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Works to lay new high quality granite paving have commenced around the inner circle of the Rose Bowl. 

October 2024 More than 3,000 herbaceous plants are being planted in the new rain gardens as part of the...

October 2024 The wheel on board the Spurn Lightship is one of the many focal points with visitors and played...

September 2024 Queens Gardens is steeping in maritime history. As part of its future, the artwork has...

September 2024  The much loved flower beds are returning to the Rose Bowl following some TLC. Now,...

September 2024 As part of the new visitor attraction at North End Shipyard, Hull's last remaining crane is...

Square Peg Hull artists have been busy running creative workshops with families at Bransholme Library.

A number of 12metre high sculptural lighting columns have been installed along the edge of Queens Gardens,...

The first phase of work to restore an historic dry dock at North End Shipyard and become the new home of the...

Hull Maritime have so far funded 46 creative taster workshops giving people the chance to learn something new and...

Hull Maritime recently attended a performance of Time and Tide: Songs and Sketches from Holderness, Hull and the...

A new building which is set to become a museum at North End Shipyard that will tell the story of the Arctic...

As part of the Queens Gardens transformation, new art installations will celebrate Hull’s maritime past.

Three carved stone panels in Queens Gardens have been cleaned and restored on site within the gardens as part of...

A new dock gate is being fabricated as part of the Arctic Corsair’s new home at North End Shipyard.

Local student, Ben Keen, recently had the opportunity to photograph one of Square Peg Hull's creative workshops...

Hull's Maritime Museum is being transformed into a 21st century museum, revealing some of the original Grade II...

The city's rich maritime collection comprising of 40,000 objects, each a physical reminder of Hull’s...

A new visitor centre to showcase the history of the area and the career of the Arctic Corsair is making good...

Nigel Larkin, a specialist conservator of natural history specimens, has been undertaking vital work on seven of...

Work to plant 323 semi-mature trees in multiple city centre locations and surrounding areas has started. As part...

C R Reynolds are continuing to make good progress on redeveloping Queens Gardens. Here is an update. 

An outdoor performance of Tower of Light took place on Hull Marina on Thursday 14 March. Thousands of people came...

The Spurn Lightship made a short journey across Hull Marina to new, permanent berth on 27 February 2024. Work will...

Square Peg artists are running a series of creative workshops with students at Malet Lambert school, exploring...

Here is the latest update for Queens Gardens and the progress being made.

As finishing touches and final snagging continue on the Arctic Corsair, here are some images of the progress being...

As 2023 draws to a close, here is the latest restoration update for the Arctic Corsair.

In total, 130 new trees will be planted in Queens Gardens as part of a major refurbishment.

Ebben Nursery in the Netherlands has lifted and prepared the 20 Metasequoia Glyptostroboides (Dawn Redwood) for...

December 2023Hull’s last remaining sidewinder trawler has reached a key stage in its restoration journey. The...

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

In twentieth-century Hull, thousands of women worked in the city’s food processing industry, salting cod, ‘bashing...

September sees the team at Simpson York Limited make further progress to transform the museum. Here's a behind the...

One of the best rooms in the city is being restored as part of a major programme to refurbish the Maritime Museum....

Dave Steele was a community activist in Hull in the early 1970s working at the Outsider Community Projects Trust...

Local contractor, CR Reynolds are 13 weeks in a 14 month programme to improve Queens Gardens. Here's an update...

There's been a hive of activity on the roof of the Maritime Museum as scaffolding starts to come down and the...

A team of 20 are continuing to work on the Arctic Corsair to give the trawler a new lease of life.

Members of the STAND committee and a working group of volunteers with experience of being at sea visited the...

Work to create a new visitor centre at North End Shipyard is making good progress.

The restoration of the Arctic Corsair, by Dunston's Ship Repairs, continues with more progress being made. Here...

June 2023 Work by Yorkshire based contractors, Simpson (York) Limited continues. Here is an update on the major...

Important Stories in Unexpected Places: Hull Maritime launch series of pop-up exhibitions for 2023.

The restoration of the Arctic Corsair, by Dunston's Ship Repairs, is progressing well. Here are a few before and...

The restoration of the Arctic Corsair, by Dunston's Ship Repairs, is progressing well. Here are a few before and...

March 2023 The Spurn Lightship has received a 14-month restoration programme by local company, Dunston Ship...

As part of our collections care programme, several paintings have been conserved to make sure they are in the best...

As part of our collections care programme, several paintings have been conserved to make sure they are in the best...

Several paintings from our maritime collection needed some TLC before their go back on display once the...

As part of our collections care programme, several paintings have been conserved to make sure they are in the best...

As part of our collections care programme, several paintings have been conserved to make sure they are in the best...

The restoration of the Spurn Lightship is reaching the final stages, with just a few months left to complete the...

Humber Field archaeology are currently on site at the North end Shipyard monitoring the initial ground reduction...

Our Curatorial Team is undertaking a costume review in preparation for new displays in the Maritime Museum.

Some of the team visited Blyth and the William II Tall Ship, another National Lottery Heritage Fund funded project...

Our Conservation and Engagement Officer, Stathis Tsolis has recently conserved a Walrus Tusk.

Hull Maritime Museum is undergoing a major refurbishment to create a 21st century museum as well we revealing...

In June, both Spurn Lightship and Arctic Corsair were shotblasted, a process of remove decades of dirt and paint....

A number of maritime paintings were selected to receive conservation treatment at the conservation studio of...

The Awakening, Hull’s first major event of the year, took place on 18 and 19 March 2022 and drew in thousands of...

The Arctic Corsair was moved from a temporary berth on Alexandra Dock to a local shipyard, Dunston's Ship Repairs...

The Hull Kraken brought the streets and key landmarks in Hull city centre with an infestation of tentacles and...

The second step in the conservation process is to remove the paintings from their frames and give them a good...

'Technical Examination' is the first step in the conservation process. Technical examination allows conservators...

Paul Hurst from Beverley has a passion for photography and embarked on further education taking City & Guild...

The Fruit Market, Humber Street.

This gallery is by Paul Hurst from Beverley. These images are of the Canada Wreck Race 1999 and 2000.

Paul Hurst from Beverley has delved into his archive of images and this time we have some of Hull's trawlers, all...

The Spurn Lightship taken around 1997/9.

Our thanks go to Paul Hurst for supplying these wonderful images.

A number of Hull’s historic maritime paintings from the Hull Maritime Museum, some dating back to the 1700s, have...

Work to carefully dismantle and move the skeleton of a juvenile North Atlantic right whale and seven other marine...