The catering angle is a sore point. None of Hull's museums has a café. I keep meaning to raise this one. They are certainly missing a good income spinner. Ferens Art Gallery just across the square has a lovely café but wouldn't you know it, shut for a year being refurbished! Not sure in Maritime Museum where they could fit one without reducing display space which is already at a premium, but there's certainly loads of room at the StreetLife/Wilberforce House end.

Our little Yorkshire Waterways Museum, not known for its business sense, even has a café.