Blogs

Ann volunteers for the Guildhall Greenwich Time Ball project and recently visited Cutty Sark and...

Julie Corbet, a volunteer for Hull Maritime interviewed Sally Taylor of the Fisherman’s Mission....

11 April 2022 This leaping Labrador carved out of wood was the figurehead of the famous...

A group of young painters in Hull have been honing their artistic skills to contribute work for a...

From spring 2022, we will be giving primary schools the chance to bring Hull’s maritime past to...

Another group of young creatives will join forces with Nova this weekend as Hull: Yorkshire’s...

16 December 2021 Maritime Media Volunteer, Julie Corbett delves deeper in to her fascination of...

December 2021, On 26 November, a group of volunteers were given the opportunity to visit the Hull...

December 2021 Volunteer, Mac Jordan visited the museum following the decamp of the collection and...

06.11.21 Maritime volunteer, Julie Corbett took part in one of the guided tours being offered...

02.11.21 Volunteer, Julie Corbett visited Mark Copeland's 21 Remarkable People, during this year's...

28 October 2021, Julie Corbett volunteers for the project and here's her account of the Arctic...

Four young illustrators from across the city have spent the last few weekends collaborating as part...

Volunteer, Alison Keld tells us more about her visit to Alexandra Dock to see the Arctic Corsair...

Julie Corbett, a volunteer for the Hull Maritime project was given the opportunity to see Dock...

To celebrate the launch of our new On Board the Arctic Corsair Virtual Workshop, which is available...

6 September 2021 Charlie Trzeciak, our Community and Schools Learning Officer tells us more about...

Monday 6 September 2021 By Maritime Media Volunteer, Julie Corbett.

Maritime media volunteer Alison researched our collections to write this blog marking 100 years...

14 July 2021, Alison Keld volunteers for the project and she talks about a River Hull landmark.

9 July 2021, Volunteer, Ray Stephens had the opportunity to visit the museum during the object...

Nova’s digital and creative skills project in collaboration with Hull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City is...

University of Hull History Network student, Ellie Hayes had the opportunity to visit the Hull...

Wednesday 23 June Maritime Media Volunteer, Emily Peach visited the Maritime Museum as the...

Monday 21 June Janet Adamson, Maritime Media Volunteer explores how street names are chosen and...

Monday 21 June Maritime Media Volunteer, Ben Lanham visited the museum as objects were being...

Friday 4 June 2021 Julie Corbett, a Media Maritime Volunteer for the project visited the Hull...

Thursday 3 June 2021Dane Mellows, second year student studying History at the University of Hull...

Wednesday 2 June 2021 Holly Walton, our Community Engagement Officer visited St. John the Baptist...

Thursday 20 May By Maritime Media Volunteer, Don Knibb.

25 April 2021 Don Knibb, Maritime Media Volunteer tells us more about John Harrison - a carpenter...

At the Hull Maritime Museum, a small team of colleagues are working hard to study, record,...

19 April 2021, Celebrating 200 years of The Sailor’s Children’s Society by Maritime Media...

15 April 2021 On 15 April 1912, the RMS Titanic sank. Alison Keld, a Maritime Media Volunteer for...

Tuesday 13 April 2021 Maritime Media Volunteer, Ben Lanham delves into the history of The...

Thursday 8 April 2021 Maritime Media Volunteer, Janet Bark reflects on change, the past and...

Friday 26 March 2021 Maritime Media Volunteer, Julie Corbett tells us more about the Guildhall and...

Monday 29 March 2021 By Maritime Media Volunteer, Janet Adamson

Thursday 18 March 2021 In this blog Maritime Media volunteers write about the iconic Maritime...

18 March 2021 Maritime Media Volunteer, Alison Keld tells us more about why Pearson Park has a...

8 March 2021 Olwen Evans-Knibb, is a Maritime Media Volunteer for the project and she tells us...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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