Maritime Hull is one of Yorkshire's top holiday locations for award-winning and internationally acclaimed free museums and galleries. From top European provincial art gallery the Ferens art gallery in Hull city centre to great interactive family friendly free museums like the Hull Maritime Museum and the Streetlife museum, Hull city centre offers superb budget cultural breaks with a family friendly edge. Many famous names herald from Hull including Britain's most famous anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce.
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Housed within Wilberforce's birthplace home, Wilberforce House in Hull city centre is essential visiting to discover the history of anti-slavery campaign in Britain with Hull's own William Wilberforce as a key player. Places to stay in Hull city centre include a great choice of budget Hull hotels and stylish quality Hull city centre apartments. For shopping breaks in Yorkshire, Hull city centre offers a great mix of high street fashion favourites and a vintage clothing and accessories shopping scene
Attractions and things to do in Hull City Centre include a choice of first class family friendly museums and galleries, most of which are free entry museums and galleries. Maritime Hull is home to the the world's only submarium, award-winning 'The Deep' on Hull's waterfront which is easily one of the world's most exciting aquariums with a dynamic design inclusive of shark tunnels and a host of interactive themed aquarium areas from 'Kingdom of Ice' to the 'Deep Blue One' and 'The Industrial Seas'. Cutting edge features abound in not to be missed Yorkshire family attraction The Deep in Hull including the world's only underground lift.
Clustered mostly around the charming heritage museum quarter in Hull, collections across Hull museums and galleries are internationally renowned with the Ferens Art Gallery one of Britain's hidden gem art galleries. The eight outstanding free museums in Hull city centre include Wilberforce House situated on the old Maritime High Street just a short walk from The Deep and housed within Wilberforce's birthplace home. Hull born William Wilberforce became Britain's most famous and well known anti-slavery campaigner and exhibits within the beautifully preserved Wilberforce House museum dig deep into the history of slavery in Britain, Wilberforce's efforts and role towards abolition and Hull port's links with the slave trade. The story of the history of maritime Hull is continued in the impressive city centre Hull Maritime Museum, a free entry museum housed within the old Dock offices. Exhibitions within include maritime paintings and are linked to key themes in Hull's history including whaling and fishing. Well worth a visit in conjunction with tours of the Hull Maritime Museum is a guided tour around the Arctic Corsair, a famous local fishing vessel berthed on the river at Hull.
Interactive and great for families, the Streetlife Museum in Hull city centre, just a short stroll from Wilberforce House, is a journey through the transport history of Hull and the East Yorkshire area. Precious heritage transport vehicles, all interactive, are on display within the Streetlife Museum in Hull City centre. Highlights include a recreated 1940s high street. East Yorkshire and the old South Riding area has featured strongly on TV and film, including in a TV series based on Winifred Holtby's novel on local government 'South Riding'. Fans of this great novel and Winifred Holtby, who tragically died young, should head to the family friendly Hull History Centre on Worship Street in Hull city centre to view the Winifred Holtby collection. Other collections on famous people from Hull are also held at the superb Hull History Centre including the Philip Larkin and William Wilberforce collections plus the archive of famous female flyer Amy Johnson. Fun family events at the Hull History Centre are year round.
The Ferens Art Gallery in Hull City Centre flanking Hull's beautiful city centre square and just across from the Hull Maritime Museum, is one of Europe's great provincial art galleries. A jewel art collection is within this free gallery in Hull city centre featuring work by the great European old masters from Hals to Canaletto to contemporary giants like Hockney and Spencer. Brilliantly displayed in an accessible and friendly way, with lots of interactive things to do with children, The Ferens Art Gallery is essential visiting for art lovers in Yorkshire.
Places to stay in Hull city centre range from quality Hull city centre hotels to luxury Hull city centre apartments and cosy friendly Hull B&Bs. Budget hotels in Hull city centre hotels in Hull city centre are numerous, all ideally situated near Hull city centre shops, restaurants and the outstanding choice of free museums and galleries in Hull city centre.
Exquisite waterfront accommodation in Hull city centre can be found around Hull marina or opt for great self-catering apartments in Hull city centre ideally close to Hull museums and galleries and the city's museums quarter centred around Wilberforce House. Shopping in Hull City Centre offers a great mix of modern beautifully designed shopping centres, funky vintage shopping quarters and plenty of high street fashion favourites. Shopping breaks in Hull city centre offer a best city shopping experience in Yorkshire.
Hidden gem vintage clothing shops can be found in Yorkshire university city Hull and essential visiting is the stylish and contemporary Princes Quay Shopping Centre with over 70 shops and an on-site cinema. Places to eat and drink in Hull city centre are numerous. Ample choice of world cuisine restaurants in Hull City Centre nestle close to the choice of quality Hull city centre hotels. Everything from authentic Italian restaurants to traditional real ale pubs and great Chinese restaurants can be found in Hull city centre.
Take premier theatre breaks in Hull city centre and enjoy cutting edge drama and family theatre shows at acclaimed Hull city centre arts venues and theatres like the legendary Hull Truck theatre and premier UK touring theatre venue the Hull New Theatre.
