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Pride In Our City – The Project

Our digital exhibition, Pride In Our City, launched on 25 July 2020. Visit the exhibition – click here! In order …

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LGBTQ+ Diary Blog 4 – Pride In Our City

As part of improving our representation of LGBTQ+ narratives at Hull Museums, we wanted to ensure we were able to …

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Modern and Contemporary Gallery Curated by Future Ferens

In November and December 2019, five members of the Future Ferens worked with Ferens to curate a new display of …

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Conservation of The Night School, Edgar Bundy, 1892

In June 2019 Ferens Art Gallery received a Woodmansterne Art Conservation Award to conserve the late Victorian painting The Night …

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The Islamic Art Project: doing something that works for the community

In my last post I said that I’d shown the range of our Islamic Art collection and consulted with the …

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LGBTQ+ Diary Blog 3 – Researching our Collections

This week we had our first LGBTQ+ Awareness training with Yorkshire MESMAC – and it went great! Hull Museums staff …

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The Islamic Art Project: Developing a Project

Taking everything I’d learnt over the past year (2018-19 – see my previous post! http://humbermuseums.com/islamic-art-project-beginning-diary/ the time was right to …

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LGBTQ+ Diary Blog 2 – Internal Staff Training

Before the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a lockdown meaning that we all had to work from home, we were planning …

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Natasha Monfared – Artist Interview

Natasha Monfared is a Hull-based artist who draws inspiration from her Iranian heritage, using her work to address issues facing …

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2020 Open – BBC Radio Humberside Interviews

To celebrate the launch of our digital 2020 Open exhibition we have been taking a look (and listen) back to …

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Douglas Gray – Artist Interview

Douglas Gray is a painter who specialises in figurative works and bustling city scenes. Gray brings life to his paintings …

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Yusi Ding – Artist Interview

Yusi Ding is a painter whose work explores emotion and emptiness. Ding’s works Onement and Monument/Elegy #1 were both exhibited …

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Karim Skalli – Artist Interview

Karim Skalli is a photographer whose work challenges perceptions of everyday spaces and the banal. Skalli explores his own identity …

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Paige Graham-Buckle – Artist Interview

My name is Paige Graham-Buckle. I am an artist both from the North and currently working in the North of …

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LGBTQ+ Diary Blog 1 – A New Chapter for LGBTQ+ Histories at Hull Museums

The Hull Museums and Ferens Art Gallery collections hold many amazing objects, some of which tell the wonderful stories of …

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The Islamic Art Project – the beginning of a diary

In October 2019 the Islamic Art Project started. It didn’t start with a big fanfare (projects rarely do!), instead it …

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Capturing Lockdown Diary 2

My name is Simon Braithwaite and I’m the Assistant Curator Registrar for Hull Museums. Along with my colleague Caroline Rhodes, …

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Capturing Lockdown Diary 1

My name is Simon Braithwaite and I’m the Assistant Curator Registrar for Hull Museums. My job normally involves overseeing and …

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Hull Fair project diary blog no. 2

Hello! I’m Jocelyn, a Research and Documentation Assistant at Hull Museums and the project lead on the Hull Fair project. …

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Hull Fair project diary blog no. 1

Hull Fair project diary blog no. 1 Hello! I’m Jocelyn, a Research and Documentation Assistant at Hull Museums and the …

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Potty about archaeology

Discover pottery through the ages at Hull and East Riding Museum. Explore all things ceramic with live historic pottery demonstrations …

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‘Any Old Rag Bone’ Exhibition

To this day, horse and carts collecting scrap metal are a regular sight on the streets of Hull. The …

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Inclesmoor Map Embroidery Project

Do you enjoy sewing or embroidery? Do you like getting together with like-minded people? Goole Museum needs you to come …

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The Driffield Show 2018

The East Riding Museums stand at Driffield Show had leaflets, both promoting the service in general and specifically advertising particular …

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53rd Wildlife Photographer of the Year

ABOUT WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR The 53rd Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition features 100 incredible and diverse images …

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Family Activities Summer 2018

This summer, we have a variety of activities and events to keep kids of all ages entertained during the holidays. …

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Sandra Kerr Talk

Sandra Kerr, musician, singer, writer, and the creator of the evocative music from Bagpuss will give an illustrated talk about …

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Maritime Concert

Join us at the Maritime Museum for an afternoon of music as top local folk acts tell the stories of …

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Enduring Eye: the Antarctic Legacy of Sir Ernest Shackleton and Frank Hurley

The Enduring Eye presents Frank Hurley’s photographs of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) undertaken by renowned explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton …

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FREEDOM TO EXPLORE – Engaging Under 5’s in Museums and Heritage Spaces

This free conference, produced by the Humber Museums Partnership and supported by Arts Council England, will explore how Under 5s …

Watching a webinar from @HeritageDigital about growing your audience online. Very interesting so far. Thank you… t.co/8ROAsNN6RG