Universidad de Hull

Kingston upon Hull / Reino Unido

La Universidad de Hull es una universidad inglesa, fundada en 1927 y ubicada en Hull, una ciudad de Yorkshire del Este. Aunque se la considera una universidad pequeña, en las décadas recientes se ha expandido, con la construcción de los edificios principales tradicionales y salas especiales para profesores.[1]​ El campus principal se encuentra en un distrito residencial del norte de Hull en Cottingham Road y alberga la Escuela de Medicina Hull York, una iniciativa conjunta con la Universidad de York. La universidad tiene también un campus más pequeño en Scarborough, en la costa de Yorkshire del Norte. El Hull University Union representa los intereses de los estudiantes de la universidad. La Biblioteca Brynmor Jones, perteneciente a la universidad, fue el lugar de trabajo del célebre poeta Philip Larkin, quien fue el bibliotecario principal durante treinta años. La Philip Larkin Society organiza actividades en recuerdo de Larkin, incluyendo el festival Larkin 25, organizado durante todo 2010 en asociación con el establecimiento. La biblioteca también fue el lugar de trabajo del antiguo poeta laureado Andrew Motion y del director de cine Anthony Minghella. Lord Wilberforce fue el canciller de la universidad desde 1978 hasta 1994; lo sucedió Robert Armstrong hasta 2006 y luego Virginia Bottomley, la canciller actual, que ostenta el cargo desde abril de 2006. Los alumnos de la Universidad de Hull se han destacado en el campo académico, periodístico y literario. Algunos estudiantes destacados son el antiguo Primer Ministro Lord Prescott de Kingston-upon-Hull , el científico social Lord Anthony Giddens, el poeta Roger McGough, el periodista John McCarthy, el presidente de The Coca-Cola Company Muhtar Kent y el político y escritor Chris Mullin.

Hull Maritime Museum

Kingston upon Hull / Reino Unido

The Hull Maritime Museum is a museum in Kingston upon Hull, England, that explores the seafaring heritage of the city and its environs. The museum's stated mission is "To preserve and make available the maritime history of Hull and east Yorkshire through artefacts and documents".

Ferens Art Gallery

Kingston upon Hull / Reino Unido

The Ferens Art Gallery is an art gallery in the English city of Kingston upon Hull. The site and money for the gallery were donated to the city by Thomas Ferens, after whom it is named. The architects were S. N. Cooke and E. C. Davies. Opened in 1927, it was restored and extended in 1991. The gallery features an extensive array of both permanent collections and roving exhibitions. Among the exhibits is a portrait of an unknown woman by Frans Hals. The building also houses a children's gallery and a popular cafe. The building is now a Grade II listed building.In 2009, an exhibition and live performance took place at the venue, to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the opening of The New Adelphi Club, a live music venue less than 2 miles north.In 2013, the gallery acquired a fourteenth-century painting by Pietro Lorenzetti, depicting Christ Between Saints Paul and Peter. The acquisition was jointly funded by the Ferens Endowment Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Art Fund.In May 2015, it was announced that the gallery would get a £4.5 million makeover to enable it to host the Turner Prize in 2017 as part of the UK City of Culture programme. The gallery reopened on 13 January 2017. On 8 February 2017, Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall visited the gallery to view the completed refurbishment.In January 2018, Hull City Council announced that a record 519,000 visits has been made to the gallery during 2017.

Guildhall, Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull / Reino Unido

The Guildhall is a building on Alfred Gelder Street in the City of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The building is currently the headquarters of Hull City Council but is also used as a venue for conferences, civic receptions and formal dinners. It is a Grade II* listed building status.

Streetlife Museum of Transport

Kingston upon Hull / Reino Unido

The Streetlife Museum of Transport is a transport museum located in Kingston upon Hull, England. The roots of the collection date back to the early 20th century, however the purpose-built museum the collection is housed in was opened in 1989 by the then Hull East MP, John Prescott. Core areas of the collection include Veteran cars, horse-drawn carriages and objects relating to local public transport. The museum forms part of the Museums Quarter in Hull, based on the historic High Street in the Old Town of the city. The Museums Quarter comprises the Streetlife Museum, the Hull and East Riding Museum , the Arctic Corsair trawler and Wilberforce House Museum. The site is managed by Hull Museums, a department of Hull City Council on behalf of the people of the city.

Wilberforce House

Kingston upon Hull / Reino Unido

Wilberforce House is the birthplace of William Wilberforce , the British politician, abolitionist and social reformer, located in the High Street, Kingston upon Hull, England. Like the nearby Blaydes House and Maister House, the building was formerly a Merchant's house with access to quayside on the River Hull. It is now part of Hull's Museums Quarter incorporating the Nelson Mandela garden.William Wilberforce was MP for Kingston upon Hull and was most influential in the abolition of slavery in Great Britain and its colonies, which became his life's work. The house is now a museum showcasing the life and work of one of Hull's most famous sons. It is also classified as a Grade I listed building. The museum re-opened on 25 March 2007, after a two-year £1.6 million redevelopment, in time for the 200th anniversary of Wilberforce's Act of Parliament abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.The new exhibition has a broad focus on the history of slavery in addition to items relating to the life and work of Wilberforce. The front garden to the museum contains a statue of Wilberforce which underwent a £10,000 restoration in 2011. The statue was designated a Grade II* in 1994 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England. Adjoining the site is Oriel Chambers, the home of the University of Hull's Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation which conducts research into historic and contemporary forms of slavery.The house also exhibits the East Yorkshire regimental collection.