Arctic Corsair bell packed away before vessel’s relocation 19th July 2019 One of the Arctic Corsair’s most symbolic items has been packed away before the famous Hull trawler’s relocation. The vessel’s bell was carefully placed in a case by Trevor Evans, the longest-serving volunteer and Abigail Jubb, an intern from the Hull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City project. Next month, the distant water sidewinder trawler and a symbol […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums News Arctic CorsairHull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City
Hull Maritime Museum to close temporarily 16th July 2019 Hull Maritime Museum will temporarily close as some technical surveys are carried out. It comes as the £27.4 million Hull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City project steps up a gear. The closure, from Monday 22 July at 10am, will allow a specialist company to complete surveys ahead of the museum’s major refurbishment. It will reopen on Saturday […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums News Councillor Marjorie BrabazonHull Maritime MuseumHull: Yorkshire’s Maritime CityNational Lottery Heritage Fund
River Hull exhibition to open at Hull Maritime Museum 1st July 2019 A new exhibition to preserves and publicises the heritage of the River Hull, its bridges and vessels is to open at Hull Maritime Museum this month. The Open Bridges: A River Full Of Stories exhibition is the result of a partnership that spent two years recording stories from people who have lived or worked on […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums News Councillor Marjorie BrabazonHull Culture and LeisureHull Maritime MuseumHull: Yorkshire’s Maritime CityNational LotteryRiver Hull
Exhibition in Hull celebrates gypsy, Roma and traveller culture 13th June 2019 An exhibition to celebrate gypsy, Roma and traveller culture will open at Hull’s Streetlife Museum this month. The exhibition, from Thursday 13 June to Thursday 27 June, has been set up to help people to learn more about the history and heritage of these cultures and promote its positive impact on British society. It marks […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on Streetlife Museum
How you can back Hull’s huge £27.4m major maritime project 21st May 2019 Hull residents are being urged to back a bid for millions of pounds towards Hull’s ambitious £27.4m major maritime project. Hull City Council is bidding for £13.6m from the National Lottery Heritage Fund – and has now launched the All Hands on Deck campaign to build on a wave of support. The project is to […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums Hull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City
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 […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on Ferens Art GalleryHull and East Riding MuseumHull Maritime MuseumHull: Yorkshire’s Maritime CityStreetlife MuseumWilberforce House Museum
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 […] Read more Business Ferens Museums News Bonus ArenaFerens Art GalleryHull Culture and LeisureHull MuseumsParagon ArcadeTrinity MarketVegan
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 […] Read more Ferens Hull New Theatre Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on 5 things to do in Hull this weekendHull Culture and Leisure
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 […] Read more Ferens Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on
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 […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums News Hull and East Riding MuseumHull Culture and LeisureHull Museums
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 […] Read more Ferens Leisure & Culture Museums Ferens Art Gallery
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 […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums
