HULL CITY COUNCIL MUSEUMS
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The free entrance museums and art gallery in Kingston-Upon-Hull are all maintained , run and funded through the Leisure Services Department of the local council . The Maritime Museum until the early seventies was ... Read review
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We are sailing Review ofThe Town Docks Maritime Museum Hullby
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Advantages: Free entrance , educational , lovely building , interesting Disadvantages: As always could be bigger to house more of its collection
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The free entrance museums and art gallery in Kingston-Upon-Hull are all maintained , run and funded through the Leisure Services Department of the local council . The Maritime Museum until the early seventies was housed in a small museum based at Pickering Park Hull . This was away from the city centre on the road to Hessle .
I remember this museum as a child in the fifties . Of course at that time it looked vast but really it was quite ... ...was a huge port .In the sixties Hull was the third largest port in England . Hard to believe now .
As fishing declined I suppose the powers that be saw the importance of preserving artefacts from that past . How right they were and what a vast store of information the Maritime Museum holds .
THE TOWN DOCKS MUSEUM
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I have already written a review about the council's Ferens Art Gallery which is across from ...
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Advantages: No longer smells of fish, even Warty Doris Disadvantages: Sometimes smells of failure
...gallery. Though not worth a visit to the city in itself, it has an excellent collection of art from all periods, and hosts regular major touring exhibitions. The nearby TownDocksMuseum provides a worthy, if staid insight into Hull's maritime history, including a lot of information on whaling. Admission to both is free.
The main shopping centre is compact and almost totally pedestrianised. Like all of Hull, it is flat, making it easy to walk round, if rather featureless. Streets are generally clean and well-maintained. Paid guides used to wait at several points to help confused visitors, though I rarely saw them do anything other than stand around shivering.
The city's eateries have improved considerably in recent years, with national chains such as Pizza Express and Ask moving in. Cerutti's is a well-established quality seafood...
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