Senior staff
Director of Merseyside Maritime Museum
Senior management team

Rachel Mulhearn was appointed as Director of Merseyside Maritime Museum in 2009. She has worked at National Museums Liverpool since 1989, most recently as curator of maritime history and deputy head of Merseyside Maritime Museum.
Rachel has published and presented papers internationally on Liverpool's maritime history. Between 2005 and 2007 she was centrally involved in the development of the International Slavery Museum.
Rachel served as the secretary-general of the International Commission for Maritime History 2004-2009 and is a member of the British Commission for Maritime History. She is currently on the committee of the International Congress of Maritime Museums and a member of the council of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.