Hull City Council and its partners will once again be supporting TravelWise Week and assisting residents, businesses and communities to consider making more sustainable and active travel choices.
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The weather is getting warmer, the days are getting longer and Spring is just around the corner.
Here’s why Hull is the place to be this March –
The South Blockhouse Project has been shortlisted for a prestigious award.
The project’s community archaeology programme, led by Humber Field Archaeology, has been shortlisted for the Council for British Archaeology’s … More
Ballroom dancing, ancient Egyptian history, and the return of The Awakening! Here are our picks of what’s on in Hull this March.
Hull New Theatre, HU1 … More
As another year ends, it’s time to look ahead and see what Hull has in store for the new year. Here’s a selection of things in Hull to look forward … More
After a successful summer dig, which has revealed more of the remains of Hull’s South Blockhouse than at any point in the last 150 years, the project draws to an … More
More than 80 per cent of participants who completed the latest ‘Maritime Futures’ training programme have gained employment within the maritime sector.
More than 80 per cent of participants who … More
The creation of a new carbon neutral visitor centre at North End Shipyard has moved a step closer with the appointment of a Hull based contractor, The Ashcourt Group.
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Hull City Council has been awarded £150,000 from The Wolfson Foundation to support the refurbishment of the city’s Maritime Museum as part of its recent £1.5m heritage grants round.
The … More
Work to give the Rose Bowl Fountain a new lease of life is complete.
The fountain, built in 1935 when the dock basin was filled in, has been sympathetically restored … More
A series of maritime themed reminiscent events are being launched at an Extra Care facility in Hull.
From June 2022, volunteers along with the Hull Maritime team are running events … More
The city’s sole survivor of Hull’s former distant-water, sidewinder fishing fleet, the Arctic Corsair, has been awarded Virtual Flagship status for 2022 by National Historic Ships UK.
Competition was strong … More
Two of the city’s cherished ships, Arctic Corsair and Spurn Lightship, have reached the next phase of their restoration.
The ships are undergoing a shotblasting process to remove the old … More
The accredited ‘Maritime Futures’ training programme dedicated to young people in Hull has attracted further funding.
Hull Maritime Foundation, a charity dedicated to supporting Hull Maritime, has been awarded £75,000 … More
Going Dutch – could ‘Three in a Boat’ sail to victory?
Hull’s maritime living statues have been shortlisted to compete in an international competition.
The three living statues created for … More
Work to conserve a collection of historic maritime paintings from the Hull Maritime Museum is now complete.
Following a survey of 400 paintings, the 13 selected works of art that … More
A course aimed to give young people the qualifications they need to enter a career in the seafaring industry has achieved a 75 per cent success rate to date.
So … More
Volunteers are helping to conserve artefacts from Hull Maritime Museum.
Working with the Conservation and Engagement Officer, the small team of volunteers will carry out practical conservation tasks to ensure … More
Hull is set to celebrate its status as Yorkshire’s only maritime city, urging people to get on board a voyage of discovery in 2022 and beyond.
On 9 March, a … More
A leading specialist in historic engineering projects has been appointed to restore the city’s last remaining Scotch Derrick crane.
A decision record published by Hull City Council yesterday 25th August … More
Local people who have dementia and their families are to be offered a new maritime themed activity pack.
The Hull Maritime project, funded by Hull City Council and The National … More
A number of Hull’s historic maritime paintings from the Hull Maritime Museum, with some dating back to the 1700s, have been sent to a specialist laboratory for conservation.
Following a … More
Maritime Tales Week, which will take place between Saturday 24 October and Sunday 1 November, is the first of its kind to be delivered by the Hull Maritime project.
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Work to carefully dismantle and move the skeleton of a juvenile North Atlantic right whale, the largest item at Hull’s Maritime Museum, is now underway.
The fragile skeleton, that hasn’t … More
The Hull Maritime project is introducing its first poet-in-residence for 2021.
Rebecca Drake, a second year PhD candidate in English Literature in the Department of English and Related Literature at … More
The search is on to find a specialist company to conserve a number of maritime paintings from the Hull Maritime Museum’s collection.
As part of the Hull Maritime project, funded … More
Eight extremely fragile and unusual marine skeletons and specimens are to be removed from the Hull Maritime Museum, as part of a multi-million pound heritage-led regeneration scheme.
A decision record … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
Councillor Daren Hale Roadworks Hull City Council Hull weekly roadworks update Councillor Mark Ieronimo Hull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City Hull Culture and Leisure Councillor Anita Harrison Ferens Art Gallery Cllr Paul Drake Davis Cllr Mike Ross Councillor Marjorie Brabazon Fly-tipping Trinity Market
