As part of the Hull Maritime project you will hear from the team and volunteers, in their words offering insight, knowledge and experience.

BLOG | Maritime heritage is a treasure

4 March 2021 Welcome to a journey of exploration through Hull’s maritime heritage by Esraa...

BLOG | Hull's maritime landmarks

2 March 2021 Back in October we asked our Maritime Media volunteers to take or select their own...

BLOG | 1425 and all that

2 March 2021 Maritime Media Volunteer Don Knibb looks back to 1425 when two major events took place...

BLOG | Fashion and the whale - How many whalebones does it take to make a corset?

Monday 22 February 2021 Maritime Media Volunteer, Alison Keld tells us more about how parts of...

BLOG | Refurbishment of Queen’s Gardens and the Sea of Hull

16 February 2021Maritime Media Volunteer, Julie Corbett looks to the future of Queen's Gardens and...

BLOG | Moving the Truelove flag

This blog is by Maritime volunteer and University of Hull student, Jason Kin Lok.

BLOG | An extraordinary TrueLove story

Maritime Media Volunteer, Don Knibb captured the TrueLove flag being removed from the wall in the...

BLOG | 'Until yesterday I knew nothing of its existence, but felt inspired'

Wednesday 3 February 2021 Maritime Media Volunteer, Alison Keld spotted some striking riverside...

BLOG | Painting of the FV GAUL and its tragic story

Wednesday 3 February 2021 Ray Stephens, a Maritime Media Volunteer for the project takes a deeper...

BLOG | Remembering in a landscape

Monday 1 February 2021 Julie Corbett, Maritime Media Volunteer reflects on the Triple Trawler...

BLOG | What do we know about this ship with no masts? HMS Hector

Wednesday 27 January 2021 Janet Adamson, a Maritime Media Volunteer for the project wanted to find...

BLOG | Hull's role in the wine import trade

26 January 2021What do we know about Hull's role in the wine import trade? Maritime Media Volunteer,...

BLOG | RETURNING TO HULL: YORKSHIRE’S MARITIME CITY

Hi, I’m Andy Ede, and just a couple of weeks ago I started in the role of Project Assistant for the...

BLOG | The Old Hull Pier painting

Maritime Media Volunteer, Ray Stephens visited the museum and talks about a particular painting that...

BLOG | "It has been an absolute joy being able to return to the Maritime Museum."

Maritime Media Volunteer, Aaron Baldwin shares his account of the removal of maritime paintings from...

BLOG | Who was R. D. Widdas?

Last week, the Diana painting, by Richard Widdas was packed away and taken to a studio for...

BLOG | "I definitely held my breath as it was lifted off the wall"

Maritime Media Volunteer, Janet Bark had the opportunity to capture a number of maritime paintings...

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