This museum in Hull is closing for three weeks 19th March 2019 One of Hull’s best-loved museums will close for three weeks from Monday. Hull and East Riding Museum, one of the star attractions in the city’s Museums Quarter, will be closed to the public for the installation of a new heating system. The museum will reopen on Monday 15 April. The work is necessary for the […] Read more Leisure & Culture News Hull and East Riding MuseumHull Culture and Leisure
See how different these maritime paintings look after some TLC 15th March 2019 Paintings from the Hull Maritime Museum’s collection have been given some much-needed TLC. The works are being conserved as part of the ambitious Hull: Yorkshire Maritime City project, funded by Hull City Council and the National Heritage Lottery Fund. Painting restoration and conservation specialists Critchlow & Kukkonen have undertaken a survey of more than 400 paintings […] Read more Leisure & Culture News Hull Culture and LeisureHull Maritime Museum
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
50% off leisure activities for Armed Forces veterans in Hull 21st February 2019 Armed Forces veterans and reservists can get 50% off the price of leisure facilities in the city. The Live It Card costs £1 and provides half-price access to gyms, pools and other facilities for retired military personnel who hold an MOD90 service ID card, and their dependents. It provides access to eight sport and leisure […] Read more Leisure & Culture News Hull Culture and Leisure
8 half-term craft activities at Hull museums 15th February 2019 With half-term on Monday and children away from school, parents and carers across the city are desperately putting together last-minute family plans. But they need look no further than the city’s popular museums, where daily activities will be enough to keep the craftiest kids entertained. 1. Crafty Carts Streetlife Museum Monday 18 February, 1pm-3pm Free […] Read more News What's on Ferens Art GalleryHands on History MuseumHull and East Riding MuseumHull Culture and LeisureHull Maritime MuseumStreetlife MuseumWilberforce House Museum
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 […] Read more Ferens Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on Ferens Art GalleryHull Culture and Leisure
Hull & East Riding Museum reopens to public 6th February 2019 One of the city’s most popular museums has reopened after weeks of closure due to heating failure. Hull & East Riding Museum in High Street shut in mid-December due to problems with its boiler and some aspects of the heating system. Now work has been carried out to allow the museum – which displays exhibitions […] Read more Leisure & Culture News What's on Hull and East Riding MuseumHull Culture and Leisure
Free adult swimming as part of Hull Big Swim 6th February 2019 Free adult swimming sessions are being offered to residents as part of the Hull Big Swim campaign. Hull Culture and Leisure is launching Hull Big Swim to motivate more adults to get active. The free adult swimming sessions will be on offer during February and March at Ennerdale Leisure Centre, Woodford Leisure Centre, Albert Avenue […] Read more Leisure & Culture News Hull Culture and Leisure
Here Be Whales exhibition at Hull Maritime Museum 6th February 2019 A new contemporary art exhibition on the past, present and future of whales opens at the Hull Maritime Museum this February. Here Be Whales, which brings together a selected group of national and international artists who explore the sea mammals, is on show from 5 February to 22 April at the museum. The exhibition features drawings, […] Read more News Hull Culture and LeisureHull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City
Any Old Rag Bone exhibition in Hull celebrates ‘original recyclers’ 16th January 2019 The call of “rag bone” can be heard down the city’s tenfoots and passages to this day. For decades, men on horses and carts collecting scrap metal have issued this cry for people to bring out any unwanted goods for recycling. Now an exhibition at Hull’s Streetlife Museum will see this uncelebrated aspect of the […] Read more Leisure & Culture News Hull Culture and LeisurerecyclingStreetlife Museum
