Hull Museums and Gallery announces 2024 programme 4th January 2024 2024 promises to be an exciting year for Hull Museums and gallery as the year’s exhibition programme is today revealed. Starting at the Ferens Art Gallery in February, visitors are invited to a colourful journey into the imagination and experiences of disabled artist Jason Wilsher-Mills. Created in response to disabled communities in Hull, Wakefield and […] Read more Ferens Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on 2024 programmeCllr Rob PritchardHull Museums and GalleryJane AvisonJason Wilsher-MillsMuseums QuarterOpen ExhibitionStreetlife MuseumWilberforce House Museum
Loud Mouths exhibition opens at the Streetlife Museum 24th November 2023 A new exhibition, created by a group of young people with additional needs and/or disabilities in Hull and inspired by their experience of using public transport, will open at the Streetlife Museum on Monday (27 November). ‘Sunflowers Travelling’ has been put together by the Loud Mouths Young People Engagement Group – a group of young […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on Cllr Rob PritchardHull MuseumsLoud MouthsStreetlife MuseumSunflowers Travelling
Quiet sessions for museums and gallery 2nd August 2023 Quiet sessions are to be trialled at three popular visitor attractions in Hull. All sounds will be turned off for an hour at the Streetlife Museum, Hull and East Riding Museum, and Ferens Art Gallery on three different days this month. From 1000-1100 on those days, all sounds will be turned off to reduce sensory […] Read more Ferens Leisure & Culture Museums News Councillor Rob PritchardFerens Art GalleryHull and East Riding MuseumHull Culture and LeisureStreetlife Museum
Gypsy and Traveller gallery opens at Streetlife Museum 10th July 2023 A new gallery is opening at Hull’s Streetlife Museum, celebrating local Gypsy and Traveller heritage. Funded by Arts Council England, the display – complete with a life-sized model of a piebald horse – has been carefully created with members from local Gypsy and Traveller communities, and with extensive support from York Travellers Trust. An event […] Read more Museums News Councillor Rob PritchardStreetlife Museum
Rugby and Clive Sullivan celebrated at Streetlife Museum 4th July 2023 A new display celebrating the legendary Clive Sullivan and rugby as a whole in Hull has opened at the Streetlife Museum. Hull Museums has been working in partnership with the Sullivan family, rugby league teams Hull FC and Hull KR, and the Hull Roundheads rugby union team to tell the story of Hull’s strong relationship […] Read more Museums News Sport Clive SullivanCouncillor Rob PritchardHull Culture and LeisureRugby LeagueStreetlife Museum
Summer visitors to Hull museums and art gallery at highest level since 2017 30th November 2022 Hull’s museums and art gallery have recorded their highest summer holiday visitor figures since 2017, with numbers far exceeding pre-Covid figures. During the summer holidays, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull and East Riding Museum and the Streetlife Museum had over 81,200 visitors, up 20% on the same time in 2018. Highlights of the summer included two […] Read more Ferens Leisure & Culture Museums News Arts and cultureCouncillor Rob PritchardFerens Art GalleryHCALHull Culture and LeisureHull MuseumsStreetlife Museum
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
Free festive fun to spread Christmas cheer at Hull’s Museums Quarter 21st November 2022 Hull Museums are inviting visitors to enjoy a traditional Victorian Christmas in the Museums Quarter on Saturday 26 November, 10.00am-4.00pm. The free Magic of Christmas event, run in partnership with HullBID (Business Improvement District), and Whitefriargate High Street Heritage Action Zone, will be packed full of activities and performances for the whole family to enjoy. […] Read more Children and families Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on ChristmasHCALHull Culture and LeisureHull MuseumsHullBIDMuseums QuarterStreetlife Museum
Hull Museums event will shine a light on women’s safety 25th October 2022 Hull Museums and local community producers ARCADE are hosting Don’t Wait Up, an evening full of live entertainment, participation and protest. It takes place on Friday 18 November, 6:30pm – 9:30pm. Inspired by the carriages in the Streetlife Museum collection, and reflecting on restricted journeys taken by women in days gone by, audiences are invited […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on HCALHull Culture and LeisureHull MuseumsMuseums QuarterStreetlife Museum
New photography exhibition explores history of Sierra Leone during World War Two 29th September 2022 A free photography exhibition examining the shared homelands of British service personnel and Sierra Leonian people during the upheaval of the Second World War opens at the Streetlife Museum on Saturday 1 October. The exhibition is taking place during Black History Month, which is observed every October. Wartime photography by Corporal Fred Birden has been […] Read more Community and Living Education and Learning Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on Arts and cultureArts Council EnglandBlack History MonthBlack History Month HullHull Afro Caribbean AssociationHull MuseumsmuseumSecond World WarStreetlife MuseumUniversity of Hull
Black History Month in Hull 29th September 2022 October is Black History Month and Hull is marking the occasion with a variety of public events across the city. Black History Month is a celebration and commemoration of the continued achievements and contributions of Black people in the UK and around the world. Councillor Mike Ross, Leader of Hull City Council said: “Hull has […] Read more Museums News Theatre What's on Black History MonthCouncillor mike rossHull Truck TheatreMuseums QuarterStreetlife MuseumUniversity of Hull
Space things up this Easter with Hull Museums’ free Science Spectacular! 8th April 2022 Budding young scientists are invited to get involved in a celebration of science at the Museums Quarter during the Easter holidays. Hull Museums have teamed up with the University of Hull, Explorer Dome, Science Made Simple, and more for an exciting 2-day Science Spectacular packed full of free bookable and drop in activities for all […] Read more Children and families Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on Children and familiesEasterEaster holidaysHull Culture and LeisureHull MuseumsMuseums QuarterStreetlife Museum
