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[[File:Wilberforce House Hull.jpg|thumb|Wilberforce | [[File:Wilberforce House Hull.jpg|thumb|Wilberforce House, High Street, Hull]] | ||
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The house is now a museum showcasing the life and work of one of Hull's most famous sons. The museum re-opened on 25 March 2007, after a two-year £1.6 million redevelopment, in time for the 200th anniversary of Wilberforce's [[Slave Trade Act of 1807|Act of Parliament]] abolishing the [[History of slavery|slave trade]] in the British Empire.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/latest-news/grant-boost-for-work-on-anti-slavery-museum-1-2535042|title=Grant boost for work on anti-slavery museum|newspaper=Yorkshire Post|date=7 October 2005|access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref> | The house is now a museum showcasing the life and work of one of Hull's most famous sons. The museum re-opened on 25 March 2007, after a two-year £1.6 million redevelopment, in time for the 200th anniversary of Wilberforce's [[Slave Trade Act of 1807|Act of Parliament]] abolishing the [[History of slavery|slave trade]] in the British Empire.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/latest-news/grant-boost-for-work-on-anti-slavery-museum-1-2535042|title=Grant boost for work on anti-slavery museum|newspaper=Yorkshire Post|date=7 October 2005|access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref> | ||
The front garden, named after [[Nelson Mandela]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Davies |first=Andrew John |date=1 August 1995 |title=site unseen Wilberforce House, Hull |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/site-unseen-wilberforce-house-hull-1594308.html |access-date=12 July 2010 |work=The Independent |publisher=Independent Print Limited}}</ref> contains a statue of Wilberforce which underwent a £10,000 restoration in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-13741632|title=William Wilberforce statue in £10,000 restoration|date=12 June 2011|work=BBC News Online|publisher=BBC|access-date=13 June 2011}}</ref> The statue was designated a [[Grade II*]] in 1994 and is now recorded in the [[National Heritage List for England]], maintained by [[Historic England]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1197754|desc=Statue of William Wilberforce in Garden of Wilberforce House|accessdate=14 August 2013}}</ref> Adjoining the site is [[Oriel Chambers, Kingston upon Hull|Oriel Chambers]], the home of the [[University of Hull|University of Hull's]] [[Wilberforce Institute|Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation]] which conducts research into historic and contemporary forms of slavery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/wise/about_us.aspx|title=Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation|date=25 February 2011|work=WISE|publisher=University of Hull|access-date=14 August 2013}}</ref> | The front garden, named after [[Nelson Mandela]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Davies |first=Andrew John |date=1 August 1995 |title=site unseen Wilberforce House, Hull |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/site-unseen-wilberforce-house-hull-1594308.html |access-date=12 July 2010 |work=The Independent |publisher=Independent Print Limited}}</ref> contains a statue of Wilberforce which underwent a £10,000 restoration in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-13741632|title=William Wilberforce statue in £10,000 restoration|date=12 June 2011|work=BBC News Online|publisher=BBC|access-date=13 June 2011}}</ref> The statue was designated a [[Grade II*]] structure in 1994 and is now recorded in the [[National Heritage List for England]], maintained by [[Historic England]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1197754|desc=Statue of William Wilberforce in Garden of Wilberforce House|accessdate=14 August 2013}}</ref> Adjoining the site is [[Oriel Chambers, Kingston upon Hull|Oriel Chambers]], the home of the [[University of Hull|University of Hull's]] [[Wilberforce Institute|Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation]], which conducts research into historic and contemporary forms of slavery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/wise/about_us.aspx|title=Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation|date=25 February 2011|work=WISE|publisher=University of Hull|access-date=14 August 2013}}</ref> | ||
The house also exhibits the [[East Yorkshire Regiment|East Yorkshire]] regimental collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hcandl.co.uk/museums-and-galleries/wilberforce-house/wilberforce-house-galleries|title=Wilberforce House Galleries|publisher=Hull City Council|access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref> | The house also exhibits the [[East Yorkshire Regiment|East Yorkshire]] regimental collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hcandl.co.uk/museums-and-galleries/wilberforce-house/wilberforce-house-galleries|title=Wilberforce House Galleries|publisher=Hull City Council|access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Historic house museums in the East Riding of Yorkshire]] | [[Category:Historic house museums in the East Riding of Yorkshire]] | ||
[[Category:Slavery museums]] | [[Category:Slavery museums]] | ||
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Wilberforce House is a British historic house museum, part of the Museums Quarter of Kingston upon Hull. It is the birthplace of social reformer William Wilberforce (1759–1833), who used his time as a member of Parliament to work for the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire, which had not been thoroughly stymied by the Abolition of Slave Trade Act 1807. Like the nearby Blaydes House and Maister House, also on the High Street, the Grade I listed building[1] was formerly a merchant's house with access to quayside on the River Hull.[2]
Description
The house is now a museum showcasing the life and work of one of Hull's most famous sons. The museum re-opened on 25 March 2007, after a two-year £1.6 million redevelopment, in time for the 200th anniversary of Wilberforce's Act of Parliament abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.[3]
The front garden, named after Nelson Mandela,[4] contains a statue of Wilberforce which underwent a £10,000 restoration in 2011.[5] The statue was designated a Grade II* structure in 1994 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.[6] Adjoining the site is Oriel Chambers, the home of the University of Hull's Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation, which conducts research into historic and contemporary forms of slavery.[7]
The house also exhibits the East Yorkshire regimental collection.[8]
The house was forced to close in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, taking the opportunity to refresh its offer and undertake vital repairs. The building reopened to the public in May 2023.[9]
In popular media
In the 2023 Netflix miniseries Bodies, Wilberforce House stood in as Harker House, the home of the main antagonist.[10]
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- Museums in Kingston upon Hull
- Historic houses in Kingston upon Hull
- Biographical museums in the East Riding of Yorkshire
- Grade I listed buildings in the East Riding of Yorkshire
- Grade I listed houses
- Historic house museums in the East Riding of Yorkshire
- Slavery museums