Venue Description

All aboard! Join us on a journey through 200 years of transport history. Enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of the past at Streetlife Museum. Take a stroll down a 1940s high street. Hop aboard a vintage tram. And step back in time to a world of bone-shaking bicycles and steam-powered cars! From world-changing inventions to historic local icons – our transport collection has something for everyone.

Accessibility

There is level access to the ground floor galleries but the signal box and the train loading platform on the street scene are only accessible via a flight of steps. There is a lift to the first floor galleries. For details of our relaxed events visit www.hullmuseums.co.uk A Visual Story is available from the front desk and on our website www.hcandl.co.uk/museums-and-galleries/streetlife-museum/streetlife-museum. Additional Accessibility Information Please note;• High Street is a cobbled street. There is an accessible route which highlights the dropped kerbs available on our website www.hcandl.co.uk/museums-and-galleries/hull-and-east-riding-museum/hull-and-east-riding-museumThere is low lighting in the carriage gallery and bicycle gallery upstairs.• Streetlife museum has a streetscene set up inside with cobbled flooring.

Accessibility Guide

Accessibility Guide Link: https://www.hullmuseums.co.uk/streetlife-museum/plan-your-visit-streetlife

Accessible Performances

BSL interpreters are available for talks and tours. Please let us know if you would need one.

Awards List

Customer Service Excellence - Hull Bid Awards 2024 Disability Confident Employer

Toilets

An Accessible Toilet is available at the toilets nearest the entrance. Our nearest Changing Places Toilet are at the Guildhall (300m away) and Trinity Market (500m away). Baby Change facilities are available in toilets nearest the entrance.

Staff

All staff have been trained in D/deaf awareness (including basic signs), Visual Impairment Awareness and Dementia Awareness training. Some staff have been trained in BSL, Audio Description and writing Easy Read documents.

Assistance dog facilities

Assistance dog exercise facilities

Assistance dogs are welcome. We have a larger garden at the front and a smaller walled garden behind the museum.

Other assistance dog facilities

See above.