Welcome to the Hull History Centre

Hull History Centre information

For the History Centre's opening times please see Opening Hours

Christmas closure period: the History Centre will close at 4.30pm on Tuesday 23 December and will reopen at 9.30am on Saturday 3 January 2026.

Like trains? We do! We're celebrating 200 years of passenger railways with our exhibition "Tracks Through Time: The Story of Hull's Railways" in the arcade. All welcome!

We're also celebrating the 70th anniversary of Philip Larkin's "The Less Deceived". See his original notebook and the album which inspired "Lines on a Young Lady's Photograph Album" on display in the library!

For more information about all of these events see Current Events