Here at Hull Museums we are dedicated to representing the diversity of our audiences and exploring our local heritage. We …
Our digital exhibition, Pride In Our City, launched on 25 July 2020. Visit the exhibition – click here! In order …
As part of improving our representation of LGBTQ+ narratives at Hull Museums, we wanted to ensure we were able to …
In November and December 2019, five members of the Future Ferens worked with Ferens to curate a new display of …
In June 2019 Ferens Art Gallery received a Woodmansterne Art Conservation Award to conserve the late Victorian painting The Night …
In my last post I said that I’d shown the range of our Islamic Art collection and consulted with the …
This week we had our first LGBTQ+ Awareness training with Yorkshire MESMAC – and it went great! Hull Museums staff …
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 …
Before the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a lockdown meaning that we all had to work from home, we were planning …
Natasha Monfared is a Hull-based artist who draws inspiration from her Iranian heritage, using her work to address issues facing …
To celebrate the launch of our digital 2020 Open exhibition we have been taking a look (and listen) back to …
Douglas Gray is a painter who specialises in figurative works and bustling city scenes. Gray brings life to his paintings …
Yusi Ding is a painter whose work explores emotion and emptiness. Ding’s works Onement and Monument/Elegy #1 were both exhibited …
Karim Skalli is a photographer whose work challenges perceptions of everyday spaces and the banal. Skalli explores his own identity …
My name is Paige Graham-Buckle. I am an artist both from the North and currently working in the North of …
The Hull Museums and Ferens Art Gallery collections hold many amazing objects, some of which tell the wonderful stories of …
In October 2019 the Islamic Art Project started. It didn’t start with a big fanfare (projects rarely do!), instead it …
My name is Simon Braithwaite and I’m the Assistant Curator Registrar for Hull Museums. Along with my colleague Caroline Rhodes, …
My name is Simon Braithwaite and I’m the Assistant Curator Registrar for Hull Museums. My job normally involves overseeing and …
Hello! I’m Jocelyn, a Research and Documentation Assistant at Hull Museums and the project lead on the Hull Fair project. …
Hull Fair project diary blog no. 1 Hello! I’m Jocelyn, a Research and Documentation Assistant at Hull Museums and the …
Discover pottery through the ages at Hull and East Riding Museum. Explore all things ceramic with live historic pottery demonstrations …
To this day, horse and carts collecting scrap metal are a regular sight on the streets of Hull. The …
Do you enjoy sewing or embroidery? Do you like getting together with like-minded people? Goole Museum needs you to come …
The East Riding Museums stand at Driffield Show had leaflets, both promoting the service in general and specifically advertising particular …
ABOUT WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR The 53rd Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition features 100 incredible and diverse images …
This summer, we have a variety of activities and events to keep kids of all ages entertained during the holidays. …
Sandra Kerr, musician, singer, writer, and the creator of the evocative music from Bagpuss will give an illustrated talk about …
Join us at the Maritime Museum for an afternoon of music as top local folk acts tell the stories of …
The Enduring Eye presents Frank Hurley’s photographs of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) undertaken by renowned explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton …