Site Gallery

About the museum

Site Gallery began in 1978, when a group of photographers formed South Yorkshire Photography Projects and opened the Untitled Gallery in a small shopfront on South Road in Walkley. Its early work focused on photography exhibitions, workshops and darkrooms.

In 1988 the gallery moved to its present home on Brown Street, as part of the development of Sheffield’s Cultural Industries Quarter. It was renamed Site Gallery in 1996, and its programme widened to include moving image, new media, performance and experimental practice.

In 2018 the gallery extended into a former film studio next door. The extension added exhibition and event spaces, a café and a shop. Today Site Gallery is a contemporary art gallery that specialises in moving image, new media and performance, and is run as a registered charity. Alongside its exhibitions it offers hire of two event spaces: a ground-floor black-box studio and a top-floor studio with panoramic views.

Highlights

• Contemporary exhibitions in moving image, new media and performance
• Founded in 1978 as a photography gallery
• Kollective Kitchen café and gallery shop
• Relaxed Visiting Hour on Thursdays and Masked Visiting Hour on Tuesdays

Founded

1978

Operated by

Site Gallery (registered charity 510322)

Admission & discounts

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Reception, gallery, café, Studio I and shop are on a level ground floor with an automatic main door. A lift serves the offices and Studio II, which are open to the public only for workshops and events. All toilets are gender-neutral; there are two ground-floor accessible toilets, one with baby changing, but no Changing Places toilet. A hearing loop is available at reception only. Service, assistance and emotional support animals are welcome. Earplugs and ear defenders are available at reception, walking-stick stools are in the gallery, and large-print exhibition text is displayed beside the gallery door. Four free disabled parking bays are outside the neighbouring Showroom Workstation.

Kids & families

• Baby changing facilities

One of the ground-floor accessible toilets has baby changing facilities.

Getting there & parking

The gallery is next to the Showroom Workstation in the Cultural Industries Quarter.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop

Kollective Kitchen café serves food and drink all day; table booking is recommended. Wi-Fi is not mentioned.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent

Up to 100 guests.

Studio I (ground-floor black box, up to 100 standing) and Studio II (top floor with panoramic views, up to 30 theatre style) can be hired; the café provides catering.

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