring visitors have the best possible experience continues to drive our work across all our sites. During 2015/16 we welcomed over 1,022,751 people to the Millennium Gallery, Graves Gallery and Weston Park Museum to enjoy a diverse programme of exhibitions and events and explore the city’s rich and varied collections.

2015/16 exhibition & display highlights included: • Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2014, presenting the very best in contemporary portrait photography, on tour from the National Portrait Gallery. The exhibition was seen by over 46,000 visitors to the Millennium Gallery.

• Steel City, City on the Move, a new exhibition by local artist and printmaker Jo Peel, exploring the parallels between Sheffield and its sister ‘steel city’ Pittsburgh, USA, each indelibly shaped by the steel-making industry.

• A Cultural Legacy – Remembering Frank Constantine, celebrating former Director of Sheffield City Art Galleries, who transformed the Visual Art collection into one of national significance. The exhibition showcased some of the remarkable works Constantine brought to the city by artists including David Hockney, Peter Coker, David Hepher and more.

• Life on the Edge: Ice Age Frontier, created in partnership with Creswell Crags. The exhibition at Weston Park Museum unearthed the remarkable archaeological legacy of the region and explored the lives of our pioneering ancestors who fought to survive there.

• In The Making: Ruskin, Creativity and Craftsmanship, the third in a series of exhibitions supported by the Guild of St George and inspired by the ideas of Victorian artist, critic and scholar, John Ruskin. Welcoming over 54,000 visitors, the exhibition also marked the start of the major citywide creative programme, Year of Making 2016.

• Secret Egypt: Unravelling Truth From Myth, unearthing the truth buried beneath popular myths surrounding one of the world’s greatest ancient civilisations. Bringing together over 150 • objects drawn from Birmingham Museums’ Ancient Egyptian collection with items from Sheffield’s own collections, the exhibition set visitors on an investigative journey to find the facts behind the fiction.

• Bridget Riley: Venice and Beyond, Paintings 1967-1972 at the Graves Gallery, examining a key period in the work of one of Britain’s most important and accomplished abstract painters. Curated in partnership with the artist’s studio, the exhibition focused on a breakthrough moment in the development of Riley’s work: the introduction of colour.

• Sheffield Through the Ages, a striking 9 metre long painting by local artist Joe Scarborough depicting some of Sheffield’s iconic landmarks and most memorable moments, which went on show at Weston Park Museum. 13 Artist Tom J. Newell creating a new work at our Live Late event Dirtyface Live.

14 Going Public – International Art Collectors in Sheffield In 2015 highlights of some of Europe’s finest private collections of twentieth century and contemporary art went on show in Sheffield as part of an ambitious city-wide project. Going Public – International Art Collectors in Sheffield explored the future of relationships between philanthropy and public galleries, and looked at the role private collections can play in bringing great art to everyone.

The project saw venues across Sheffield partner with leading international private collectors to host a series of world-class exhibitions. Over 135,000 people experienced work from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo collection at Sheffield Cathedral, the Cattelain collection at Millennium Gallery, the Marzona collection at Graves Gallery and dsl collection at both Site Gallery and Sheffield Institute for the Arts. The exhibitions were accompanied by a major summit event bringing together leading thinkers, professionals, policy makers and philanthropists to explore the future of relationships between philanthropy and public galleries.

Adult Programme Over the course of the year around 2,500 participants engaged in our public programme for adults, which included: • Practical workshops which saw participants develop new creative skills, including flint knapping, portrait photography and sound recording. • Lunchtime talks covering a range of diverse topics, including wildlife crime, Ice Age cave art, nursing in the First World War and the emergence of the first life forms from the seas. • Regular classes, including the popular Life Drawing, Graves Art Club and Craft Club sessions • A pop-up exhibition and series of talks at the Millennium Gallery marking the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.

Live Lates Throughout 2015/6 we continued to develop a programme of out-of-hours participatory Live Late events. Highlights included the return of the popular Craft Jam, which saw 470 visitors join us for evening of hands-on crafting, demonstrations and live music, and Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History, with over 330 participants celebrating International Women’s Day with a host of artists, makers, writers and musicians.

Family Activities • 7,000 participants engaged in our creative activities for families during 2015/16.

• A hugely successful partnership with Little Sheffield saw a further 1000 family participants join us for creative activities developed especially for under 5s.

• We once again worked with Children’s University on a number of Gallery Makers days where young people designed their own museum spaces and helped deliver family activities to children.

Improving our Visitor Experience • Audience Finder visitor research In spring 2015 we began a major programme of research to find out more about our visitors, why they visit and what they value about their experience. The findings from the research will help us develop everything from our exhibitions and events programme to the way we share our work with our visitors.

• Visitor Experience Review programme To ensure we continue to provide the best possible experience we can for our visitors, we joined museums across the region in a review programme to help us improve the service we provide.

15 ‘This year has been the best visit so far – outstanding!’ ‘One of the best workshop days I have booked.’ Teacher feedback on our workshops

16 Photo © Andy Brown Connecting with our communities

Throughout 2015/16 we welcomed 16,800 children from schools across the whole city region to our sites. The Discover Course continued to provide a gateway to further education for adult learners, while students had the opportunity to develop their skills as part of our placement programme.

Schools • In 2015/16 we welcomed visits from 184 different schools from across the city region and beyond. In total 16,800 children took part in over 220 school workshops and 290 self-guided visits across our three sites.

• Funded by Children and the Arts, the Start Project targeted three Sheffield primary schools (Bankwood, Mundella and Woodhouse West) which had never visited our museums and galleries. Key Stage 2 pupils from each of the schools joined us at the Millennium Gallery for a day of activity then spent a day back in school with Museums Sheffield staff and a local artist creating giant metalwork insects sculptures inspired by the city’s collections. Following the project one of the schools went on to book eight workshops with us, while the sculptures created by the pupils can now be seen on display at Weston Park Museum.

• Throughout the year we welcomed a suite of schools as part of a special project funded by the Eridge Trust. Children from participating schools joined us at Graves Gallery and took part in the ‘Take One Picture’ project. Participating teachers also benefited from a Continuing Professional Development workshop held at a school in Retford.

The Discover Programme • Our partnership with The Institute for Lifelong Learning at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Association of Volunteer Teachers of English enabled adult learners to engage with the museum collections on a journey of self-reflection and personal discovery. Participants in this year’s Discover Programme took part in a range of sessions and produced their own displays in response to their learning. One participant loaned her grandfather’s objects for a display at Weston Park Museum: “This pendant was made by my grandfather during WWII from the Perspex windshield of a crashed aircraft. The silver figure is the Royal Corps of Signals emblem taken from his lapel badge. Many soldiers made gifts for their sweet- hearts to while away the lonely hours and escape from the madness around them. Although they don’t have great monetary value, the sentimental value to me is immeasurable.”

Working with Young People • Museums Sheffield Youth Forum In the autumn Museums Sheffield’s Youth Forum collaborated with creative Artist Practitioner Haleh Jamali to create responses to work on display part of the Going Public exhibition. Then in spring, they worked with Site Gallery’s Society of Explorers and young people from Red Tape to create a successful Youth Weekender (Shut Up See Art) as part of Art Sheffield 2016.

• Student Placements Throughout 2015/16 we provided support and placements to a range of students in higher education, including 150 BA Hons Primary Education students from Sheffield Hallam University and two York St John’s University students undertaking a fortnight of educational experience in ‘settings other than schools’. We also hosted a Teach First leadership placement, as well as work experience students from secondary schools across Sheffield. 17 In June 2015 Museum Sheffield reopened the Sykes Gallery Metalwork Collection displays at the Millennium Gallery following a major £300,000 refurbishment supported by DCMS Wolfson and a range of charitable trusts and foundations.

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Photo © Andy Brown 18 Understanding and celebrating the city’s collections

Throughout 2015/16 Museums Sheffield continued to care for, develop and share the collections we look after on behalf of the people of Sheffield.

Understanding the Collections • Work to document the city’s collections to national standards continued with an additional 16,622 new records added to the collections management database, with specific emphasis on the Lepidoptera (butterflies), Oology (eggs) and Botany.

• We researched several key areas of the collection, including; the Iron Age Hill Fort at Wincobank; views of Sheffield over the past 200 years; the impact of the Blitz on Weston Park Museum; and the natural science collections of Margaret Gatty, the findings of which were published in the Annals of Natural History.

• In spring 2015 we completed our Cutting Edge project, researching, documenting, conserving and photographing Sheffield made cutlery in the city’s Designated Metalwork collection. In total, around 4000 pieces of Sheffield made cutlery were identified and had their provenance confirmed, with 150 pieces of Sheffield made cutlery researched in depth.

• June 2015 saw the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo and the display of Ernest Crofts’ magnificent painting Morning of the Battle of Waterloo (1876), which was complemented by a range of objects on loan from the National Army Museum, including a pocket watch that belonged to Napoleon. This display provided the opportunity to research items in Sheffield’s collection that related to Waterloo, as well as providing a focus for our Friends fundraising appeal which supported the conservation of Crofts’ painting. In addition Ernest Crofts’ major work Wellington’s March from Quatre Bras to Waterloo (about 1878) was also conserved and lent to the Royal Armouries Museum for their exhibition Waterloo 1815: The Art of Battle.

• Over the course of the year we welcomed a number of national and international researchers. Research visits included a Swiss academic who studied the 15th century ‘de Croy’ Book of Hours held in the Ruskin Collection; colleagues from the University of Sheffield who researched the Sheffield Castle Archaeological Archives; researchers from Manchester Metropolitan University who studied the Thomas Bateman Archaeological material; as well as a ceramics specialist who examined our 16th century Majolica plates, part of the Decorative Art collection.

• The collections were also shared through 2900 local, national and international enquiries as well as talks, handling sessions and a series of behind the scenes tours which illustrated the breadth and depth of Sheffield’s collections.

19 One of the stars of the new Sykes Gallery Metalwork Collection displays, a gold and enamel cup made in 1929 by Helena M Ibbotson. 20 Conservation • From Passenger Pigeons to protest posters, over 250 items from across the collections had their condition improved through conservation during the last year.

• A significant selection of archaeological material was treated to ensure it was stable for upcoming displays as part of our major redevelopment programme at Weston Park Museum. These included a Bronze Age logboat from Tinsley, a selection of Bolsterstone glass-making crucibles and an Anglo-Saxon sword from Lapwing Hill which has now been mounted together showing how it would have looked at the time.

• A selection of Modern British works from the Visual Art collection were also conserved before being showcased in A Cultural Legacy - Remembering Frank Constantine, an exhibition which celebrated the life and work of the inspirational former Director of Sheffield City Art Galleries.

• Over 60 pieces of Sheffield made cutlery were cleaned and conserved as part of the Cutting Edge project and a selection of beautiful lacework from the Ruskin Collection was conserved for display in the In the Making: Ruskin, Creativity and Craftsmanship exhibition.

Acquisitions • Sheffield’s collections continued to develop with the acquisition of over 300 items which reflect the life of the city; past and present.

• Acquisitions spanned archaeological material from Sheffield Cathedral and Riverside Exchange, a 1811 drawing of Wadsley Valley, a 1960s track cycling helmet from Sharrow Cycling Club, a collection of cutlery from Thomas W Cork & Son Sheffield, a selection of photographs by Tim Smith recording life at Park Hill and a ‘Tired doctors make mistakes’ handmade sign from Junior Doctors strike outside the Sheffield Children’s Hospital in January 2016.

• A major addition to the Visual Art collection was Grayson Perry’s Comfort Blanket (2014), an 8 metre long tapestry exploring identity and citizenship in the UK which will go on show at the Graves Gallery in autumn 2016. The collection also grew its significant holding of work by the seminal Blk Art Group with the acquisition of Marlene Smith’s Art History (1987), which addresses the experience of being a black female artist in Britain.

Forging the Future: Metalwork Collection redisplay • In June 2015 Museums Sheffield reopened the Sykes Gallery Metalwork Collection at the Millennium Gallery following a major £300,000 refurbishment supported by DCMS Wolfson and a range of charitable trusts and foundations. The new flexible displays introduced brand new cases, lighting and interpretation, allowing us to share more of the city’s collection of hollowware, flatware and cutlery more often.

21 Eye of Horus amulet (664 - 332 BC), from the city’s collection. The amulet went on show at Weston Park Museum as part of the exhibition, Secret Egypt: Unravelling Truth from Myth, which was seen by 82,400 visitors. 22 Digital Collections • Some of the stories behind the city’s Metalwork Collection have been revealed through a new online resource, The Sheffield Cutlery Map, which launched in June 2015. Funded by the Designation Development Fund, this project enabled the research, documentation and photography of Sheffield’s Designated Metalwork collection, specifically focusing on Sheffield made cutlery. The map offers the opportunity to discover the people and companies who made cutlery in Sheffield and explore the city’s changing industrial land- scape.

• Museums Sheffield also added an additional 500 new objects to its online collections database.

A Bright Future for Weston Park Museum • Work continued behind the scenes in preparation for a series of new galleries and displays at Weston Park Museum as part of a major redevelopment project, A Bright Future. The improvements to the museum include a brand new showcase of the stars of the city’s archaeology collection, a refocused art gallery showcasing views of Sheffield drawn from the collection spanning 250 years, and new displays showcasing the city’s Natural Sciences and Social History collections, that will make their debut in late 2016.

Sheffield’s collections on show • During 2015-16 Sheffield’s collections were shared locally, nationally and internationally with 107 objects on loan to 21 different venues.

• Highlights from the Visual Art collection were showcased in the UK and overseas, with James Tissot’s The Convalescent (about 1876) featuring in a major retrospective in Rome whilst Paul Cézanne’s The Pool at the Jas de Bouffan (1874) was a key work in the Royal Academy exhibition Painting the Modern Garden; Monet to Matisse. The collections were also shared internationally, with works from the Ruskin and Visual Art collections travelling to China, Germany, Italy and Switzerland to be seen by tens of thousands of visitors.

• Museums Sheffield also supported First World War commemorations by lending a nurses uni- form to the Thackray Museum’s Sheffield Cares for the Wounded exhibition. Closer to home, the Little Gems Metalwork commissions were showcased at the Assay Office and a sampler from 1863 was displayed at as part of the Heritage Open Days.

• Museums Sheffield was also a key partner in the Ruskin in Sheffield programme organised by the Guild of St George. This project celebrated the connection between John Ruskin and Sheffield through a series of walks, talks and events. This included students working directly with the Ruskin Collection and participating in events based around the original St George’s Museum in Walkley.

23 “Thank you for all the great opportunities you have given me. You have helped put me in a better position to secure myself a graduate job and given me some invaluable experience, for that I am extremely grateful.” Alexandra Rysztogi, volunteer

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24 Our volunteers

In 2015/16 184 volunteers generously gave a total of 5470 hours of their time to help us deliver our charitable work across the city’s museums and galleries. In supporting staff across the organisation, volunteers developed a broad range of skills and gained meaningful experience in the museum sector.

Making an impact • Volunteers support work with the city’s collections, assisting curators on a weekly basis. In 2015/16 volunteers began to identify 750 Roman coins in the High Green Hoard, as well as assisting curators in processing a broad range of archaeological material. Volunteers also continue to support the ongoing cataloguing of the city’s costume collection, including a major donation comprising over 240 pieces.

• Around 400 hours of volunteer time went into the redisplay of the city’s Sykes Gallery

• Metalwork Collection at the Millennium Gallery. The team of dedicated volunteers included retired silversmith George Evans, who constructed mounts for the displays. George went on to create mounts for the Secret Egypt exhibition and new Archaeology gallery at Weston Park Museum.

• Throughout the year volunteers generously gave their time to support a wide range of events and learning activity, from our popular Live Late programme and family activities to outreach handling sessions with dementia groups.

• Volunteers also played a key role in collecting valuable feedback from our visitors, including carrying out Audience Finder research surveys, and supporting the Retail team with research and photographic expertise and support for our Handmade for Christmas selling showcase.

A learning experience • We work hard to ensure volunteering opportunities with Museums Sheffield are rewarding for everyone and enable participants to develop a range of valuable skills and experience. After working with our Curatorial team, volunteers Charlotte Johnson and Tilleisha Rickets both secured positions with the V&A, while Del Pickup went on to work in the Archives team at Derby City Council. Alexandra Rysztogi was subsequently selected for a research internship at Newcastle-under-Lyme University, while Sophie Hobson won a scholarship place at Sheffield Hallam University on their MA Arts and Cultural Management course.

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Florence Blanchard’s Particles at the Millennium Gallery, supported by Sheffield’s Signs Express.

26 Working with business

Each year Museums Sheffield works with a wide range of local business. Wherever we can we invest in the local economy, working with suppliers from across the city region.

Just some of the local business we worked with in 2015/16:

Artists, Designers, Makers & Practitioners: • Florence Blanchard • Naomi Cam Jewellery • James Green • Paul Evans • Mir Jansen • Tim Rose • Kim Stephenson

Buildings Maintenance: • Ace Janitorial Supplies • Airedale Maintenance • NRC

Conservation & Photography: • Andy Brown • Critchlow & Kukkonen • Hazel Drummond

Design, Print & Signage: • Cafeteria • Dust • Eleven • Modern Creatives • Northend • Signs Express

Exhibition, Display & Events Production: • CVC Services • John Spurr Ltd • Purple Wave • TD1 Ltd

IT & Digital: • Praxsoft • Joi Polloi • Very PC • Team Cooper • The Workshop

27 Work by Sheffield artist Jo Peel featured in the selling exhibition, Steel City, City on the Move .

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28 Building a sustainable future

It costs us an average of £384 per hour to run our sites, stage our exhibitions and displays, provide our programme of learning activity and care for the city’s collection. Commercial income from our shops, cafes and the corporate events we host continues to play an increasingly critical role in supporting our charitable work. In 2015/16 we generated £150,000 profit from commercial activities which we invested in our charitable mission, working to ensure a sustainable future for the city’s museums and galleries.

Retail • In 2015/16 Museums Sheffield’s museum and gallery shops once again exceeded targets, providing vital revenue to support our programme of exhibitions, displays and events. New products in our shops included a bespoke Sheffield Skyline range, while new retail displays were introduced into the café at the Millennium Gallery.

• In summer 2015 the Millennium Gallery hosted Steel City, City on the Move, an exhibition by Sheffield-based artist Jo Peel exploring the parallels between Sheffield and its sister ‘steel city’ Pittsburgh, USA, which saw many of the works on show available for purchase.

Corporate Hospitality & Cafes • Throughout 2015/16 our catering and corporate hospitality franchisee, Baxter Storey hosted 25 weddings and receptions, and welcomed repeat bookings from clients including Children’s Media Conference, Sheffield Hallam University, BBC, Sky and Virgin Wines. New business over the course of the year included bookings from Sony, Thornbury Recruitment, Unison, Historic England and Lloyds Bank.

• Following a major refurbishment of the Millennium Gallery Café and the introduction of a new menu offer, Baxter Storey continued to see an increase in custom throughout 2015/16.

Events • In addition to hosting catered corporate events, our hire spaces were also booked for a number of major events during 2015/16. Over the course of the year we welcomed Doc/Fest, Robotcon: Illustration and Creative Arts Convention, Sheffield Hallam University and more, as well continuing our ongoing partnerships with the Tramlines festival and the Off the Shelf Festival of Words.

• In-house events included the return of Santa’s grotto at Weston Park Museum, which welcomed 1300 visitors over the Christmas period, two successful Craft Markets at the Millennium Gallery, and several hugely popular Night at the Museum sleepover experiences.

29 The subject of our 2016 Conservation Appeal, Norwood Hall, by an unknown artist. The painting is set to go on display at Weston Park Musuem in autumn 2016 as part of our new Picturing Sheffield gallery.

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30 Our supporters

2015/16 marked Museums Sheffield’s first year as an Arts Council England Major Partner Museum. Funding from the Arts Council and our other major funder Sheffield City Council enabled us to provide an extensive programme of exhibitions, displays, events and learning activities, and care for the city’s collection. Museums Sheffield was also supported by several trusts and funding bodies, local businesses, and the generosity of our Friends and visitors.

A Bright Future for Weston Park Museum • In autumn 2015 work commenced on A Bright Future, a major redevelopment project at Weston Park Museum supported by a £696,700 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, grants from a number of charitable trusts and foundations, businesses, and through the generosity of our Friends and visitors as part of our I Love My Museum fundraising campaign. In all, a total of over £931,000 was raised to support a series of significant improvements to city’s much-loved museum, to be completed by autumn 2016.

Fundraising • Donations throughout 2015-16, including funds raised through our I Love My Museum appeal, totalled £196,000. Amongst the fundraising activity to support the museums development were a ‘Village Fete’, a cuddly toy picnic and several sponsorship challenge events. Museums Sheffield Trustee Ian Proctor’s 75km night walk through the Peak District raised £2183, while staff raised a further than £1841 by taking part in the Sheffield TENTENTEN 10k race.

• Following on from the success of our Butterfly Appeal, in October 2015 we launched the Weston Park Museum Supporters’ Wall, generously supported by Signs Express. The wall sees visitors show their support with a personalised plaque in the heart of the museum.

• A gift from Sir Hugh & Lady Sykes generously supported the ongoing care and development of the city’s Designated Metalwork collection. In recognition of their contribution, the Metalwork Collection displays at the Millennium Gallery were renamed as The Sykes Gallery.

• In January 2016 we launched our latest Conservation Appeal to raise funds for much-needed specialist care for Norwood Hall (after 1775), painted by an unknown artist and showing one of Sheffield’s lost landmarks. Conservation of the painting will enable it to go on display as part of Weston Park Museum’s refocused visual art gallery, Picturing Sheffield.

Friends • In 2015-16 Museums Sheffield much valued Friends continued to support our work. Over the year, Friends membership raised more than £12,000. Friends also generously gave their time as part of our Friends Fundraising Circle, took part in events across the city to raise awareness of our charitable work, as well as giving a number of engaging talks as part of our public programme.

31 This Ice Age scraping tool made from horse teeth was found at nearby Creswell Crags. It came to us on loan from the Manchester Museum to go on show as part of the Life on the Edge: Ice Age Frontier exhibition at Weston Park Museum.

32 Appendix 1: Our exhibitions & displays

Millennium Gallery: • Picturing Sheffield: The Life of a City: 29 Nov 2014 – 12 Apr 2015 • NADFAS Bursary Display: 19 Jan 2015 – 31 Jan 2016 • The Illustrated Aviary: 31 Jan – 14 Jun 2015 • Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2014: 2 May – 16 Aug 2015 • Precious Little Gems: Florence Carter and Jodie Hatcher: 18 May – 13 Oct 2015 • Steel City, City on the Move – Jo Peel: 1 July – 11 Oct 2015 • Going Public – The Cattelain Collection: 16 Sep – 12 Dec 2015 • Handmade for Christmas: 30 Oct 2015 – 10 Jan 2016 • In the Making: Ruskin, Creativity & Craftsmanship: 23 Jan – 5 June 2016

Graves Gallery: • The Great Outdoors – Paintings by Stanley Royle: 13 Dec 2014 – 30 May 2015 • Edward Bawden – Artist & Designer: 20 Dec 2014 – 30 May 2015 • Work in Focus: Prussian Blue – Michael Fullerton: 1 Feb – 30 May 2015 • Work in Focus: The Battle of Waterloo by Ernest Crofts: 2 Jun – 15 Sep 2015 • A Cultural Legacy – Remembering Frank Constantine: 13 Jun – 29 Aug 2015 • A Tale of Two Artists: Sickert & Lessore: 13 Jun 2015 – 30 Jan 2016 • Going Public – The Marzona Collection 16 Sep 2015 – 30 Jan 2016 • Work in Focus: JG Graves: 17 Sep 2015 – 19 Jan 2016 • Work in Focus: Godfrey Sykes: 21 Jan – 3 May 2016 • The Age of Abstraction: Women Artists: 6 Feb – 29 Oc 2016 • Bridget Riley: Venice and Beyond, Paintings 1967 – 1972: 18 Feb – 25 June 2016

Weston Park: • Traces of Empire – Decoration and Design in Roman Britain: 11 Oct 2014 – 24 Jan 2016 • Life on the Edge: Ice Age Frontier: 28 Mar – 20 Sep 2015 • Secret Egypt: Unravelling Truth From Myth: 17 Oct 2015 – 10 Apr 2016

33 Appendix 2: Our funders and supporters

Public Sector: Individual Supporters • Arts Council England • Rachel Elbra • Heritage Lottery Fund • Miss Sue Graves • Sheffield City Council • Sandra McGregor • Sheffield Hallam University • Sandra Newton • University of Sheffield • Weston Park Museum Suppoters’ Private Sector Wall supporters • The Assay Office • Cream Tea Society • I Love My Museum Appeal • Gerry’s Bakery & Coffee House supporters • Hague • Rodda’s Exhibition Partners • Taylor&Emmet • Arts Council Collection • Tesco Superstore, Abbeydale Road • Bridget Riley • Tesco Metro, West Street • Creswelll Crags • Tiptree • Herbert Art Gallery & Museum • Trakker Products • Karsten Schubert • Egginton Bros. Ltd • National Portrait Gallery • Signs Express • S1 Artspace • Sheffield Cathedral Trusts & Foundations • SIA Gallery • Guild of St George • Site Gallery • The Art Fund • V&A • The Kirkby Foundation • Viridor credits • Sir Hugh & Lady Sykes Charitable Trust • The Ashley Foundation • Henry Moore Foundation • Cape UK • Children & the Arts • National Portrait Gallery

34 Appendix 3: Our people

Staff

Executive • Kim Streets Chief Executive

Commercial Development • Andrea Beer Head of Commercial Development • Chris Harvey Communications Manager • Amy Farry Communications Officer • Alan Silvester Digital Producer • Rosie Eagleton Events Producer • Laura Feltham Events Support Assistant • Grace Brierley Partnership Development Officer • Catherine Dale Grants & Donations Officer • Melanie Russell Grants & Donations Officer • Donna Bowes Retail General Manager • Abigail Goulding Retail Online & Administrative Officer • Amy Longmore Retail Supervisor • Stephanie Marsh Retail Supervisor • Wendy Hunt Retail Assistant • Elizabeth Bergeron Retail Assistant • Amanda Brassington Retail Assistant • Lesley Cowley Retail Assistant • Sally Emerson Retail Assistant • Julia Fraser Retail Assistant • Lydia Hall Retail Assistant • Jennie Hurst Retail Assistant • Liam Liburd Retail Assistant • Reuben Newman Retail Assistant • Kate Nicholson Retail Assistant • James Reynolds Retail Assistant • David Styles Retail Assistant

Curatorial • Sian Brown Head of Collections • Alistair McLean Curator of Natural Sciences • Martha Lawrence Curator of Archaeology • Clare Starkie Curator of Decorative Art • Clara Morgan Curator of Social History • Liz Waring Curator of Visual Art • Hannah Brignell Curator of Visual Art (Maternity Cover) • Louise Pullen Curator of the Ruskin Collection • Lucy Creighton Curatorial Assistant, Archaeology • Sarah Rawlins Collections Assistant, Social history (A Bright Future) • Aude Caromel Collections Assistant, Natural Sciences (A Bright Future) • Glenn Roadley Collections Assistant, Natural Sciences • Leila Prescott Collections Assistant, Visual Art (A Bright Future) • Olivia Froment Curatorial Intern, Social History 35 • Leigh-Anne Williams Collectiosn Assistant, Archaeology (A Bright Future) Staff (continued)

Exhibitions & Displays • Kirstie Hamilton Head of Exhibitions & Displays • Lucy Cooper Exhibitions & Displays Curator • Alison Morton Exhibitions & Displays Curator • Louisa Briggs Exhibition Curator (Going Public) / Exhibitions & Displays Curator (Maternity Cover) • Ruth Bean Project Co-ordinator (A Bright Future)

Finance & Resources • Jennifer Cocker Head of Finance & Corporate Services • Helen Morris Head of Finance & Corporate Services • Denise Butler Finance Officer • Julie Taylor Corporate Services Manager

Human Resources • Catriona Cawthorne Head of HR & Training • Mike Smith Interim HR Manager • Sue Wheeler Human Resources Officer • Caroline Rawle Volunteer Manager • Sarah Sidgwick Volunteer Assistant

Technical • Chris Shelton Senior Technician • David Brunn Technician • Jonathan Garrill Technician • Richard Harland Technician • Ben Jeffery Technician • Daniel Pencavel Technician

Visitor Experience • Laura Travis Head of Visitor Experience Francesca Sfoggia Visitor Experience Manager • Karen Webster Visitor Experience Manager • Matthew Raper Visitor Services Manager • Aimee Teirnan Visitor Services Manager • Laura Barber Site Supervisor • Christopher Ellis Site Supervisor • Rachel Richards Site Supervisor • William Ross Site Supervisor • Lucy Hockney Site Supervisor • Claire Bower Visitor Assistant • Vicky Brown Visitor Assistant • Tim Bye Visitor Assistant • Gavin Corden Visitor Assistant • Edwina Cotterill Visitor Assistant • Gareth Dobson Visitor Assistant • Sheelagh Fellows Visitor Assistant • Steve Ford Visitor Assistant • Melanie Foxton Visitor Assistant 36 Staff (continued)

Visitor Experience (continued) • Sue Harrison Visitor Assistant • Rosemary Hay Visitor Assistant • Parveen Khaliq Visitor Assistant • Sophie Lay Visitor Assistant • Paul Little Visitor Assistant • Jamie Mellor Visitor Assistant • Charlotte Noble Visitor Assistant • Sandra Pickersgill Visitor Assistant • Derek Pickup Visitor Assistant • Rachel Shone Visitor Assistant • Laura Stark Visitor Assistant • Gillian Swain Visitor Assistant • Sophia Swain Visitor Assistant • Howard Whiting Visitor Assistant • Sian Williams Visitor Assistant • Nick Booth Asset Manager • Paul Smith Cleaner • Alison Creasey Learning Officer • Anita Hamlin Learning Officer • Frances Punnett Learning Officer (A Bright Future) • Graham Moore Children & Young People Coordinator

Trustees

• John Cowling (Chair) • John Biggin • Councillor Olivia Blake • Michael Day • Rosemary Downs • Maria Hanson • Councillor Adam Hurst • Councillor Brian Lodge • Councillor Cate McDonald • Craig McKay • Beth McKillop • Ian Proctor • Dan Sequerra • Julie Taylor • Dr Sheila Watson

37 Photo © Andy Brown Photo © Andy Brown