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HULL'S NEW MUSEUM. 



On August 24th, the anniversary of the birth of William 

 Wilberforce, the Earl of Liverpool opened Wilberforce House at 

 Hull as a public museum and memorial, 



Wilberforce House is an Elizabethan building in red brick, 

 and is situated in High Street, at one time Hull's principal 

 thoroughfare. Built by Sir John Lister at the close of the 

 1 6th century, it has played an important part in the history 

 of the town. Charles L was entertained there, and in 1759 

 William Wilberforce, who became Member of Parliament for 



Wilberforce House. 



Hull, and later for the county of York, and did so much in 

 connection with the abolition of slavery, was born there. In 

 Georgian times the building was considerably altered and 

 enlarged ; consequently, from an architectural point of view, it 

 represents two distinct periods. In recent years it was let off 

 as offices, and considerably mutilated. Some time ago Councillor 

 J. Brown, the Chairman of the Museums Committee, took an 

 interest in the house, and eventually was the means of its being 

 secured for the city and transformed into a museum devoted 



1906 October i. 



