Heritage Open Days

Friday 6 September, 2pm, 

Ferens Art Gallery

Join the curatorial team at the Ferens to learn about new research into Lacemakers, Ceylon, by Edward Atkinson Hornel. Purchased for Hull in 1908, this beautifully executed painting tells a dark story of child labour and trafficking in the British Empire. Learn about what Gallery founder Thomas Ferens thought of this, and how the artist approached his subject to create this complex and important work.

Free, drop-in.

Tuesday 10 September, 10am-12pm 

Streetlife Museum

Join our Collections Curator and learn about the different techniques our curatorial team use to clean and care for our collections. 

Free drop-in

Thursday 12 September, 2pm.

Hull and East Riding Museum of Archaeology

Join our Curator of Archaeology, to explore connections, routes and networks in Neolithic and Bronze Age East Yorkshire. Handle real prehistoric objects and find out what they can reveal about the movement of people, raw materials, and new ideas - over land and sea – during this early period.

Free drop-in

Thursday 12 September, 1.30pm

Ferens Art Gallery

This talk is a rare opportunity to hear 'straight from the horses mouth' of the building of our magnificent Humber Bridge, which commenced in 1973. Douglas Strachan, the Project Director of the original construction contract, recounts the story.

Free drop-in

13 September 11am

Ferens Art Gallery

Join the curatorial team at the Ferens to learn about new research into Lacemakers, Ceylon, by Edward Atkinson Hornel. Purchased for Hull in 1908, this beautifully executed painting tells a dark story of child labour and trafficking in the British Empire. Learn about what Gallery founder Thomas Ferens thought of this, and how the artist approached his subject to create this complex and important work.

Free, drop-in