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The building was restored and the organ comprehensively restored in 1951 following the war damage. The Mortimer Collection was transferred to the Transport and Archaeology Museum on High Street in 1956. The hall hosted a performance by the
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City Hall is home to a grand central hall which plays host to a varied programme of concerts including pop, rock and classical music as well as civic functions such as graduation ceremonies for the
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in Queen Victoria Square in 1927. The space created by the removal of the art gallery was instead used to accommodate an archaeological collection amassed by
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known as the Mortimer Collection and the area re-opened as the Mortimer Museum in 1931.
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visited the city to see the damage and attended a concert in the hall in August 1941.
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An art gallery was also installed in the building but this was removed to form the
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In February 2021 it was announced that the building would be used as a
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City Hall was altered in 1986 and again in 1989. A live album entitled
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Municipal building in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
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Grade II* listed buildings in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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The hall was damaged in bombing in May 1941 during the
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The hall, which was designed by Hull's City architect
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City and town halls in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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Kingston upon Hull
East Riding of Yorkshire
53°44′38″N 0°20′25″W / 53.743750°N 0.340146°W / 53.743750; -0.340146
OS grid reference
TA 0954 2876
Joseph Hirst
Baroque Revival style
Listed Building
Hull City Hall is located in East Riding of Yorkshire
Kingston upon Hull
East Riding of Yorkshire
England
Queen Victoria Square
listed building
Joseph Hirst
Baroque Revival style
Guildhall
Forster and Andrews
Edwin Lemare
Ferens Art Gallery
John Robert Mortimer
Hull Blitz
Second World War
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
rock
The Who
Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Damned

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