Newly restored Invacar on display to mark Disability History Month 23rd November 2022 A newly conserved Invacar has gone on display at Hull’s Streetlife Museum to celebrate UK Disability History Month. The car will be displayed alongside a film from the East Midlands Film Archive from the 1970s, featuring people explaining how phasing out the Invacar would affect them. It is also accompanied by a personal story of […] Read more Education and Learning Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on Arts and cultureArts Council EnglandCouncillor Rob PritchardDisability History MonthHCALHull Culture and LeisureHull MuseumsMuseums QuarterStreetlife Museum
Hull Museums secures £3.3m investment for heritage and culture across the Humber region 4th November 2022 Hull Museums is delighted to announce a major £3.3m investment from Arts Council England (ACE) through its National Portfolio Programme to support and expand the work of the Humber Museums Partnership. The funding will enable the three museum services of Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire to continue working together to bring outstanding […] Read more Ferens Leisure & Culture Museums News Arts and cultureArts Council EnglandCouncillor Rob PritchardFerens Art GalleryHCALHeritageHull Culture and LeisureHull MuseumsHumber Museums PartnershipNational Portfolio Programme
Safer Hull community safety pod has moved to the avenues ward 7th July 2022 People in Avenues ward have been invited to raise community issues, including antisocial behaviour, at a dedicated pod. The mobile Community Pod, designed to move around the city, has relocated from the city centre to a spot on Princes Avenue. Residents can drop in and meet Hull City Council teams responsible for dealing with neighbourhood […] Read more Children and families Community and Living News Transport & Streets Councillor Rob PritchardHumberside PoliceSafer Hull PodThe Avenues
New Ferens exhibition set to break the mould 28th June 2022 The Ferens Art Gallery is set to host a groundbreaking new exhibition showcasing sculpture by women. Breaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945 is the first extensive exhibition of post-war British sculpture by women. The works span more than 70 years and explore the work of fifty sculptors. Historically, female sculptors were neglected or […] Read more Ferens Leisure & Culture News What's on Arts Council EnglandCouncillor Rob PritchardFerens Art GalleryHCALHull cultureHull Culture and Leisure
Artist Nahem Shoa gifts two exceptional artworks to the Ferens Art Gallery 21st June 2022 The artist Nahem Shoa has generously gifted two artworks to the Ferens Art Gallery. Shoa originally contacted Kerri Offord, Curator of Art, to see if the Ferens would be interested in acquiring a portrait made by Shoa of his friend, the artist Desmond Haughton. Portrait of Desmond Haughton (1989) was started in March and finished […] Read more Ferens Leisure & Culture News ArtCouncillor Rob PritchardexhibitionFerens Art GalleryHCALHull Culture and Leisure
