Museums in Liverpool
LIVERPOOL MUSEUMS
Liverpool has many Museums on offer and all of them are worthy of a visit. The World Museum of Liverpool is situated on William Brown Street and is opposite St Georges Hall by Lime Street Train Station.
The Museum itself has had made many alterations and improvements to the complex, and the visit can last anything from 1 – 4 hours. The dinosaurs are usually the kids favourite but inside the museum, it offers fascinating pieces of history decorated throughout for every generation, tastes and interests . More information can be found at www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk or call for further assistance.
Merseyside Maritime Museum
This Museum is situated in Liverpool’s Albert Dock area. Enter an unseen world of smuggling, intrigue and detection where things are not always what they seem in the national museum of HM Revenue and Customs.Nautical fun activities for young visitors and why not discover the vital role that the Merchant Navy played during the Second World War.
The new Museum of Liverpool will be one of the world’s leading city history museums, setting the global benchmark for museums of its kind and raising social history as a museum discipline to an international scale. The museum will demonstrate Liverpool’s unique contribution to the world and will showcase popular culture while tackling social, historical and contemporary issues.
It will be housed in a new landmark building on the Mann Island site at the Pier Head, at the core of the World Heritage Site on Liverpool's famous waterfront.
Merseyside Maritime Museum
Albert Dock
Liverpool
L3 4AQ
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The Walker Art Gallery
The Liverpool Walker Art Gallery holds one of the finest collections of fine and decorative art in Europe. Discover over six centuries of art at the national gallery of the north. IT is situated next to The World Museum Liverpool on William Brown Street.
The Walker Art Gallery is the national gallery of the North. For 130 years it has housed Liverpool’s most outstanding art collection. Many of the gallery’s most important works have been on display in the city for nearly 200 years.
The International Slavery Museum
Slavery is something that Liverpool was unfortunate to be involved in because of its shipping trade. Liverpool has made a public apology and has a museum of stories and remarkable experiences of those terrible years.
The International Slavery Museum explores both the historical and contemporary aspects of slavery, addressing the many legacies of the slave trade and telling stories of bravery and rebellion amongst the enslaved people. These are stories which have been largely untold.
The Bug World Experience
is the newest attraction at Liverpool’s Albert Dock. It is the home of the creepy crawlies that most adults run a mile from but most kids decide to play with. The perfect family afternoon where the children enjoy the most interesting facts about the little crawly insects that are making you shiver right now.
Imagine a whole building crawling with them or better still, check out the Tarantulas on show. Did you know that Dung beetles are beetles that feed partly or exclusively on feces. All of these species belong to the super family Scarabaeoidea; most of them to the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae of the family Scarabaeidae.
Located at The Grand Hall, The Colonnades, Albert Dock L3 4AA.

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