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We're proud of our new exhibition 'Mariners: Race, Religion and Empire in British Ports 1801-1914' in partnership with University of Bristol and Mission to Seafarers The Mission to Seafarers funded by UKAHRC. On until 26 June. Hull Maritime Hull Libraries Hull City Council ABP Humber

Born #OTD 1863 100 Anlaby Road #Hull Sir John Reeves Ellerman, self-made financier and shipowner, bought Hull's Wilson Line 1916. "He existed solely to make money, something he did uniquely well although just how he did this remains thoroughly opaque" (National Biography). Hull Maritime

Cllr Cheryl Payne takes up an office which dates from 1331 when the post of Mayor was created by King Edward III. The post was to be elective rather than that of a Keeper appointed by the King. Elevated to Lord Mayor in 1914. Hull City Council Hull Museums Hull Libraries

Tomorrow 17 May, being the third Saturday of the month, we're open 9.30-12.30. Our Lego Club runs 10-12. Free, drop in for families, children must be supervised. Hull City Council Hull Libraries Hull Museums VisitHullEvents A Mischief of Rats 2025

An unexpectedly #Hull story about poets and lawns tinyurl.com/3wuaddnb - research by Francesca Gardner of St Catharine's College mentioning Andrew Marvell and Philip Larkin - both a danger to wildlife when cutting grass. Here's Larkin's lawnmower Hull Libraries Hull Museums

More #Hull poets and grass from Paul Schofield PhilipLarkinSociety

Funny you should mention this, as I went to the 'New Eyes Each Year' exhibition University of Hull in 2017! This lawnmower partially inspired + featured in my paper on Larkin's machines for the 2022 PhilipLarkinSociety conference, some of which was then incorporated into the new Critical Quarterly study

To celebrate #InternationalMuseumDay yesterday why not look at our newest blog? Discover the treasures of Hull’s lost museum and find out what happened to it here: tinyurl.com/ymp97vbk #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2025 Hull Museums Hull Libraries

#OTD in 1941, former Hull FC player Arnold Bateson tirelessly, at great personal risk, excavated a resident and held up a sagging wall from collapse whilst working on the bombed Pickering Almshouses. Still under shell fire and no light he was later awarded the B.E.M. #HullBlitz

Our good friend Alec Gill has an exhibition of his amazing photographs of the Hessle Road fishing community on until 12 June across the road Ron Dearing UTC 17:00-18:00, admission free, booking required. 01482 222299 Hull Maritime VisitHullEvents Hull Libraries

It's the 95th birthday of #Hull-born and Kingston High School educated Professor Sir Stanley Wells, the great William Shakespeare scholar. Hull Libraries Hull Museums HullEnglish

#BiodiversityDay we look at Hulls first nature reserve, Noddle Hill. Designated in 2012 it was originally called Hoasham Hill when High Bransholme farm was built in the 1830s. Gone by the 1990’s the site has become a national example of natural rewilding. UN Biodiversity UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

For #SherlockHolmesDay today - here's the registration card for #Hull's actual Sherlock Holmes (born 1897), of Hull City Council telephone department, for Civil Defence work 1943. We've come across him in other records. Does anyone remember him? Hull Museums Hull Libraries

A great view of the timber yards at Victoria Dock sometime in the '60s or 70s. In the foreground is the pump house for the hydraulic operation of the lock gates (bottom corner left) between the River Hull and the dock itself. Hull Maritime Hull Libraries

Excellent family history research on #Hull's own Sherlock Holmes.

And this is beautiful - Zoë Smith says our Sherlock had a younger brother called Mycroft!

#OTD 1660 Charles II landed from exile at Dover. The hostility of #Hull's citizens to this man - its republican governor Robert Overton - prevented him preparing armed resistance by the garrison to the King's Restoration. The Cromwell Museum Hull Museums Hull Libraries

Over the weekend was 95 years since Amy Johnson completed 11,000 miles from Croydon to Darwin. The first solo women to succeed she returned to Hull attending a dinner and procession from the Aerodrome to her home via City Hall. Amy Johnson Arts Trust Historic Croydon Airport #Darwin

There's a poem called 'Doctor Who' in the archive of #Hull poet Tony F Griffin which we hold. As today's not one of our open Saturdays a trip to the History Centre to see it would've been futile... PhilipLarkinSociety Hull Libraries Hull Museums

#OTD in 1829 Junction Dock opened. Several churches in the vicinity rung their bells and flags were hoisted from the ships, including Trinity House Yacht which was the centre piece of the day. Today, it is home to Prince’s Quay Shopping Centre. ABP: the UK’s leading ports group Princes Quay