It is hoped that Ruskin at Walkley will provide the basis for further research. This might occur in the following areas:

• Ruskin's relationship with Sheffield;

• The history of cultural institutions in Sheffield and in other industrial cities;

• The Museum's contribution to Victorian and modern debates about the accessibility of cultural institutions;

• The relationship between Venice and the Museum, in particular the role of the Collection's 'memorial studies' of endangered Venetian architecture and painting;

• The history of the St George's Museum and of the buildings associated with it;

• The lives and backgrounds of those associated with the Museum, whether its curators, or its visitors;

• The influence of the Museum's cultural treasures -- whether paintings, books, plaster-casts, or minerals -- on its visitors.