Can I get there and back
The last bus and tram, the walk, what is recorded about step-free access and the car parks.
Food hygiene
Hygiene 5 of 5
Upcoming events
No one-off events coming up right now.
About this place
Museum in Sheffield, England
The Kelham Island Museum is an industrial museum on Alma Street, alongside the River Don, in the centre of Sheffield, England. It was opened in 1982. The museum is home to a Bessemer Converter, the most important technique for making steel from the 1850s to the 1950s.
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Heritage
- Grade II listed building since 2007 Former Russell Works, (now Part Of Kelham Island Industrial Museum)
Nearest toilets
- Kelham Island Museum 38 m
- Fat Cat 141 m
- Kelham Island Tavern 179 m
Toilet Map (CC BY 4.0)
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 23 September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Food hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Updated 23 Sep 2026
What the records hold on this place
Everything below is read from stored open data, not from the venue. Where a thing is not recorded it says so, rather than guessing.
Accessibility
Accessibility is not recorded for this venue. Nothing here is guessed from the building or the business type, so the honest answer is that nobody has recorded it. Ring ahead, and if you find out, it can be added to OpenStreetMap.
Getting there
Shalesmoor tram stop
Within about five minutes
17 other listings within 400 m
- The Fat Cat 135 m
- The Ship Inn 247 m
- Victoria (Neepsend) 263 m
- Pina 271 m
- Riverside Kelham 273 m
- Yellow Arch Studios 280 m
- Portland House Needle Exchange 323 m
- Shakespeares 328 m
Events it has hosted
8 events listed here
- Seven Hills Tattoo Convention 2026 (Sheffield) 29 Aug 2026
- Art & Studios Tour of Kelham Island & Neepsend 29 Aug 2026
- Kelham Island Walking Tour 15 Aug 2026
- Kelham Island Museum 8 Aug 2026
- Super Summer Science Day 30 Jul 2026
The building
Listed building, grade II
In the archive
Nothing in the stored Internet Archive index names this place. The index covers digitised Sheffield material, not every business.
Food hygiene: Food Standards Agency, Open Government Licence v3.0. Accessibility and venue tags: OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, plus the Great British Public Toilet Map, CC BY 4.0. Listed buildings: Historic England, National Heritage List for England, Open Government Licence v3.0. Archive items: the Internet Archive. Tram stop positions: South Yorkshire Supertram through the live map. The join of these into one venue record is by Sheffield Events. CC BY 4.0 · All data sources · Download these facts (API)
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Getting there
Kelham Island Museum Alma St, Kelham Island, Sheffield, S3 8RY
Nearest stops within 400 m
- BusNeepsend Harvest Lane/Mowbray Street (27649)180 m, about 3 min walk788A
- BusNeepsend, adj Mowbray Street/Harvest Lane190 m, about 3 min walk788A
- BusNeepsend, nr Mowbray Street/Corporation Street230 m, about 3 min walk788A
- BusNeepsend, adj Burton Road/Hicks Street280 m, about 4 min walk788A
- BusShalesmoor/Ebenezer Street (adj)320 m, about 4 min walk5757A818286
- BusNeepsend Pitsmoor Road/Swinton Street (27613)320 m, about 4 min walk7583
- TramShalesmoor Kelham Island To City440 m, about 6 min walkBLUEYELL
- TramShalesmoor Kelham Island From City460 m, about 6 min walkBLUEYELL
Live now within 1 km, 6 minutes ago
Parking within 800 m
Outside the Sheffield Clean Air Zone.
Stops and departures: bustimes.org from Bus Open Data; tram stops and Clean Air Zone: Sheffield City Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Parking: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Walking times are estimates.