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Together We Play! Lee Smithson,-Sheffield Miniatures T
he National Videogame Museum is turning its gallery over to players and fans in a unique exhibition that puts personal
videogame stories, memories and collections centre stage. ‘Together We Play’ launched on 18th July,
celebrating the communities, collections, friendships, and spaces created through a shared love of videogames. The exhibition is supported by the BFI National Lottery Screen Heritage Fund.
Highlights Specially commissioned mural celebrating player stories and memories - collected from hundreds of conversations with players and fans across the UK. ï Personal Collections - Including a Guinness World-Record-breaking Tomb Raider Games Library and a curated selection from the
You could also challenge your friends and Will Exley mural Mario Museum.
ï Celebrating Cosplay - Showcasing the creativity, skill, and sense of belonging that cosplay inspires through live art sketches, collected during MCM Comic Con.
ï Themed playable spaces recreating an 8-bit 1980’s living room scene, and DOOM from the 1990’s desktop PC era.
And, back for its second year, visitors
can enjoy the fun again and again with the Museum’s ‘One Ticket. Play All Summer’ offer. Enjoy unlimited return visits from 18th July - 1st September 2026.
Celebrating Players Voices At the heart of the exhibition is a specially commissioned mural, created by Sheffield artist William Exley. The ‘Your Videogame Stories’ mural celebrates player stories and memories, collected from hundreds of conversations with players and fans across the UK. You can also hear from Sheffield residents
and explore their creativity through the ‘Sheffield of Stories’ project - a recreation of our city in Minecraft - created in collaboration with artist Adam Clarke, Sheffield DocFest and the people of Sheffield.
Reliving Memories. Making New Ones Step back in time and revisit places where many gaming memories began. Explore Lee Smithson’s meticulously crafted miniature 1980s living room, complete with an iconic Commodore 64, or play together in our immersive 1990s-inspired play space, featuring Doom (1993).
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Celebrating Fan Passion We’re bringing together collections built over years of enthusiasm and dedication, including games, memorabilia, artwork, merchandise, and fan-created objects. Featured items include a Guinness World Record collection of Tomb Raider videogames and highlights from the Mario Museum, a vast personal collection of Mario games and Nintendo memorabilia. Artwork by Peony Gent also celebrates the
creativity and craftsmanship of cosplay culture, captured live at MCM Comic Con 2026.
Do I Look Like A Gamer? The Museum is also showcasing the ‘Do I Look Like a Gamer?’ campaign by mayamada, which challenges stereotypes and highlights the diversity of people and communities who play videogames today.
family to a game of Mario Kart Wii from the 2000’s and battle it out to be the first across the finish line.
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