Hull Maritime, the project transforming the city’s maritime treasures, has joined forces with Toronto Inuit Association in Canada to learn more about the Inuit culture and the artefacts within Hull’s … More
Hull City Council has today published a decision record that will allow the council to open a tender process to construct a permanent wet dock for the Spurn Lightship.
To … 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 grant scheme designed to engage local residents through exploring Hull’s maritime story has been unveiled.
The Hull Maritime project has launched its first round of micro and small grants … More
A leading heritage contractor has been appointed to undertake specialist works to redevelop one of the most recognised buildings in the city, the Hull Maritime Museum.
A decision record has … More
The enormous task of moving the whole of the Hull Maritime Museum’s collection from the Grade II* listed building has got underway.
Some 50,000 objects – including the much loved … More
A charity dedicated to supporting the Hull Maritime project has been awarded £75,000 to enable the delivery of an accredited maritime training programme for young people in Hull.
Hull Maritime … 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
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
The Hull Maritime project is encouraging businesses to help inform a procurement exercise to remove, store and return tens of thousands of fragile and significant maritime objects.
This information from … More
A charity dedicated to supporting the city’s major maritime project has been awarded £350,000 towards the refurbishment of the Hull Maritime Museum.
Hull Maritime Foundation has been awarded the grant … More
The team behind the major Hull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City project is looking to recruit a small team of volunteers who are passionate about showcasing the city’s nautical history.
The volunteers … More
The doors are now locked at Hull Maritime Museum ahead of an exciting £11m transformation.
The major refurbishment will feature stunning new exhibitions and improved access while also revealing more … More
Hull’s much-loved Maritime Museum will close its doors on Sunday 19 January for the start of an £11m major refurbishment.
It signals the start of work on Hull’s huge maritime … More
A major Hull maritime project will take centre-stage as members of the Nautical Institute relaunch their local branch.
Regional organisers of the global body for maritime professionals will be joined … More
One of the highlights of last year’s spectacular Urban Legends: Northern Lights event, from Absolutely Cultured, has been nominated for a prestigious global art prize, the Lumen Prize.… More
Hull Maritime Museum will temporarily close as some technical surveys are carried out.
It comes as the £27.4 million Hull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City project steps up a gear.
The closure, … More
A new exhibition to preserves and publicises the heritage of the River Hull, its bridges and vessels is to open at Hull Maritime Museum this month.
The Open Bridges: A … More
Hull Maritime Museum will close for a few days ahead of a major refurbishment.
The museum will close from 1pm on Wednesday 3 April to allow a specialist company to … More
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 … More
Hull Maritime Museum is set to receive new ramps improving access to its main entrance of the striking building.
Hull City Council has successfully bid for £150,000 funding from the … More
Hull Maritime Museum will host a book signing for the launch of An Illustrated History of The Port of Hull and its Railways, written by Mike G. Fell OBE on … More
A collection of dramatic photographs showing a perilous Antarctic expedition is to go on display at the Hull Maritime Museum.
The Enduring Eye exhibition shows pictures taken by photographer Frank … More
Hull City Council wants people with special educational needs and disabilities to be able to enjoy your museums to the full.
That’s why the council-led Hull Maritime project has teamed … 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.
Hull … More
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 transform Hull’s Maritime Museum has got underway.
Thanks to investment from Hull City Council and The National Lottery Heritage Fund, a multi-million-pound refurbishment of Maritime Museum got underway … More
