Museums

View article Ferens Art Gallery and Streetlife Museum reopen this week

Ferens Art Gallery and Streetlife Museum reopen this week

21st July 2020

Ferens Art Gallery and the Streetlife Museum will both reopen on Wednesday 22 July. The two much-loved Hull destinations will reopen with measures in place to protect staff and visitors, in accordance with Public Health England guidance. Entry will be by advance online booking only to manage the number of visitors at each site. Councillor […]

View article Launch of Hull’s family summer activity plan

Launch of Hull’s family summer activity plan

20th July 2020

Hull Culture and Leisure Ltd has today revealed its summer activity programmes. The plans will begin today and be available until Friday 4 September for families to enjoy. With events limited due to the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, 2020’s programme includes a range of activities that can be done in at leisure and are accessible via […]

View article Go wild with pictures and stories to help Hull’s maritime project

Go wild with pictures and stories to help Hull’s maritime project

16th July 2020

People are being asked to gather pictures and stories of wildlife in the region for a future display at the refurbished Hull Maritime Museum. The Hull Maritime project team, working in partnership with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, is looking for interesting historic wildlife examples linked to the River Hull and Humber and also contemporary stories, sightings […]

View article Online showcase for region’s museums and galleries

Online showcase for region’s museums and galleries

7th July 2020

Exhibitions from some of the region’s favourite museums and galleries are being brought to life online. The revamped Humber Museums Partnership website, a collaboration between Hull City Council, East Riding of Yorkshire Council and North Lincolnshire Council, digitally hosts exhibitions and showcases the region’s unique collections giving people the opportunity to enjoy art, history and […]

View article Pride in Hull to be celebrated with online exhibition – and you can get involved

Pride in Hull to be celebrated with online exhibition – and you can get involved

25th June 2020

Pride in Hull will be celebrated this year through a new online exhibition – and organisers want you to be part of it. The exhibition will be hosted by Hull Museums,working with both Pride in Hull and Yorkshire MESMAC. Pride in Our City will feature people’s pictures, stories, videos, and memories of the annual event […]

View article Unusual marine skeletons to be removed from Hull Maritime Museum

Unusual marine skeletons to be removed from Hull Maritime Museum

24th June 2020

A process has begun that will see eight fragile and unusual marine animal skeletons removed from the Hull Maritime Museum. Hull City Council has launched a procurement process to appoint specialists to remove, conserve, pack and transport the specimens – including the skeletons of a huge tuna fish and a 40ft north Atlantic right whale […]

View article Hull museum’s golden discovery – pages from one of first books printed in English unearthed

Hull museum’s golden discovery – pages from one of first books printed in English unearthed

17th June 2020

An extract from one of the first books to be printed in the English language has been unearthed at the Hull Maritime Museum. Dating back to 1498, William Caxton’s The Golden Legend was a collection of hagiographies written by Jacobus de Varagine in 1290, widely read in late medieval Europe. It is considered by experts […]

View article How Hull businesses can help £30m restoration of city’s most famous ships

How Hull businesses can help £30m restoration of city’s most famous ships

11th June 2020

Businesses in Hull are being urged to help inform a procurement exercise to conserve and restore two of the city’s historic ships. The information from businesses will help to inform the Hull Maritime project’s procurement approach when it is expected to go live next month. A key element of the £30m regeneration project is to […]

View article Hull’s huge 40ft whale skeleton to be brought back to life

Hull’s huge 40ft whale skeleton to be brought back to life

11th June 2020

A stunning new visualisation of the Hull Maritime Museum’s 40ft north Atlantic right whale skeleton has been created. A 3D laser scanning of the huge animal’s remains has been created by leading contemporary artists Heinrich and Palmer. And now the 110-year-old skeleton of a young female right whale, which was about two years old and […]

View article East Park named best free day out in East Yorkshire at Mumbler awards

East Park named best free day out in East Yorkshire at Mumbler awards

8th June 2020

East Park has been named the best local free day out in the Hull and East Riding Mumbler awards. The park in Holderness Road pipped the Streetlife Museum into second place in the parenting community group’s first Family Awards, celebrating the best things to do for families in East Yorkshire. Voting took place in January […]

View article 100 maritime objects chosen for People’s Choice exhibition

100 maritime objects chosen for People’s Choice exhibition

4th June 2020

Thousands of votes have been cast by the public to select 100 objects that will feature in a new exhibition at the refurbished Hull Maritime Museum. The People’s Choice exhibition will see some objects go on display for the first time. In the past three months, 200 objects have competed for a place in the […]

View article Thousands vote for artefacts to go on show at revamped Maritime Museum

Thousands vote for artefacts to go on show at revamped Maritime Museum

26th May 2020

Thousands of people in Hull have been voting for objects they would like to see as part of a new exhibition at the refurbished Hull Maritime Museum. In the past three months, 200 objects have been put to the vote, with more than 8,500 votes cast in the People’s Choice project. The final few days […]