The DEEP
The Deep is a charitable public aquarium dedicated to increasing people’s enjoyment and understanding of the World’s oceans. It first opened its doors in March 2002 and so far has welcomed over 2 million visitors from the UK and abroad.
Using a combination of hands on interactive, audiovisual presentation and living exhibitions it tells the story of the world’s oceans. Visitors are taken on a journey from the beginning of time through the present day oceans the icy darkness of a futuristic Deep-Sea research lab, Deep Blue one. The Deep also has a very active education program with an average of 20,000 school visits a year passing through its three dedicated classrooms.
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust are working together with The Deep this summer to conduct several marine and coastal based activities introducing you to the world under Yorkshire's waves.
Events
January 2009
The winning entries from the 2008 photography competition are now on display at the deep. Entry to the exhibition is free.
August 2008
On Friday 1st August the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust held a ‘Beneath the Waves’ family fun day at the Deep in Hull. The day was part of a national Wildlife Trust campaign to highlight the loss of megafauna in UK seas and to help raise awareness to local people about Yorkshire’s wonderful marine life and the need for marine protected areas in the UK.
The event foccussed on the theme ‘loss of megafauna in UK Sea’s’. Loss of megafauna is a key issue in UK seas, european sea sturgeons were once native to our shores but are now very rare because of over-exploitation and neglect of their natural habitat. Other marine megafauna – large animals which typically have no predators, are often at the top of their food chain, and could live for more than 60 years – which have seen a steep decline in numbers include whales, dolphin, tuna and basking sharks. The Wildlife Trusts want to see the creation of highly protected marine reserves, which will be necessary if our seas are ever again to be a stronghold for these giants of the seas.
The Wildlife Trusts’ campaign aims to show how vital it is that the Marine Bill (published in draft on 3 April) provides robust new laws for marine conservation – including the creation of highly protected marine reserves – if our seas are ever again to be a stronghold for the giants of the seas. On Friday 1st August, representatives from several organisations including local MPs gatehred to show support for the campaign and to help raise awareness for the Marine Bill locally.
May 2008
The Deep hosted a new art exhibition by artist Martin Waters, featuring pictures made from rubbish collected at Spurn Point. The exhibition highlights the enormous problem caused by litter deposited on our beaches and the impact it has on the environment.
Martin Waters, who lives in Hull, was the 2007 artist in residence at the lighthouse on the Yorkshire Wildlife Trusts Spurn National Nature Reserve. Over the last few years, Martin has been collecting the rubbish he finds on beaches to make a vast range of pictures, sculptures and installations to highlightt he scale of this environmental problem.
The art show is displayed on the third floor at The Deep, from 19 May 08 to 15 January 09 and is free of charge. Normal ticket prices apply to The Deep. All Martin’s work is on sale and he will be donating half of the proceeds to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.
June 2008
On June 7th Paul Hudson, Yorkshire's favourite weather man opened the Humber Environment Fair, a weekend of good green family fun! Visitors were given the opportunity to learn about fresh local produce, green energy, wildlife, eco products and take part in a variety of family activities.
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