When the Wilberforce House Museum in Hull closed during the pandemic its bosses decided to use the time for a major refurbishment. Connie Daley finds out more.
It opened as the Wilberforce House Museum in 1906 and during the enforced closure prompted by the pandemic in 2020, specialist conservation work was carried out.
Heritage Assistant Andrew Ascough pictured at Wilberforce House Museum, Museums Quarter, High St, Hull Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme Hull Museums worked closely with members of the Wilberforce House Museum Advisory Board on an exciting new gallery that looks at the legacies of transatlantic slavery, with the help of funding from Arts Council England.
Councillor Mike Ross, Leader of Hull Council, said they were delighted to reopen the museum “after what felt like a very long closure”. He added: “However, given the global importance of this building it was critical to ensure repairs and investigations were done to the highest standard.”
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