A range of free activities take place throughout the year, all with a maritime twist! Check this page for details about our next event
- Hands On with maritime treasures
Every Thursday, 1 - 3pm at Streetlife Museum and Hull and East Riding Museum
Hull Maritime volunteers are delivering object handling sessions for you to get hands on with our maritime history.
Since the 12th century when Monks from Meaux Abbey built a quay to trade their wool from, the River Hull has played an integral part in Hull’s maritime story. Using items from our handling collections we look at the goods traded, life and wildlife on the river and how the docks were expanded from the River Hull over the last 800 years. - Little Sailors Storytime
Thursday 6 March, 1.30 - 2.30pm at Western Library
Celebrate World Book Day as Hull Maritime presents stories, songs and crafts with a maritime theme. Suitable for children up to five years old. Just turn up. - Ravenser Odd Flag Making Workshop
Wednesday 12 March, Cleethorpes Library. 2 - 4pm
Join artist Square Peg for a creative workshop exploring life in the lost city of Ravenser Odd.
Free drop session for the whole family. - Tudor heritage walk with Paul Schofield
Sunday 16 March, 11am at Queen Victoria Statue, Queen Victoria Square.
This gentle tour focuses on the Tudor period, highlighting the significant impact of Henry VIII in fortifying the eastern defences of the city. The tour will culminate at the historic South Blockhouse, where participants will learn about this hidden gem of Hull’s past and the exciting future plans for its preservation and engagement. Free and no need to book. - Tudor heritage walk with Paul Schofield
Saturday 29 March, 11am at Queen Victoria Statue, Queen Victoria Square.
This gentle tour focuses on the Tudor period, highlighting the significant impact of Henry VIII in fortifying the eastern defences of the city. The tour will culminate at the historic South Blockhouse, where participants will learn about this hidden gem of Hull’s past and the exciting future plans for its preservation and engagement. Free and no need to book. - Ravenser Odd Flag Making Workshop
Saturday 12 April, Grimsby Library. 10am - 1pm
Join artist Square Peg for a creative workshop exploring life in the lost city of Ravenser Odd.
Free drop session for the whole family. - Scrap Boat Building Challenge
Monday 14 April, 1 - 3pm
Hull and East Riding Museum, Museum Quarter
Boats have been built in Hull for nearly 800 years. Join us at Hull and East Riding Museum to have a go at building your very own buoyant boat out of scrap and test it in our water tanks. Can you find a way to make it move?
Free, drop-in - Future Transport
Thursday 17 April, 10am - 12noon
Streetlife Museum, Museum Quarter
This is a quiet session with limited numbers designed for children who have a disability, are neurodivergent, or experience anxiety. In the session, children will work with Hull Museum staff to design and build their own future cargo carrying transport and drive it around our track. Using construction materials, participants will make their own vehicle powered by our incredible Sphero robots.
Book your free place here. - Future Transport
Thursday 17 April, 1 - 3pm Streetlife Museum
Many of the vehicles in the Streetlife museum were used for carrying people or goods from or to Hull’s docks. Can you design the cargo or people carrying transport for the future? Consider what you want your vehicle to carry, how it will navigate the tight streets of Hull and drive it around our track using our incredible Sphero robots.
Free, drop-in - Light up. A relaxed Hull Maritime Family Activity
Tuesday 27 May, 10am - 12noon
Streetlife Museum, Museum Quarter
This is a quiet craft session with limited numbers designed for children who have a disability, are neurodivergent, or experience anxiety. In the session, children will work with Hull Museum staff to make their own light up sculpture or stencil art inspired by the Spurn Lightship.
Book your free place here. - Light up. A Hull Maritime Family Activity
Tuesday 27 May, 1 - 3pm,
Streetlife Museum, Museum Quarter
For nearly fifty years, Spurn Lightship’s light guided thousands of Sailors Home into the Humber and has since become a key feature of Hull’s skyline at the Marina. Come and join us at Streetlife Museum and create your own light sculpture and chalk stencil inspired by the ship’s iconic light.
Free, drop-in
