Paintings from Hull Maritime Museum Have Decades of Grime Removed

The poppy sculpture Weeping Window by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper is unveiled outside the Maritime Museum as part of a UK-wide tour. Anthony Devlin/PA Wire/Press Association

Conservation work to bring 13 historic maritime paintings back to life by removing years of grime and varnish has been finished in England, according to the BBC.

The Hull Maritime Museum art was sent to Lincoln University's conservation studio for expert treatment. Specialists spent more than 1,000 hours working on the paintings and frames which illustrate Hull's maritime past.