I love this place only because it really reminded me when I was in primary school. It is also a…read morelovely to take your dogs for a walk along the canal, river ouse... it even have a nature trail nearby.

This is a very interesting small museum that is a high-achieving charity in the field of youth…read morework. There are outdoor exhibits of boats and coal-carrying equipment that are also very well worth looking at.

Most, if not all, of Hulls museums are free to get into…read more This one is a gem. I was so busy enjoying it, when I was a student, I managed to get locked in at lunchtime. Displays include the only dinosaur bones to have been found in East Yorkshire, Bronze Age warriors and their huts, and spectacular treasures from the Middle Ages. You can stroll through an Iron Age village and visit a Roman bath house. For me the awesome thing is the boat. In a glass tank, constantly sprayed with wax and water is this enormous wooden boat, an Iron Age logboat the Hasholme boat was installed in the gallery within its conservation chamber in 1988. They then shut the museum for restoration and archeological exploration (under it) but when it reopened they had created new Celtic World displays (1991) and put in a Mezzanine floor. Late 1990s displays about the prehistoric period in East Yorkshire were created. The Roman galleries were refurbished in 2002 and, in 2003, Anglo-Saxon and medieval displays were installed. Parts of three timber buildings have been reconstructed in the galleries and a medieval kiln reconstructed as well as a leatherworks. There is a huge Tudor gun and lots of beautiful Roman mosaics. This museum has so much and is very educational. Great views of the river too. The only photo I have of the Hasholme boat is an archeological one in situ but gives an idea of size.

I often take my kids around the Hull museums on a weekend, as they are all free to get into, and…read morethis is one of their favourites. Well worth a visit, and then you can pop into the Streelife Museum next door for free too.

William Wilberforce was the abolisher of slavery. This was his home…read more It is designed to show slavery and it's effects and there is an auction stand that has a taped voice and you can be auctioned as a slave (ok it is for kids education..I like it too) and a deck reconstruction with slaves packed in (also spaces for kids to slide in and see how it feels). It is quite a moving experience and hopefully provokes deep thoughts. Slavery IS still happening but no longer openly. These exhibits are not heavy just educational and then there are lighter displays. Toys and dolls, a reconstructed old chemists shop with all the apothacaries jars and pill making equipment, so many other things too. These are housed in the house and connecting Georgian houses. The garden is beautiful and leads down to the River Hull boardwalk. The boardwalk itself is great to sit and stroll. here were the graving docks, the arsenal, the castle once. Lots of statuery, some of slaves. Next door is a herb garden. Many happy hours can be spent here and in the rest of the cobbled old town with its quaint buildings. It is now called the Museum District as other museums are here too.

Unfortunately this museum is not the same since the refurbishments…read more I'd recommend skipping this one, and visiting Streetlife, and the Hull and East Riding Museums instead. However, don't forget that all Hull City Council museums are free entry.

The Maritime Museum moved to the old Dock Offices in 1974. The Dock Offices were formerly the home…read moreof the Hull Dock Company until 1893, when North Eastern Railway took over the running of the docks. It is a fishing and whaling museum mainly. Whale song greets you and there is a stuffed polar bear which kids love..more so since The Golden Compass. Interesting kyak and eskimo suit from an eskimo picked up at sea by a whaler I beieve. He died in Hull. They have had exhibitions on Jewish immigration to Hull after they were expelled from Russia. Told my friend the seat he was in was maybe not a good idea. The sign above his head said circumcision chair. Another exhibition was on Jonathan Swift and Gulliver. The old shareholder court houses the tempory exhibitions and the decoration is pretty cool in there. Interesting.

Interesting museum dedicated to Hull's fishing past. Yes,…read morethere is a lot of information about whaling, as Hull used to be a major whaling port, but there is also a lot of information about fishing and other maritime activities. Don't forget that all Hull City Council museums are free entry.

The museum has just been renovated and re-organised, so the Grammar School area downstairs is much…read morebetter laid out. The kids love playing schools, and learning about the Victorian era. The Egyptian mummy upstairs is a real undiscovered treasure. Don't forget that all Hull City Council museums are free entry.

We really didnt know what to expect when we went into this musuem as its so small, and there is…read morelittle more than a desk when you first walk in. It does feel a bit like the most unorganised museum in history to begn with with havng to cross back and forth from place to another to progress around the place, but seeing the real mummy upstairs was excellent! Knowing how much it can cost to see a Mummy exhibition, we were shocked that this was just here, with little more than a poster in the front entrance to say that it was. I loved seeing the kids having such a good time in the Victorian , and the room replica ands clothes upstairs as you 'walk through history' was very cool.

Burnby Hall Gardens is really just what it says, there is a huge pond (well two really) and a lot…read moreof grass/trees and plants, it is great for a picnic or drinking fine wines It is not a bad place to go for a sunny afternoon out. The Clientèle tend to be reasonably respectable, which is nice, even though you always have some kids running at ducks and generally being annoying and ruining the otherwise peaceful environment. There is an aviary which is, um, rather small. There is a woefully overpriced cafe and a nice ice cream place too. They often have a brass band on which i tended to avoid, because the parks get busy with the kind of people who like brass band music. There is also a small museum which is worth avoiding because it is very poor - unless you like to see dead creatures stuffed and mounted, and said killer of these creatures (Major Percy Stewart himself!) glorified, when in fact he must have been a vile a human to kill them. He was basically a toffy big game hunter who killed animal for fun when he grew tired of the daily humdrum of being wealthy. So to conclude the gardens are nice, the ponds and fish are nice the cafe is expensive the bands are hit and miss and the museum is terrible.

This is a great day out regardless of age be you 5 or 105 there should be something to interest…read moreyou. Located on a former wartime Air-base this museum is run by many volunteers, including an ex-rear Gunner and wireless operator who was shot up during a raid over Germany. George Martin can be found in the Air Gunners Exhibition and I can assure you a more interesting bloke with his experiences and memories of this period I have yet to meet. The Museum is spread within several restored wartime sheds which house the various themes on display, along with many restored aircraft outside and in hangers. It also still has the air traffic control tower which displays how things would have been. One of the hangers displays other restored Aircraft including, the Halifax bomber of which nearly 80 were lost during raids over Germany from this base alone. Other more modern planes are also on display including the Buccaneer, Vulcan Bomber, and Harrier to name a few. The museum continues to restore aircraft and long may it continue we had an excellent day out and at an entrance cost of only £5.00 per adult including parking it wasn't going to break the bank.

We went on a slightly miserable but warm morning. When we arrived we were very impressed with the…read moresetup of the museum. It is very well kept with lots if different executions and lots of planes to see. I was particularly impressed with the Halifax bomber! You could also try out a couple of actual cockpits and they had 2 simulators, one to practice landings and the other as a rear gunner! The sun came out and it was a glorious day, we sat outside the NAAFI with a drink and a cake from the canteen. We would highly recommend you take a trip out, the kids would love it at well!!!

This is a brilliant art space built into a converted church not far from the centre of town. There…read moreare always new displays in and visiting artists, so it is always worth popping in to see what is on. It has a good cafe with a relaxed atmosphere, which sells decent snacks and coffee.