Wilberforce House
As the birthplace of William Wilberforce the Museum is a major cultural, historical and visitor asset for the City of Hull and Yorkshire.
William Wilberforce’s work to abolish the British Slave Trade and Slavery in Parliament in the late 18th and early 19th century has been crucial to the development of the Museum, and to the City of Hull’s support of human rights issues over the years.
The oldest anti-slavery museum in the world
Opened in 1906, Wilberforce House is the oldest anti-slavery museum in the world. It is located in the heart of Hull’s historic Old Town and occupies a unique place in the history of Hull. The Grade I listed building is a magnificent example of a brick built merchant’s house and former home of important local families – the Listers, Thorntons and Wilberforces. With its unique treasury of artefacts, original papers and relics of the time, the museum already attracts many thousands of visitors a year.
Wilberforce House will be re-opened in March 2007
Wilberforce House Museum is currently undergoing £3.75m of investment, to put a new perspective on the story of Slavery and William Wilberforce. It will be re-opened in March 2007 to coincide with the bicentennial events.
Wilberforce House Museum forms part of Hull’s award winning Museums Quarter. With exhibitions ranging from dinosaur bones and a lifesize woolly mammoth to a Roman village or a ride in a replica mailcoach, Hull’s museums have an amazing array of things to see.
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