The Modern Museum Kelham Island Museum is a living and working Museum - preserving Sheffield's heritage and paying tribute to that world renowned mark of quality Made In Sheffield . Set on an Island in the River Don, close to the heart of the city, the Museum traces The Story of Sheffield and explores the history that made the city Steel Capital of the World . The Museum's permanent exhibits provide a trail through the last two centuries.
Temporary exhibitions provide new attractions and areas of interest.
Visitors can see these skills carried on by genuine self employed little mesters including a cutler, grinder, hand forger and surgical instrument maker, in a reconstructed Victorian street. The 12000 hp River Don Engine originally powered a huge rolling mill making armour plate for the Dreadnoughts of the First World War Battle Fleet and ended its working life rolling thermal shields for Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station. It is normally in steam twice a day. This exhibition is currently being redesigned. Look out for Victorians in Sheffield throughout the main museum galleries later in 2001.