Esmé Kenney

The National Videogame Museum, the only museum in the UK dedicated entirely to videogames, turned five in November 2023.

The museum first opened on the 24th of November 2018 and contains almost 5,000 video game related items.

This year, the museum has welcomed over 50,000 visitors this year, its highest number yet, with 70% of visitors coming from outside the city. 

I spoke to Christian Beckett, Marketing and Communications Officer at the museum.

He said: “Over the last year the number of visitors has significantly increased and we’ve become really established in Sheffield, but what’s really amazing is that people are coming specifically to Sheffield to visit us.

“We’ve even had people from Europe coming to visit as well.

“We’re really starting to establish ourselves as a really good attraction, not just for the city but for South Yorkshire in general.”

Read the full article here: https://sheffieldwire.co.uk/index.php/2023/11/24/sheffield-covid-memorial-wins-keith-hayman-award-for-public-art/