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HULL MARITIME MUSEUM

The Maritime Museum was founded in 1912
and moved to its present site in the city centre
in 1975 housed in the former offices of the Hull
Dock Co. built in 1871.

The collections illustrate the city's maritime
history from the 18th. century to the present.

There is a comprehensive collection of artefacts,
logs and journals relating to the Arctic whaling
trade and the largest display of scrimshaw
(the folk art of the whaler)
on this side of the Atlantic.

A gallery is devoted to fishing in the North Sea
and deep water trawling,1840--2000 and the
story is told of HULL's merchant trade, and the
development of the major steamship companies-notably the Wilson Line.

An outstanding series of marine paintings,
mostly by local artists, covers all aspects of
shipping from the 18th century to 20th centuries.