Events

Kids in Museums LogoThere is an exciting programme of events including new exhibitions and lots of events for all the family! Please check further details for a description of the event including times. Unless otherwise stated all events are FREE and at the History Centre - location details and map. 
Telephone (01482 317500), e-mail historycentre@hullcc.gov.uk or drop by to reserve your place on the informal tours and courses as places are limited!!

When What Where
1st and 3rd Thursday of the month

10am–12pm

Family History Helpdesk
Volunteers from the city’s family history societies provide one to one support on your family tree research. No need to book, just come along – please call us to check if you are unsure of the dates.

 Library

Wednesdays
18 Jan - 8 Feb
2-4pm

 Beverley Road
4 week Local History course 

How many of Beverley Road's grand terraces survive?
Just how grand was Brunswick House?
Is 'The Bull' Beverley Road's oldest pub?

 Lecture Theatre
Thursdays
19 Jan - 9 Feb
10.30-12.30pm		 4 week - Family History for Beginners Course
This course is for absolute beginners and will give you the skills you need to get started tracing your roots.		  
6th-25th Feb Freetown Schools Twinning exhibition Arcade
27 Jan - 29 Feb 'Speak Up, Speak Out'
a small display of work by undergraduates at WISE 		 Arcade
Tue 14 Feb
12.30-1.30pm		 Lunchtime Club
Charles Staniland Wake - A Victorian Mystery Solved by Jill Crowther 		 Lecture Theatre
Thursdays
1st-22nd  Mar
10.30-12.30pm		 4 week - Family History for Beginners Course
This course is for absolute beginners and will give you the skills you need to get started tracing your roots.		  
Tue 13 Mar
12.30-1.30pm		 Lunchtime Club
From Hull to Ypres: Mud, blood and fruitless Flanders offensives by John Grosser 		 Lecture Theatre
Sat 31 Mar
10am-4pm

Hessle Road - one day workshop
Did it only ever support the 'village within a city' of the fishing community?

 Lecture Theatre
Tue 10 Apr
12.30-1.30pm		 Lunchtime Club
Antiquarians, Scandals and Frauds: Recording Hull’s History by Paul Leaver		 Lecture Theatre
Wednesdays
18 Apr - 9 May
2-4pm

Hessle Road
4 week Local History course 
Where was van Dieman's Land?
Who lived at Field House?
What became of Hotham Street?

 Lecture Theatre

Tue 8 May
12.30-1.30pm

Lunchtime Club
Breakfast with Bonaparte, Events in the Royal Naval Career of Vice Admiral Sir Henry Hotham KCB (1777-1833) by Dr. Martin L Robson

 Lecture Theatre
1st-30th June Roma & Gypsy Traveller exhibition Arcade
Sat 2 Jun
1-3pm		 Acoustic in the Archives Park
Tue 12 June
12.30-1.30pm		 Lunchtime Club
Abolitionist Experimentation in Sierra Leone: Conflicting Ideas and Expectations by Professor Suzanne Schwarz		 Lecture Theatre
Sat 30 Jun
10am-4pm

Anlaby Road - one day workshop
Was it ever a 'striking picture of a modern street landscape'?

 Lecture Theatre
Wednesdays
1 Jul - 25 July
2-4pm		 Anlaby Road
4 week Local History course 
Where was Brown Cow Field?
What service did Hope House provide?
What went on at Hengler's Cirque? 		 Lecture Theatre
Tue 10 July
12.30-1.30pm		 Lunchtime Club
Titanic: THE Local Connection by Sheila Dixon		 Lecture Theatre
Sat 20 Oct 10am-4pm

Hedon Road - one day workshop
Was it ever just 'an area of working class housing, industry and docks'?

 Lecture Theatre
Wednesdays
7 Nov - 28 Nov 2-4pm		 Hedon Road
4 week Local History course 

Where was Sollitt Street?
Who played on the Craven Street Football Ground?
Did Marine View Terrace have a marine view?

 Lecture Theatre