Stories

In this blog, maritime volunteer Julie Corbett delves into the history of St Andrew's Dock.

Curatorial staff have been preparing for the return of the reserve maritime collections to a new...

Ann Jepson was one of the volunteers who recently visited Hull Minster for a behind the scenes tour...

Volunteers who have dedicated their time to The Guildhall Time Ball were given behind the scenes...

Here's a blog from Julie Corbett.  This is not a blog about a hot wash to get your whites...

Bev Ayre is Senior Producer at Walk the Plank, the producers of Tower of Light that will illuminate...

Emma (Hull Maritime’s Community Engagement Officer) recently had the pleasure of meeting Sue...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the loss of the Gaul, one of the too many trawlers Hull had...

Ian Martin is one of the many volunteers who delivers the maritime guided walks in Hull city...

On 15 January, the Hull Maritime Community Grant Scheme, in which we will award small pots of up to...

On 15 January, the Hull Maritime Community Grant Scheme, in which we will award small pots of up to...

On January 15, the Hull Maritime Community Grant Scheme, in which we will award small pots of up to...

Here, Kate Genever talks about how tattoos sparked conversations and stories about Hull's maritime...

In this blog post, we share our five top tips for applying to the Community Grant Scheme. To find...

As 2023 draws to a close, here’s a look back. 2023 has been an action-packed year for Hull...

Emma, our Community Engagement Officer visited the Setting Dyke Community Greenspace to see how...

Historian Dr Charlotte Tomlinson looks back on the history of Queens Gardens and its maritime...

My name is Ian Martin and I am one of Hulls Maritime History Tour Guides and an ex Merchant Seamen.

My name is Ian Martin and I am one of Hull Maritime Tour Guides.

My name is Ian Martin and I am one of Hull Maritime Tour Guides.

As planting the new, semi-mature trees within Queens Gardens gets underway, here Liam Haggarty from...

Community Engagement Officer, Emma Smith reflects back at this year's taster workshops.

My name is Ian Martin and I am one of Hull Maritime Tour Guides.

As one of Hull Maritime History Tour Guides, Ian Martin adapts his tours to the people he is taking...

My name is Ian Martin and I'm one of Hull Maritime's tour guides

Liam Haggerty, Director of Southern Green Landscape Architects has been working with Hull Maritime...

Ian Martin was a Quartermaster on the Himalaya and recalls the emotional scenes when the ship left...

Here's the latest update on work to improve Queens Gardens

Former Able Seaman, Ian Martin tells his story of working at sea and how the Spurn Lightship was a...

In 2023, Hull Maritime awarded 13 community grants to groups and individuals in Hull for activities...

Lydia was part of Hull Maritime's creative digital skills project and as a result found out about...

Hull Maritime volunteer, Julie Corbett visited the Maritime Museum to see first-hand the progress...

We are Mambo Jambo; we’re professional musicians, and we live in Hull but we play concerts and...

Here's a blog from Julie Corbett, a volunteer on the Tidal Barrier in Hull city centre.

Here's a blog from Julie Corbett, a volunteer who attended the Merchant Navy Day on 3 September...

Hull Maritime's Community Engagement Officer, Emma visits the ‘Seeds of Change’ exhibition at...

Here's a Maritime volunteer, Julie Corbett on the history of the River Hull.

Here's a Maritime volunteer, Julie Corbett on the history of the River Hull.

Our Documentation Assistant, Jason Lok tells us more about scrimshaw and one particular piece from...

Hello, my name is Emma Smith and I’m the new Community Engagement Officer for Hull Maritime, the...

Documentation Assistant, Jason Lok talks about the piece of scrimshaw with an inscription of...

In this second blog, Documentation Assistant - Jason delves into the story of a particular piece of...

Here's Documentation Assistant, Jason Lok with an introduction to scrimshaw.

Nathan Bray completed the 'Maritime Futures' training programme in February. The course is an...

Written by Nadine Storrer, a participant in the 'Riverspeaking' project, funded by a Hull Maritime...

Written by Jerry Thompson

Written by Nicola L Meekin (Participant) After participating in Tamar & Jo’s community Dance...

FISH! is a new exhibition on display at Hull Independent Photography Gallery, Prospect Centre,...

Here's Jason Lok, Hull Maritime's Documentation Assistant looking back at when the Guildhall Time...

People’s histories can become lost, and one aim of the maritime project is to retell some of these...

Hull Maritime volunteer, Julie Corbett talks about the importance of accessibility and the Arctic...

Hello everyone! My name is Jason Lok and I am the new Documentation Assistant for the Hull Maritime...

June 2023 marks 30 years since Hull City Council and local fishing charity STAND joined forces to...

18.05.23 As an artist who makes work about British Arctic Whaling, Hull Maritime Museum is an...

10.05.23 With the launch of the Young Maritime Creatives secondary school scheme, Hull Maritime...

Thanks to Dean Maxwell for sending us his maritime story.

In this post, we chat to Dr Sophia Nicolov about the Charismatic Encounters project and why...

In April, Hull Maritime launches a new series of pop-up exhibitions with A-Fishing for the Whale by...

Hull Maritime Museum is one of the stops on the maritime guided walks delivered by accredited White...

Blaydes House is one of the stops on the maritime guided walks delivered by accredited White Badge...

The Wilberforce Statue is one of the stops on the maritime guided walks delivered by accredited...

The Deep is one of the stops on the maritime guided walks delivered by volunteers who are White...

Hull Maritime volunteer, Julie Corbett delves into the history of Hull's town docks and is part of...

Stage@thedock is one of the stops on the maritime guided walks delivered by volunteers who are...

Hull Maritime volunteer, Janet Adamson has written a blog about Thomas Jacques Sommerscales after...

Here's why Don Knibb volunteers for Hull Maritime.

Hi, I’m Chris Willmoth and I recently joined the Hull Maritime team as the new Community and...

By Dr Jo Stanley, Honorary Research Fellow, Blaydes Maritime Centre, University of Hull

Hull Maritime volunteer and accredited tour guide, Janet Penny delves into the history of Beverley...

Simpson (York) Limited continue to work on the refurbishment of Hull Maritime Museum and eleven...

Hull Maritime volunteer and accredited tour guide, Don Knibb has some interesting nuggets of...

An insight to what it was like working on board the Spurn Lightship.

Earlier this month two members of our team, Charlotte and Stathis, delivered a creative workshop to...

Thanks to Keith Howes for letting us tell the story of his grandfather, George Dennis Howes from...

Ian Martin, volunteers for Hull Maritime and was an Able Seaman on the Wilsons Ship, Rialto a...

Community Engagement Officer, Charlotte Tomlinson talks about Community Cafes and the power of...

Hull Maritime volunteer, Julie Corbett tells us more about the Railway Dock in Hull.

Ian Martin, volunteers for Hull Maritime and here he recalls his first trip at sea, after...

Hull Maritime volunteer and accredited tour guide, Janet Penny delves into the history of Drypool...

In this series of stories, Hull Maritime volunteer, Ian Martin shares his experience at the...

In this series of stories, Hull Maritime volunteer, Ian Martin tells us about why he wanted to go...

By Dr Sophia Nicolov as part of the Charismatic Encounters project at the University of Leeds.

Hull Maritime is supporting a project at the University of Leeds, bringing together partners to...

Nova is working with two of the region’s brightest up and coming filmmakers in the latest stage of...

Janet Penny is a white badge accredited tour guide and delivers the maritime guided walks as part...

Nova’s creative workshops are back as Hull Maritime embarks on a weeklong celebration of Hull’s...

On November 14, the Hull Maritime Community Grant Scheme, in which we award small pots of up to...

On November 14 the Hull Maritime Community Grant Scheme, in which we award small pots of up to £500...

As part of Maritime Tales Week 2022, Hull Maritime have teamed up with the Whitefriargate High...

Here's Charlotte, our Community Engagement Officer with some top tips for applying for a community...

By Andy Train When I set out on my journey as a living statue performer I never dreamt I’d be...

Volunteer Don Knibb writes about Ian Martin, a former merchant seaman and now a white badge tour...

Here’s the latest update on the Hull Maritime Museum refurbishment.

This is the story of my grandad Bertie’s life at sea, by Linda Kelly.

Here's a blog from Julie, a volunteer for Hull Maritime.

05 October 2022 Here’s Stone Mason, Daniel Cooper. With 34 years of experience in this traditional...

04 October 2022 The three domes at Hull Maritime Museum are being given a new lease of life.

26 September 2022 Volunteer, Julie Corbett writes about their visit to Hull Maritime Museum.

26 September 2022 By Stathis Tsolis, Conservator. At the beginning of 2022, we introduced...

13 September 2022 Hello, I’m Charlotte Tomlinson, and a couple of weeks ago I joined the Hull...

09 July 2022 Maritime volunteer, Julie Corbett visits the Pearson Park at the Animal Magic summer...

25 September 2022 Ron Wilkinson is a former trawlerman, he worked on trawlers for many years...

22 August 2022 By Ron Wilkinson, Chair of STAND and former trawlerman

By Ron Wilkinson, Chair of STAND - St. Andrews Dock Heritage Park Action Group

Volunteer, Julie Corbett talks about the future of Hull Maritime Museum and North End Shipyard.

As part of the 'Diving Deeper' project funded by Designated Development Fund, Arts Council England,...

As part of the 'Diving Deeper' project funded by Designated Development Fund, Arts Council England,...

As part of the 'Diving Deeper' project funded by Designated Development Fund, Arts Council England,...

15 August 2022 In this blog Hull Maritime white badge tour guide, Don Knibb writes about the Tidal...

9 August 2022 In this blog, Hull Maritime white badge tour guide Janet Penny writes about the...

8 August 2022 Hull Maritime volunteer, Alison Keld visited the South Blockhouse site to be part of...

28 July 2022 Me and another student have been doing work experience at Hull maritime for the past...

The granddaughter of Elsie Waterland (nee Holliday) who wrote this account of a journey she made on...

18 July 2022 Maritime Volunteer, Peter Burrows had a long career in the fishing industry and now...

A blog by Maritime Volunteer Julie Corbett.

1 July 2022 Here’s the latest update on the Hull Maritime Museum refurbishment. June was another...

Alison Keld, a Hull Maritime volunteer visits The Guildhall and the Hull Tapestry that took...

Steve Hardy volunteers for the Guildhall Time Ball project and was given the opportunity to visit...

Alison Keld, volunteers for the Guildhall Time Ball project and along with other volunteers she...

1 June 2022 Nigel Larkin, our natural history conservation specialist, has sent us an update on...

30 May 2022 Heritage contractor, Simpson are now four months into a 20-month project. They have...

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...