Free hour-long guided tour of the Ferens Art Gallery, with its guides telling the stories behind works by Lorenzetti, Dutch Golden Age art and Atkinson Grimshaw.
Ferens Art Gallery is running its guided tours again from Tuesday 10 November 2026, and they're free to join. It's an hour-long walk through the gallery, led by the guides who open up the collection and tell the stories behind the works. If you've spent time in the gallery on your own, this is a good way to see things you might have walked past without a second thought.
The tour covers a fair bit of ground in that hour. You'll hear about the 14th-century Italian artist Lorenzetti, art from the Dutch Golden Age, and paintings by great 19th-century female artists. There's also a look at the local talent of Atkinson Grimshaw, whose work has a particular connection to the area. It's a wide-ranging sweep, so you'll see a good cross-section of what the gallery holds rather than just one corner of it.
Beyond the main collection, the gallery also runs the annual Young Artist Open Exhibition, which showcases hundreds of artworks created by children and young people aged 15 and under from across Hull and the surrounding area. It's part of the Museums Quarter's family offering, so it's worth keeping in mind if you're visiting with younger ones.
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The tours run from Tuesday 10 November 2026 through to Tuesday 23 March 2027, and they're free. You'll find them at Ferens Art Gallery in Hull.
