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View article 11 Easter school holiday activities at Hull museums

11 Easter school holiday activities at Hull museums

4th April 2019

The Easter school holidays are just around the corner in Hull – which means parents and carers of children in the city will be frantically trying to find activities to keep their young ones busy. This year’s Easter holidays, from Friday 5 April to Tuesday 23 April, will see the fantastic museums in the city’s […]

View article 7 top Mother’s Day gift ideas with a Hull theme

7 top Mother’s Day gift ideas with a Hull theme

26th March 2019

It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday – and we are betting that you haven’t got good old mum a gift yet. Worry not, here are some Hull-themed gift ideas that might just help you out. Grab an extremely ‘Ull gift Get yourself to Chance Gifts in Savile Street to find Hull-inspired gifts include a pair of […]

View article 5 things to do in Hull this weekend

5 things to do in Hull this weekend

22nd March 2019

1. Portrait of Sir Thomas More Ferens Art Gallery Until Sunday 23 June Free A masterpiece from the Royal Collection opens at Ferens Art Gallery on Saturday. The portrait of Sir Thomas More, c.1526-7, by Hans Holbein the Younger will be displayed at the Hull art gallery . It follows masterpieces by Rembrandt and Sir Anthony van Dyck […]

View article Royal masterpiece heading to Hull next week

Royal masterpiece heading to Hull next week

12th March 2019

A masterpiece from the Royal Collection arrives at Ferens Art Gallery next week. The portrait of Sir Thomas More, c.1526-7, by Hans Holbein the Younger will be displayed at the Hull art gallery from Saturday 23 March until Sunday 23 June. Hans Holbein was born in Augsburg, Germany, trained in Basel, Switzerland and spent a total of […]

View article Top 10 archaeological gems in Hull

Top 10 archaeological gems in Hull

4th March 2019

Hull and East Riding Museum – one of the fantastic free museums in the city’s Old Town – takes visitors through 235 million years of history. Its unique collection of exhibits allow visitors to look on majestic mammoths, meet Saxon invaders, walk through an Iron Age village and enter a Roman bath house. Here are 10 of […]

What do visitors think of 2019 Open Exhibition?

18th February 2019

The 52nd annual Open Exhibition is currently on display at the Ferens Art Gallery. 321 artworks were chosen this year from more than 1,000 entries by a high-profile panel of judges consisting of Senior Curator at Humber Street Gallery, Hull, John Heffernan, BBC Arts Correspondent Rebecca Jones, and Visual Artist Ian McKeever RA. This free exhibition […]

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View article Figures show incredible impact of striking City of Culture art installation

Figures show incredible impact of striking City of Culture art installation

12th February 2019

It was one of the most memorable highlights in a year filled with breath-taking moments in 2017, and now figures have revealed the incredible impact of the Weeping Window installation. In 2017 the installation, which featured thousands of ceramic poppies honouring those that lost their lives during the First World War, toured the UK, with […]

View article 2019 Open Exhibition celebrates incredible local talent

2019 Open Exhibition celebrates incredible local talent

8th February 2019

It’s one of the highlights of the Ferens’ calendar, hundreds of local artists all displaying their talents at one of the region’s premier art galleries – and this year’s exhibition doesn’t disappoint. 321 artworks were chosen this year from more than 1,000 entries by a high-profile panel of judges consisting of Senior Curator at Humber Street […]

View article Young artists inspired by incredible club

Young artists inspired by incredible club

6th February 2019

Masterclasses with world-renowned artists, visits to some of the country’s most prestigious art galleries and producing their own exhibitions – that’s just some of the experiences young artists in Hull are being given as they take part in an incredible Art & Design National Saturday Club. As part of the National Saturday Club network, Ferens […]

View article Hull Maritime Museum to get new ramps after £150,000 funding boost

Hull Maritime Museum to get new ramps after £150,000 funding boost

14th January 2019

Hull Maritime Museum is set to receive new ramps improving access to its main entrance of the striking building. Hull City Council has successfully bid for £150,000 funding from the DCMS Wolfson Foundation to install two new access ramps and an access staircase to one of the three domes. The new ramp at the front […]