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  Merseyside and Liverpool Museums - Travel, tourism, events and culture
Liverpool Museum is the largest of National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside and one of the UK's finest multi disciplinary museums.
The Merseyside Maritime Museum is in a former bonded warehouse, part of the historic Albert Dock on the banks of the River Mersey.
The British Lawnmower Museum located in the Victorian seaside holiday resort of Southport, houses a private collection of over 200 pristine exhibits of special interest built up over a period of 50 years and is no a tribute to the garden machinery industry.
www.merseyguide.co.uk /museums_page.htm   (541 words)

  
  Maritime Museum - Liverpool The Albert Docks
Liverpool was a major trading port and merchants from around the world would import and export their goods to and from Liverpool.
Liverpool was also notorious for its involvement in the slave trade and the museum illustrates the connections and deplorable conditions of the slave ships that would regularly be seen travelling up and down the Mersey.
Merseyside Maritime Museum is in a former bonded warehouse, part of the historic Albert Dock on the banks of the River Mersey.
www.birminghamuk.com /maritimemuseum.htm   (199 words)

  
 Liverpool Travel Guide
Liverpool is a city in Merseyside, England which most people have heard of because it's the home of The Beatles.
Liverpool is only about three hours from London by train - there's a train about every hour - and it's not so expensive to get there.
Liverpool City Centre is small enough to walk around, but fl cabs are plentiful if you are feeling lazy.
www.imakoopedia.org /en/article/Liverpool/index.htm   (1055 words)

  
 The Gladstone Hotel / The Liner at Liverpool
Merseyside Maritime Museum opened in 1980 is in a former bonded warehouse, part of the historic Albert Dock on the banks of the River Mersey.
The museum's collections reflect the international importance of Liverpool as a gateway to the world, including the city's role in the transatlantic slave trade and emigration.
The Museum of Liverpool Life opened in 1993 on the banks of the River Mersey, in a former boat hall and building used by pilots controlling traffic along the river.
www.theliner.co.uk /liverpool.asp?Category=Museum   (527 words)

  
 Liverpool tale concerning my a search for ancient Merseyside   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
For the sum of three pounds for a season ticket it was possible to visit all of the museums and art galleries in the area.
This aspect was in marked contrast to the traditional museum, where the exhibits venerated only the great things of the past, which inevitably meant that they were associated with great people, which is to say the ruling classes of the ages past.
Perhaps any museum which exhibited the artefacts of ordinary people, alongside the fabulous possessions of the rich would be too subversive, because the inequalities of millennia would be laid bare for all to see in a way that no political tract could ever achieve.
www.liverpooltales.com /museum.htm   (773 words)

  
 Liverpool Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Liverpool Museum is the largest of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside and is one of the UK's finest multi disciplinary museums.
Liverpool Museum is currently being transformed as part of National Museums Liverpool: Into the Future, a £40m development programme that will see the museum double in size.
If visiting a museum to see a particular work of art we strongly suggest telephoning in advance to confirm that it will be on view.
www.artguide.org /uk/AG.pl?Action=1868445M&Axis=AllMuseums   (374 words)

  
 World Museum Liverpool - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
World Museum Liverpool is a large museum in Liverpool, England which has extensive collections covering archaeology, ethnology and the natural and physical sciences.
Liverpool, being one of the UK's major ports, was heavily damaged by German bombing during the blitz.
While much of the Museum's collection was moved to less vulnerable locations during the war, the museum building itsself was struck by German firebombs and suffered heavy damage.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liverpool_Museum   (440 words)

  
 Liverpool City Council The City - Home page
Liverpool and Everton football clubs are known all over the world.
Find out about Liverpool's suburbs; how green and pleasant our city is with its award winning parks and tree-lined streets; where our most popular housing is located; and where and how we are tackling those areas of the city that are not doing so well.
Liverpool City Council is working with a number of local partnerships and other agencies as part of its commitment to urban renewal and the regeneration of the city.
www.liverpool.gov.uk /The_City/index.asp   (627 words)

  
 Museum of Liverpool gets the go ahead
The Museum of Liverpool, with a budget of £65m, will be one of the world's leading city history museums reflecting Liverpool's global significance through its unique geography, history and culture.
There are plans to take the Museum of Liverpool on the road with a series of displays of our collections in shops and venues around the city later this year.
The new museum will provide 5,000 square metres of exhibition space and will be unique in its approach to display, featuring flexible spaces that regularly change showing more of the collections than ever before.
www.liverpool08.com /News/Archive/2006/MarApr06/MuseumOfLiverpoolGetsTheGoAhead.asp   (847 words)

  
 Museums and Galleries
Tate Liverpool is one of the largest galleries of modern and contemporary art outside London and is housed in beautiful converted warehouse in the historic Albert Dock.
The Museum of Liverpool Life closed on Sunday 4 June 2006 so that preparations for building the new Museum of Liverpool could begin.
Opening in 2010, the Museum of Liverpool will be a bigger and better version of the former museum, which had been a popular waterfront attraction since 1993.
www.liverpool08.com /AboutLiverpool/MuseumsAndGalleries   (556 words)

  
 BBC - Liverpool - Capital of Culture - New museum plans on display
The Museum of Liverpool is planned to be built by 2008, although it won't open to the public until 2009
From the English Civil war to the Suffragettes and the Thatcher era the Museum of Liverpool’s aim will be to explore the story of Britain through the experiences of one city and its people.
Liverpool’s Museum of Liverpool Life is open daily from 10am-5pm, admission is free.
www.bbc.co.uk /liverpool/content/articles/2005/09/22/capcult_regeneration_newmusuemjowell_feature.shtml   (458 words)

  
 Tate Liverpool: International modern and contemporary art
The first exhibition in the UK to reflect the varied and complex nature of contemporary art in China, presenting a comprehensive view of the most interesting and important art to be made since 2000.
Tate Liverpool is proud to be part of the Family Friendly scheme.
Tate Liverpool is proud to announce that it will be presenting the Turner Prize in 2007 to coincide with the Capital of Culture celebrations in 2007/8 - the first time the Turner Prize will be held outside London.
www.tate.org.uk /liverpool   (313 words)

  
 Liverpool travel guide - Wikitravel
Liverpool is a city with a great cultural heritage and was recently awarded the title of European Capital of Culture 2008.
Liverpool is home to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and is also renowned for being the birthplace of a wide range of popular musicians including The Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers and more recently, Atomic Kitten.
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is located in the suburb of Speke around eight miles to the south of the city centre.
wikitravel.org /en/Liverpool   (4814 words)

  
 Get Out Of The Office At Lunchtime And Visit A Liverpool Museum - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, ...
Just next door to the Walker is World Museum Liverpool, the largest and oldest of the National Museums in the city.
Tate Liverpool is one of the largest galleries of modern and contemporary art outside London.
Liverpool’s centre dedicated to inspiring and promoting creativity through film, video and new and emerging media forms, FACT combines state-of-the-art cinemas, galleries and flexible exhibition spaces.
www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /trlout_gfx_en/TRA34346.html   (639 words)

  
 Village of Liverpool    Village History
The Liverpool Village Museum and Historian's office are located in the Gleason Mansion at 314 Second Street, in the Village.
The Liverpool Willow Museum, on the lawn of the Gleason Mansion, is open on Saturdays, and Sundays throughout the summer, from 2:00
The Willow Museum is operated by the Historical Association of Greater Liverpool.
www.villageofliverpool.org /v-history.html   (143 words)

  
 BRC Imagination Arts Awarded Master Plan Contract for Museum of Liverpool, England
The city of Liverpool has been designated the 2008 European Capital of Culture and the NML will be one of the centerpieces of a year long celebration.
We believe that this museum will help elevate the North West of England into the front rank of European tourist destinations, as well as providing a brilliant place for local families to find out about their own history.
The Museum of Liverpool is expected to provide a significant boost to existing visitor numbers.
www.brcweb.com /releases/liverpool08162005.htm   (619 words)

  
 Nerve Articles - Issue 6
Once the only major museum in the city, it had to represent all that was in it.
This leads into the stunning new glass atrium where the old museum connects to the extension in the former John Moores University building, where most of the new galleries are located.
Large parts of the museum - such as the ancient civilisation and rainforest sections - have hardly changed at all in twenty years; they are still mainly objects in glass cases with little cards.
www.catalystmedia.org.uk /issues/nerve6/world_museum.htm   (427 words)

  
 History of World Museum Liverpool
Liverpool Town Council needed to find larger, permanent space and was pleased when William Brown (1784-1864), a wealthy Liverpool merchant, banker and politician, offered to provide the land and finance to create a purpose-built museum, close to St George’s Hall.
This proved a wise precaution as the museum was hit by an incendiary (fire) bomb during the May Blitz of 1941.
Since the museum's reopening in April 2005, visitors have been fascinated by beautiful galleries and the latest interactive and technological facilities which have really brought our collections to life for a whole new generation.
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk /wml/history   (498 words)

  
 Liverpool Regional Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Regional Museum was established in 1989 with the aims of preserving and promoting Liverpool's History and cultural heritage through historical collections, exhibitions and public programs.
The Museum is interested in artefacts of significance (or uniqueness) to the Liverpool area (e.g.
The Museum encourages and welcomes community support through the friends of Liverpool Museum, who organise a lively program of events; a team of active volunteers; and a junior friends group called "Museum Mates".
www.liverpool.nsw.gov.au /scripts/viewoverview_contact.asp?NID=19758   (347 words)

  
 Museum of Liverpool Life - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Museum of Liverpool Life in Liverpool, England, celebrates the contribution of the people of Liverpool to national life.
The Museum is part of National Museums Liverpool.
 This article related to a museum in the United Kingdom is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Museum_of_Liverpool_Life   (139 words)

  
 Liverpool Tourist Information
As part of the celebrations the city of Liverpool will be hosting a variety of heritage themed events, festivals, performances, debates, exhibitions, lectures and films.
With more museums and art galleries than any other city in the country as well as host to the acclaimed title 'European Capital of Culture' in 2008, Liverpool is a 'must see' destination for all culture vultures!
From hesitant medieval beginnings as a planned town on a greenfield site in 1207, the great seaport of Liverpool rose to become the proud 'second city of empire', at the height of fame and fortune in 1907, the time of its 700th anniversary.
www.visitliverpool.com   (342 words)

  
 OHS - Places - Museum of Ceramics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The East Liverpool Museum of Ceramics houses an extensive collection of the wares produced by "America's Crockery City." Related displays on the social, political, and economic history of this town show the impact of industry on the community.
The exhibits in the museum depict the growth and development of East Liverpool and its ceramic industry from 1840 to 1930, the period when the city's potteries produced over 50% of the ceramics manufactured in the United States.
The Museum of Ceramics is at 400 East Fifth Street on the corner of Broadway, in East Liverpool, in Columbiana County.
www.ohiohistory.org /places/ceramics   (358 words)

  
 Visit Beatles Liverpool
Operated by National Museums Liverpool, there are 8 museums and galleries housing national collections of art and objects of historical importance.
Particularly interesting to Beatles Liverpool visitors is, perhaps surprisingly, the HM Customs and Excise Museum housed in the Merseyside Maritime Museum at the Albert Dock.
The Museum of Liverpool Life, at Liverpool’s Pier Head, celebrates the history and culture of Liverpool and its people.
www.visitbeatlesliverpool.com /attraction_lm.htm   (227 words)

  
 Liverpool Willow Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Depression-era economics, cheap imports, and better transportation to more lucrative employment helped doom the Liverpool willow industry by the early 1930's, although a few weavers were still at work in the 1960's.
All the Liverpool weavers are gone now, but many of their descendants remain in Liverpool.
We invite you to visit the Liverpool Willow Museum to learn about a 19th century way of life in a village that retains much of the character of the time.
willow.lpl.org /history.html   (360 words)

  
 National Museums Liverpool Blog
As I mentioned last week, Merseyside Maritime Museum got the flags out and put a very special Ghanian surf boat on display to celebrate the 50th anniversary of independence in Ghana.
Yesterday we were honoured to welcome some very special guests to the museum, the President of the Republic of Ghana, Mr John Kufuor and Mrs Theresa Kufuor, during a state visit to Liverpool.
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Parliament’s decision to outlaw Britain’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade, National Museums Liverpool has teamed up with international children’s charity Plan UK and EducationGuardian.co.uk to launch a young reporters' competition.
blog.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk   (2162 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | England | Merseyside | Girl stabbed while holding baby
A girl who was fatally stabbed in a Liverpool museum was holding her baby son at the time of the attack.
Laura Bailey, 17, from south Liverpool, was attacked in the World Museum on Sunday, but handed the baby to a passer-by before she collapsed.
The museum was previously known as Liverpool Museum, but after a refurbishment it reopened under its new name in April 2005.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/merseyside/6187024.stm   (231 words)

  
 The Museum of Ceramics ~ About the Museum
The renovation of this structure as a museum is an excellent example of the adaptive use of old buildings which no longer serve their original purpose.
The exhibits in the Museum depict the growth and development of East Liverpool and its ceramic industry from 1840 to 1930, the period during which the city's potteries produced over fifty percent of America's entire ceramics output.
The Museum of Ceramics is administered via the Ohio Historical Society, which is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
www.themuseumofceramics.org /about.html   (453 words)

  
 The Liverpool Museum, Liverpool - Reviews of The Liverpool Museum - IgoUgo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
I had no idea when I arrived in Liverpool that there would be an exhibition of Vivienne Westwood clothes on at the city museum.
The Liverpool Museum is currently being renovated and enlarged.
Liverpool's museum was much better than I expected it to be.
www.igougo.com /planning/journalEntryActivity.asp?type=2&entryID=12100   (463 words)

  
 >> noticias >> arquitectura :: arte :: diseño >>>
The Museum of Liverpool is to be built at one of the city’s most prominent development sites, located between the Albert Dock and the Pier Head, next to ‘The Three Graces’.
The Museum of Liverpool will become the World’s leading city history museum, showcasing social history and popular culture and will look at Britain and the world through the eyes of Liverpool.
It is with this impetus that the first phase of the museum must be complete in October of the celebration year.
www.noticiasarquitectura.info /especiales/museum-of-liverpool.htm   (461 words)

  
 The Liverpool Museum
The work was so spectacular that even the museum's name was changed when it was finished--from the Liverpool Museum to the World Museum Liverpool.
X-rays have revealed two amulets (possibly made from gold) placed on the body: one in the mouth ("to speak with a tongue of gold at the Last Judgment"), the other in the pelvic area.
If you are going to Liverpool, you can stay right across the street from the Museum at the Marriott (on Queen Square).
www.mummytombs.com /museums/uk.liverpool.htm   (317 words)

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