The kids and I had another trip to Hull this half term with friends and their children. This time we went to an art gallery and two museums in the city centre. It costs £1.50 each way on the Humber Bridge and we parked in Spring Street car park in the centre which is really cheap, £1.90 for five hours. From here you can walk through the shopping centre St Stephen’s and into the town. Our first stop was Ferens Art Gallery which we particularly went to because they had a Lego art exhibition on. They had a competition for the children to take part in which involved finding letters to make up a saying. They all enjoyed doing this. There was various art to look at which was really good and plenty of hands on activities for the kids including Lego to play with, a Legowall to add to, an area with duplo, and some Lego books. I thought it was well done and worth a visit. It is there until the 11th September 2022. There’s a cafe in here which you could go to if you wanted a drink or some food. There are also other areas of art which we didn’t look at on this occasion.

From here we walked to the Streetlife Museum (getting utterly soaked in the process!), about a 10 minute walk. It was lunch time and we’d brought out own food. There’s no cafe or indoor area to eat here but they did have a covered picnic area outside which we used. We’ve visited the Streetlife Museum before and it’s great to see the old buses, trains, cars, shop fronts etc. The children enjoyed exploring here.

Just opposite from here was the Hull and East Riding Museum which was much bigger than it seemed from the outside. It covered a lot of history and had some impressive Roman mosaics. The mammoth replica was interesting to see. We could have spent longer in here as there was a lot to read/see but the children were getting ready for a break I think so it might be one to revisit another time to look a bit more carefully.

We finished our day in Hull with a treat in the cafe nearby: Hangout Artisan Bakehouse. This was a small and charming cafe which we filled with our group of three adults and eight children! The cakes and treats were delicious (we went for the chocolate brownie). Apart from the bridge toll and parking, this was the only expense for the day as the museums/art gallery was all free which is fantastic.