Hull Maritime

View article Hull Maritime project introduces first poet-in-residence

Hull Maritime project introduces first poet-in-residence

1st October 2020

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 the University of York, will join the project next year. Rebecca’s poetry on the theme of seascapes and cultural memory has been published in The […]

View article Search on for specialists to conserve paintings at Hull Maritime Museum

Search on for specialists to conserve paintings at Hull Maritime Museum

30th September 2020

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 by Hull City Council and the National Lottery Fund, a painting and conservation company will remove, transport and conserve 12 maritime paintings. Following a survey […]

View article Experts appointed to dismantle skeletons at Hull Maritime Museum

Experts appointed to dismantle skeletons at Hull Maritime Museum

18th September 2020

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 published on Friday 18 confirms the appointment of a conservation specialist company to dismantle, pack, conserve and transport the marine animal skeletons. Once removed, they […]

View article Go wild with pictures and stories to help Hull’s maritime project

Go wild with pictures and stories to help Hull’s maritime project

16th July 2020

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 in partnership with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, is looking for interesting historic wildlife examples linked to the River Hull and Humber and also contemporary stories, sightings […]

View article Unusual marine skeletons to be removed from Hull Maritime Museum

Unusual marine skeletons to be removed from Hull Maritime Museum

24th June 2020

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 specialists to remove, conserve, pack and transport the specimens – including the skeletons of a huge tuna fish and a 40ft north Atlantic right whale […]

View article How Hull businesses can help £30m restoration of city’s most famous ships

How Hull businesses can help £30m restoration of city’s most famous ships

11th June 2020

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 the Hull Maritime project’s procurement approach when it is expected to go live next month. A key element of the £30m regeneration project is to […]

View article 100 maritime objects chosen for People’s Choice exhibition

100 maritime objects chosen for People’s Choice exhibition

4th June 2020

Thousands of votes have been cast by the public to select 100 objects that will feature in a new exhibition at the refurbished Hull Maritime Museum. The People’s Choice exhibition will see some objects go on display for the first time. In the past three months, 200 objects have competed for a place in the […]

View article Crane construction competition launched in Hull

Crane construction competition launched in Hull

24th May 2020

A competition challenging Hull residents to build their own working crane has been launched. The contest, set up by the Hull Maritime project, asks people in the city if they can build a crane that can lift an object without breaking or falling over? Competitors can use household materials such as cans, cardboard boxes, string […]