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Major Partner Museums funding creates cultural jobs for the Humber Region

Funding released to the Humber Museums Partnership as part of Arts Council England’s Major Partner Museums programme is helping to create seventeen new roles for the Humber region. The seventeen roles, spread across different projects at the Ferens Art Gallery, Wilberforce House Museum, Hull Maritime Museum, The Treasure House in Beverley, The North Lincolnshire Museum and Normanby Hall in North Lincolnshire, will help further develop the Humber’s region’s reputation for cultural excellence in the build-up to the City of Culture in 2017. Hull, along with local authority run museums

Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre shares funding success

Landing a £3,000 grant from the Joining Up The Humber Museums (JUTHM) partnership has meant new tackle for Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre (GFHC), new learning experiences for staff and volunteers and new shared resources for other museums and heritage sites across the Humber region. The 23-year-old attraction at Alexandra Dock has used the Arts Council England funding on conservation grade costume display equipment and professional costume care training to improve its standards of collections care, which has helped it maintain its important accreditation standard. Throughout the process

Poppies connect pupils at Remembrance school service

St Lawrence's Church, Scunthorpe, 11 November 2014It’s personal for the 200 primary school children attending a special school remembrance service at St Lawrence’s Church in Scunthorpe on Tuesday 11 November, who each made a poppy to remember the life of a soldier from the region who died during WW1. These poppies now feature in a new remembrance art installation in the church which will provide a focal point for reflection during the service. Six primary schools in North Lincolnshire responded to Hull-based artist Martin Water’s call for help to create over 10,000 paper poppies for a

Grant success sheds new light on WW1 in Withernsea

A lighthouse is the latest museum to see the benefits of Arts Council England funding made available through the Joining Up The Humberside Museums (JUTHM) partnership. Thanks to the £6,000 grant Withernsea Lighthouse Museum now has a new permanent World War One exhibition and its first schools’ resource pack, both of which show how the war impacted on the Holderness area and reveal new information in the process. “We’ve found out things no-one knew about such as the training camp two miles outside Withernsea which JRR Tolkien would have used when he was sent to Roos to recuperate after

Poppy art first for Scunthorpe church

7-20 November 2014Thousands of poppies handmade by schools, community groups and museum visitors across the Humber region will be displayed in a special Remembrance Day art installation at St Lawrence’s Church in Scunthorpe from 7-20 November. The poppies, which were made over the summer to commemorate the First World War, have been imaginatively transformed by Hull-based artist Martin Waters into a powerful 3-D reminder of the horrors of war, all the more poignant because every poppy is tagged with the name of a soldier from the region who died during the conflict. In a personal touch,

Poppy sculpture starts Remembrance Day season at Beverley Minster

29 October to 19 NovemberThousands of poppies handmade by schools, community groups and museum visitors across the Humber region will form part of a special Remembrance Day art installation at Beverley Minster from 29 October - 19 November. The poppies, which were made over the summer to commemorate the First World War, have been imaginatively transformed by Hull-based artist Martin Waters into a powerful 3-D reminder of the horrors of war, all the more poignant because every poppy is tagged with the name of a soldier from the region who died during the conflict. Visitors will also be

Poppy sculptures put the focus on remembrance in Hull

Thousands of poppies handmade by schools, community groups and museum visitors across Humberside will form part of two special Remembrance Day art installations in Hull by local artist Martin Waters at Ferens Art Gallery, from 27 October - 23 November, and Holy Trinity Parish Church, from 1–28 November. The poppies, which were made over the summer to commemorate the First World War, have been imaginatively transformed by Martin into two different but equally powerful 3-D reminders of the horrors of war, that, in a personal touch, visitors will be invited to add their own poppy to in

Humber poppy trail launches at Beverley Art Gallery

The first of a series of art installations that will spread across the Humber region has been revealed at Beverley Art Gallery.  The installations, made up of 100,000 poppies, by Hull-based artist Martin Waters, will incorporate nearly 10,000 poppies handmade by children and museum visitors, to commemorate the First World War. In total, Martin will create five different installations across the East Riding, Hull and North Lincolnshire as part of the Joining Up The Humber Museums initiative.  The poppies have been made by children in schools across the region, visitors to museums across

Final push for Humber region poppy challenge

27 – 28 September 2014Public participation in an ambitious project of commemoration will be given a final push on Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 September, when the North Lincolnshire Museum and Normanby Hall’s Farming Museum hosts a ‘poppy drive’! Throughout the weekend, visitors will be invited to create their own poppy, which will then feature in one of five artworks being created by Hull-based Martin Waters.  Each poppy includes a tag in which the name of someone from the Humberside region who fell in World War I – a poignant tribute to their sacrifice. “We are trying to make tens of

'Remembrance' focus for summer exhibitions and events across the Humber region

The impact of the First World War will be the focus of a host of family-friendly activities across Humberside this summer, with a co-ordinated programme of exhibitions, events and hands-on activities for visitors young organised through the Joining Up The Humber Museums (JUTHM) initiative. “As we move towards Remembrance Sunday in November, the impact of World War I is going to be discussed across classrooms, newspapers, TV and radio, and whilst many of the features will be about the national – and indeed, global – impact of the Great War, our exhibitions look at how this brutal conflict

Humber poppy challenge hits the road!

Visitors to many outdoor events around the Humber region will be invited to contribute to a series of commemorative artworks this summer, as the Joining Up The Humber Museums mobile unit hits a summer tour! The mobile unit will be packed with equipment to create paper poppies, which will then be used in a series of floral memorial installations to be created later this year by Hull-based artist, Martin Waters.  The tributes will go on display in Beverley Minster, the Ferens Art Gallery, St Lawrence’s Church in Scunthorpe and Holy Trinity Church in Hull later this year. “Over the next

Camels & cook books at the Treasure House

Saturday 12th July sees the launch of “Cavalry, Camels & Camaraderie” at the Treasure House in Beverley, an exhibition that explores the East Riding Yeomanry’s part in the Egypt/Palestine campaigns during the First World War. Councillor. Pat O’Neil, Chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council will officially open the exhibition at 1.30pm. Dr. David Marchant, museums registrar with East Riding of Yorkshire Council said: - “This campaign may not be as well known as the great battles in France, but it was fought far from home in tough conditions and the Yeomanry, who were part-time

Poppy challenge for local schools: 10,000 poppies required for remembrance artworks

A rallying call which echoesKitchener’s famous call to action has gone out across theHumberregion, as local artist Martin Waters appeals for help to create over 10,000 paper poppies for a series of remembrance artworks later in the year. The Poppy Challenge will be co-ordinated through schools and museums throughout theHumberregion over the coming months, with free packs of poppy-making materials for children to assemble.  Each poppy will feature a tag dedicating it to one of the service men and women from their local area who lost their lives in World War I. “When you talk about the

Beverley First World War commemorative exhibition looks at local scheme

The Beverley Community Museum is taking part in the East Riding’s First World War centenary commemorations with an exhibition that looks at the impact of the war in Beverley. The new exhibition, “Keeping the Home Fires Burning: how the First World War was felt in Beverley”, opens on Friday 6 June in one of the newly refurbished exhibition rooms at the Beverley Guildhall. The curator of the Guildhall, Fiona Jenkinson, said, “We are pleased to be part of the First World War commemorations, and especially with our superb new exhibition room, which has been made possible with a grant from

Burton Constable Hall needs YOU to share your war time stories

Burton Constable Hall is seeking the help of local people to share their stories from times of war (World War 1 and 2). Burton Constable wants to preserve stories and memories of how the war impacted on the Hall, the estate and its workers as part of an exhibition to be held in June 2014 in the newly restored stable block. Burton Constable is currently undergoing a £417,800 Heritage Lottery Funded development to repair and restore the derelict stable block and bring the space back to life with new interpretation and a series of fascinating exhibitions for the community and visitors. The

World War I commorative events revealed for Humber Region

Museums and galleries from the Joining up the Humber Museums (JUTHM) initiative have revealed how they will mark the centenary of the Great War this year, with a series of events, exhibitions and workshops across the East Riding,HullandNorth Lincolnshire. Commemorations start on 4 April at Normanby Hall,North Lincolnshire, with the opening of two exhibitions. ‘Normanby at War’ is a new permanent gallery exploring the history of the Hall as an auxiliary hospital between 1914 and 1919, while ‘Keep Calm and Look Fabulous' (which runs from 31 March to 28 September) follows the plight of

Humber museums report strong start to the year

Museum and gallery chiefs across the Humber region have reported increased visitor numbers over the February half term break, providing a strong foundation for growth as a series of World War I events prepares to launch across the East Riding,Hull and North Lincolnshire. Members of the Joining Up the Humber Museums (JUTHM) initiative – an Arts Council funded project – are reporting an almost universal increase in visitor traffic at all the sites that were open during the February half term, with especially strong performances from Hull’s museums and galleries, which enjoyed a 49%

Hull's Heritage Service appeals for Beryl Cook-style photos

Following in the trail of the Hockney, Leonardo Da Vinci and Andy Warhol exhibitions at the Ferens Art Gallery the Heritage Service in Hull City Council has managed to pull off another artistic coup.  This time it is a little less intellectual but with more laughs over the road at the Maritime Museum.  They have secured the exclusive loan of over 30 paintings by the exceedingly popular artist Beryl Cook. These works are all in private ownership and very rarely seen in public.    Known by many for her fun depictions of well-rounded ordinary folk having a good time Beryl Cook’s paintings

New website highlights Humber region's collection-rich museums

With Hull named as City of Culture 2017, the teams behind the museums throughout the Humber region have over the last year joined forces to encourage visitors to explore the rich array of museums, galleries and visitor attractions – many of which are free of charge – throughout not only the city, but also the East Riding and North Lincolnshire. www.joiningupthehumber.co.uk has been launched by the Joining Up the Humber Museums Partnership, a group of 18 local authority-operated visitor attractions around the region.  Funded by Arts Council England, it brings together the expertise of the

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