Highlighted objects - and the challenges they present conservators

Eric's club handbill

Handbill advertising Eric's club

These items are simple souvenirs, perhaps of a night out or a place you used to hang out. Consigned to the bottom of a drawer, then to a box in the loft and finally to a dustbin. Flyers, magazines and carrier bags are so ephemeral that often they do not survive. But the memories they recall…

Sources of information

National Museums Liverpool website

  • Spotlight on Eric's - read more about the legendary club in this feature about the Spotlight on Eric's exhibition held in 2004
  • Eric's memorabilia - a selection of Eric's related items from our collections that you can see in the exhibition 'The Beat Goes On' at World Museum Liverpool until 1 November 2009
  • The Beat Goes On - exhibition about music in Liverpool, from The Beatles to the Zutons

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