To celebrate the 200th anniversary of modern rail we will be hosting a special exhibition. Tracks Through Time: The Story of Hull’s Railways will explore how rail played a key role in the city’s development from 1840 to the present. @railway200 #hull #locomotive #RailwayHistory

As part of @heritageopenday we are currently running daily tours. We still have places left for tomorrows. If you are interested please get in touch and come explore some of Hull's history though the archives. #HODs #Hull

Last week, Hull History Centre were re-accredited under the Archive Service Accreditation scheme – congratulations to everyone involved @Hullhistorynews ! Our Chief Executive and Keeper of Public Records, Saul Nassé, presented the team with their certificate (1/2)

An opportunity to find more about @HFArchaeology #SeedsofChange project on the history of #Hull's oil seed industry this week at Hepworth's Arcade. @Hull_Museums @HullMaritime @hull_libraries

If you enjoyed our previous History Bakers blog check out our recipe for biscuits: Mrs Palmers Sugar Jumbles https://t.co/brR7rgrKJa Saul Nassé Chief Executive and Keeper of Public Records at TNA seemed to enjoy them on his recent visit! @UkNatArchives #GBBO @BritishBakeOff

Although Bill Bailey used a Leicester-made Imperial typewriter at #lastnightoftheproms on Saturday they also had a factory in #Hull. @AmyLTommo busted an urban typewriter-based myth here for @CuriosityHull last year. https://t.co/Ep6ZBKPdYs @hull_libraries @Hull_Museums

The office of High Steward of #Hull is in the news. The first to hold the post was Sir Francis Walsingham (c1532-90), Principal Secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, appointed 1583. @Hull_Museums @hull_libraries

We're delighted that the commemorative scroll found in the foundation stone from the Royal Institution, pictured below, was deposited here (removed from its temporary frame). @Hullccnews @cllrmikeross @hull_libraries @Hull_Museums

Without any intentional irony, in the week Drypool Bridge closes for repair, there's a new Open Bridges online exhibition launched as part of @heritageopenday @Hullccnews @hull_libraries @Hull_Museums

We’re big fans of sweet treats here at the History Centre, so with the new series of @BritishBakeOff underway we’ve decided to run a bake-along using historical recipes from the archives. You can read all about the first offering in our latest blog post: https://t.co/zKCNXQcvNq

We love the variety of archives. The documents we showed Saul Nassé of @UkNatArchives on Tuesday included a charter of c1090; a letter from 1644; one of Philip Larkin's work books @PLSoc; and scripts for #DrWho! @ArchiveHashtag @hull_libraries @Hull_Museums

#OTD 135 years ago Sir William Gordon-Cumming left a @StLegerFestival house party at Tranby Croft near #Hull now @Tranby_school followed by rumours of card-cheating which led to the infamous 'Royal Baccarat Scandal'. https://t.co/6xkmDVLIAc @Hull_Museums @hull_libraries

Today Saul Nassé (R), CEO @UkNatArchives presented our Archive Service Accreditation certificate to @HullLordMayor (M) and Chris Ince (L), University of Hull, following a memorable talk about Hero of the Holocaust Sister Agnes Walsh. @Hullccnews @hull_libraries @Hull_Museums

Today we're pleased to be welcoming Saul Nassé, Chief Executive of @UkNatArchives to present our Archive Service Accreditation certificate. It'll be at the end of the 12.30-start public talk about Sister Agnes Walsh. @Hullccnews @hull_libraries @Hull_Museums

As part of national Heritage Open Days, Hull History Centre is offering additional behind the scenes tours on 16-18 Sept, as well as a local studies book and map sale (16-18, 20 Sept) - see you there!

We were privileged to host the local launch of @collinstony book about Roy Francis earlier this year. Now very well reviewed in The Guardian. @hull_libraries @Hull_Museums

As @RootedinHull are holding Drypool Feast on Saturday 6 September, here's Drypool Green - the original location of the Feast - in 1904. Ranks flour mill looms in the background. @HullMaritime @hull_libraries

It's #MerchantNavyDay so here's a 1911 advert for the Wilson Line, once #Hull's leading shipping company and at one point the largest privately owned one in the world. @HullMaritime @hull_libraries

The Second Siege of #Hull started #OTD 1643. The Earl of Newcastle's Royalist forces besieged the Parliamentarian garrison commanded by Lord Fairfax. @Hull_Museums @hull_libraries Map of 1643 siege forts by DH Evans.

Today's the 770th birthday of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) on the south coast of the Baltic. Always one of Hull's trading partners, last year we hosted an exhibition about philosopher Emmanuel Kant, who lived there, and his links with #Hull. @HullMaritime @hull_libraries