Artists team up with Hull Museums for special Christmas treat 25th November 2020 Hull Museums is celebrating the run-up to Christmas with a special digital advent calendar. Hull Museums has teamed up with local artists and the Herd Theatre Company to create a digital advent calendar, packed full of fun and exciting treats inspired by its collections. The calendar will be shared on social media every day from […] Read more Education and Learning Ferens Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on Councillor Marjorie BrabazonHull MuseumsHumber Museums Partnership
The Turner Prize, armed Italian police escorts and thousands of people painting themselves blue all in the name of art – Kirsten Simister looks back on an incredible 17 years as curator at Ferens Art Gallery 24th November 2020 When Kirsten Simister arrived in Hull in 2003 to take up the role of curator at Ferens Art Gallery, she couldn’t have imagined what was in store for both her and her new adopted city. Hull’s rich cultural and artistic landscape has flourished since then, with Ferens Art Gallery itself benefitting from a £5.2m refurbishment […] Read more Feature Ferens Leisure & Culture Museums News Bigger Trees Near WarterDavid HockneyFerens Art GalleryHull UK City of CultureSea of HullSpencer TunickThe Turner PrizeUK City of Culture
Historic whale skeleton attracts national attention 11th November 2020 The dismantling of the 40ft North Atlantic right whale skeleton captured the imagination of many and was featured in the national media. Work to dismantle the 168 bones of the North Atlantic right whale skeleton took whale conservator, Nigel Larkin, five days to complete and transport to his workshop in Shropshire. Now, the eight marine […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums News Hull Maritime MuseumHull Maritime ProjectHull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City
How lockdown will affect Hull leisure facilities, parks and playgrounds 3rd November 2020 The government has announced that, on Thursday 5 November, England will enter lockdown in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus and to protect the NHS. This means additional restrictions, which includes how people can exercise and access leisure facilities. Hull Culture and Leisure (HCAL) has been assessing how these restrictions will affect many […] Read more Coronavirus Ferens Hull City Hall Hull New Theatre Leisure & Culture Museums News Public Health Councillor Dave CrakerHull Culture and Leisure
Hull’s Maritime Tales Week goes digital 21st October 2020 Maritime Tales Week, which will take place between Saturday 24 October and Sunday 1 November, is the first of its kind to be delivered by the Hull Maritime project. Hull is one of the great maritime cities of the world, a place where ships and seafarers have come and gone for hundreds of years, leaving […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums News Hull MaritimeHull: Yorkshire’s Maritime CityMaritime Tales Week
110-year-old whale skeleton to move for first time in four decades 19th October 2020 Work to carefully dismantle and move the skeleton of a juvenile North Atlantic right whale, the largest item at Hull’s Maritime Museum, is now underway. The fragile skeleton, that hasn’t moved for 45 years and seven other whale skeletons are the first objects to be moved to make way for a £12m refurbishment, part of […] Read more Business Leisure & Culture Museums News Regeneration Councillor Daren HaleHull MaritimeHull Maritime MuseumHull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City
Hull Museums receive £145,692 cultural recovery grant 12th October 2020 Hull Museums has received a £145,692 grant from the government’s Cultural Recovery Fund. It was announced today that Hull Museums is one of 1,385 arts and cultural organisations that are receiving a share of £257m as part of the first round of the Culture Recovery Fund grants programme being administered by Arts Council England. The […] Read more Coronavirus Education and Learning Leisure & Culture Museums News Public Health Arts Council EnglandCouncillor Marjorie BrabazonCultural Recovery FundHull Culture and LeisureHull Museums
Hull Maritime project introduces first poet-in-residence 1st October 2020 The Hull Maritime project is introducing its first poet-in-residence for 2021. Rebecca Drake, a second year PhD candidate in English Literature in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York, will join the project next year. Rebecca’s poetry on the theme of seascapes and cultural memory has been published in The […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums News Hull MaritimeHull Maritime MuseumPoetryRebecca Drake
Search on for specialists to conserve paintings at Hull Maritime Museum 30th September 2020 The search is on to find a specialist company to conserve a number of maritime paintings from the Hull Maritime Museum’s collection. As part of the Hull Maritime project, funded by Hull City Council and the National Lottery Fund, a painting and conservation company will remove, transport and conserve 12 maritime paintings. Following a survey […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums News HCALHull MaritimeHull Maritime MuseumHull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City
Experts appointed to dismantle skeletons at Hull Maritime Museum 18th September 2020 Eight extremely fragile and unusual marine skeletons and specimens are to be removed from the Hull Maritime Museum, as part of a multi-million pound heritage-led regeneration scheme. A decision record published on Friday 18 confirms the appointment of a conservation specialist company to dismantle, pack, conserve and transport the marine animal skeletons. Once removed, they […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums News Arctic CorsairCouncillor Daren HaleDock Office ChambersHCALHull MaritimeHull Maritime MuseumNational Lottery Heritage FundNorth End ShipyardSpurn Lightship
Two of Hull’s historic ships set to receive major restoration 13th August 2020 The search is underway for a shipyard company to repair and restore two of Hull’s historic ships. Hull City Council has launched a procurement process to appoint a shipyard to undertake major restoration works that will preserve the Arctic Corsair and the Spurn Lightship for the next 100 years. For the last 20 years, a […] Read more Education and Learning Leisure & Culture Museums News Regeneration Arctic CorsairCouncillor Daren HaleHull Maritime ProjectNational Lottery Heritage FundSpurn Lightship
Pride in Hull celebrated with launch of online exhibition 22nd July 2020 An online exhibition celebrating Pride in Hull launches this weekend. The popular annual event, which sees tens of thousands of people gather in Hull city centre to promote diversity and equality, is being celebrated with a new digital exhibition. Pride in Our City will feature people’s pictures, stories, videos, and memories, as well as documenting […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on Councillor Marjorie BrabazonPride in HullPride in Our City
