1. Information about National Museums Liverpool

1.1 General

Information about the history of the organisation and current activities.

History of National Museums Liverpool

A webpage providing a brief history of National Museums Liverpool.

Press releases (from 1999)

Available through the media centre or on request from the Press Office as soon as they are released.

Current trustees with short biographies

Trustees information is available on this website or on request from the Director's Office.

Becoming a trustee of National Museums Liverpool

'Becoming a trustee' webpage provides details and an application form.

Biographies for the Director and senior staff

Biographies of the senior staff at National Museums Liverpool are available on this website.

'Family Tree' of management and departmental structure

You can download a diagram of National Museums Liverpool's departmental structure here.

List of all National Museums Liverpool departments, with links to information about their work

Available through this website.

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1.2 Plans and strategy

Future plans for the organisation and individual departments, at an operational and strategic level.

Funding Agreement between the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and NML

This is available to download, or on request from the Director's Office. Funding Agreements run for 3 year periods and are then superseded.

Corporate Plan

The current edition is available to download from the this website, or on request from the Director's Office.

National Museum Liverpool's Strategy for Learning

This is available on request from the Learning Research Officer.

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1.3 Reports

Includes reports on National Museums Liverpool's past activities, expenditure and achievements.

National Museums Liverpool - its impact on Liverpool and the North West

An economic impact study conducted by the London School of Economics in 2005. The report investigates National Museums Liverpool’s role within the cultural and economic life of Liverpool and the North West region, as well as the contribution that the organisation is making to the city's renaissance.

Report against the targets in the Funding Agreement

The annual report, which includes reports against targets in the Funding Agreement, is available on this website or on request from the Director's Office. Earlier reports are also available from the Director's Office. Each year's report will usually be available six months after the end of the reporting period (April-March).

Annual Reports and Accounts

Available from this website or on request from the Head of Finance. Each year's report and accounts are made available as soon as possible after they have been laid before Parliament.

National Museums Liverpool, Annual Review

A narrative account of our work over the preceding year. The current version is available from the this website. Our aim is to publish each review, which covers the period April-March, by late summer.

National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside Triennial Reviews

Triennial reviews for National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (the former name for National Museums Liverpool) cover the following periods, starting from 1986 when the organisation was formed. Copies are available to view by contacting the Marketing and Communications department or in the National Library.

  • 1 April 1998 - 31 March 2001
  • 1 April 1995 - 31 March 1998
  • 1 April 1992 - 31 March 1995
  • 1 April 1989 - 31 March 1992
  • 1 April 1986 - 31 March 1989

From 2002 the triennial review was superseded by an annual review, as above.

Statistics for staff sickness absence

These statistics can be found in the annual report, as part of the Funding Agreement return (see above). Statistics are prepared on a monthly basis and are available approximately one month after the end of the relevant month.

HM Revenue and Customs Museum reports

The HM Customs & Excise National Museum is a unique partnership between National Museums Liverpool and HM Revenue and Customs, as Customs and Excise is now known. The museum's most recent annual and biennial reports are available to download here. The biennial report is available as either a summary or the full version. These file downloads are targeted to open in a new browser window.

HM Customs & Excise Museum biennial report

HM Customs & Excise Museum annual reports

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1.4 Policy and Procedures

How to request information about National Museums Liverpool's policies in running its businesses and specifically in managing collections, as well as standard procedures for regular activities.

Draft Disability Equality Scheme

You can download a copy of our draft Disability Equality Scheme. It should be read in conjunction with our Equality and Diversity Policy and our Access Standards - both of which are also available on this page.

We are looking for feedback on this document from our visitors and would welcome any comments you want to make. Use this 'contact us' form to get in touch or telephone our Human Resources department on 0151 478 4677.

Equality and diversity policy

You can download a copy of our equality and diversity policy:

Access Standards

You can download a copy of our access standards:

Data Protection Act statement

You can download a copy of our data protection act statement:

Collection Management Policy

Information about the collecting policies for each venue is available on request from the Senior Registrar.

Facilities Management policies including Environmental Policy, Health and Safety Policy

Available on request from Health & Safety and Estates.

Staff handbook: policies and procedures

Available on request from the Human Resources Division.

Policy on human remains

A copy of the policy, an inventory of human remains in our collections and information on making requests for the return of human remains is now available online - National Museums Liverpool policy on human remains.

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1.5 Board of Trustees Minutes

Summarised versions of the Board of Trustees' meetings

Summarised versions of the Board of Trustees' meetings since January 2001 are available from this website or on request from the Director's Office.

Full hard-copy version of the minutes from the Board of Trustees' meetings

Full hard-copy versions of the minutes (excluding matters of legitimate confidentiality) can be inspected on request, by appointment with the Director's Office.


All minutes of meetings since National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside was set up in 1986 are available. Minutes are usually available about 6-8 weeks after each meeting when they have been confirmed as a true record.

Reasons for executive decisions by trustees and management

Available on request from the Director's Office

Hard-copy version of minutes from committee meetings

Full hard-copy versions (excluding matters of legitimate confidentiality) of the minutes of the following committee meetings are also available on request from the Director's Office

  • Audit Committee
  • Finance Committee
  • Capital Programmes Committee
  • Development and Communications Committee
  • Public Services Committee
  • Human Resources Committee
  • Committee of Chairmen

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1.6 Visitor figures and information

Information on the number of visitors to National Museums Liverpool's venues and their profile and behaviour.

Attendance figures for our museums and branches from 1986 to present

Figures are available on a monthly basis, usually by the end of the following month, on request from the research staff in the Marketing and Communications Department.

Visitor research reports from surveys conducted

A list of available reports can be downloaded below. To access a report make a note of its reference number and contact the research staff in the Marketing and Communications Department. Each report will be available within 6 months after the period to which it refers.

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1.7 Donors

Lists of those who have given National Museums Liverpool financial and other kinds of support.

List of patrons and donors (not necessarily showing sums given as benefactors sometimes request anonymity or non-disclosure of amounts)

A list is available on request from the Development Office and also published in the annual report and accounts (see Reports above). Available by July each year for preceding financial year.


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