Built by John Webb (a pupil of Inigo Jones) from 1654-1668, Belvoir (pronounced "Beaver") was turned into a romantic-style "castle on a hill" by James Wyatt in the early 19C. The interior is part Gothic fantasy, part Baroque fantasy, with a Ballroom containing Thomas Becket's illuminated breviary. The ceiling of the Elizabeth Room depicts Jupiter, Juno, Mercury and Venus.

The Mappin Museum houses the collection of Victorian paintings and English works of the 18 and 19C among which are canvases by Constable and Turner and in the municipal museum, the largest collection in the world of table silverware and Sheffield Steel cutlery.

The most famous cotton mill in England, Cromford was built in 1771 by Richard Arkwright. It was lit up at night for work 24 hours a day. Joseph Wright of Derby chose it as a subject for one of his romantic studies.

A collection of copies of paintings by old masters presented by the society created by the art critic John Ruskin (1819-1900) who wished to give to the steelworkers an opportunity to profit « from the beautiful, as the outpouring of a divine soul communing with nature, with the heroism of human life.