Self-directed visit to Ferens Art Gallery

All groups must pre-book their visit to the Ferens Art Gallery.

Self-directed visits do not feature any delivered element by members of our on-site team but are the perfect way for your group to visit our museum linked to your chosen theme or topic.

Want to stay on site for lunch?

There is a small charge of £1.50 per person for the use of our on-site Education Room. (Group leaders and support staff are free).

Your group will be invoiced for this after your visit.

Key information

• Ferens Art Gallery opens at 10am (Monday to Saturday) and 11am on Sundays - we are unable to allow entry into the building before this time
• We have allocated your visit as a full-day visit but you can state at the time of booking what time you estimate you will be arriving and departing
• Last entry into the building is 4pm (Monday to Saturday) and 3.30pm on Sunday.
• To ensure your group's enjoyment and that of other visitors, we ask that large groups stagger their entry into the building to help with general visitor flow - a maximum of 70 group members at a time.
• Our Studio space can accommodate a maximum of 70 group members plus group leaders/support staff. Large groups will be asked to stagger their lunches

Pre-visit Information

Please ensure you download the Self-directed groups terms and conditions. This sets out our expectations for group behaviour on site and will help with your risk planning.

Cancellation policy - applicable to groups who have booked a lunch room

If you accept this visit but are unable to attend, please cancel your visit via Eventbrite by logging into your account and cancelling your booked ticket. We ask that where possible, this is done within 4 weeks (28 days) of the visit as another school may be able to book the slot.

Cancellations will be charged on a sliding scale:

• If you fail to cancel your visit and do not attend your booked visit, you will be charged 100% of the full lunch room fee.
• Cancellations within one week (7 days) of the booked visit date will be charged 50% cost of the full lunch room fee.
• Cancellations within two weeks (14 days) of the booked visit date will be charged 25% cost of the lunch room fee.

If you need to reschedule your booking, please feel free to visit Eventbrite to check alternative availability, or please email museums@hcandl.co.uk. You can make changes to your booking by logging into your Eventbrite account.

If we (Hull Museums & Gallery) have to cancel your visit due to unforeseen circumstances, your school won’t be charged.

Bookings for self-directed group visits and our on-site lunch space are done separately via the two sections below.

Please note that availability for our on-site space for lunch is very limited and does not always correlate with the dates listed for self-directed group visits. Your group will not be able to access the space for lunch if you have not booked this in advance.