Feature

view of the museum from the river, showing the first cladding panels in place

Building a new museum

Find out about the exciting plans for this major new museum on the waterfront, due to open in 2010/2011.

Features

Architect's cross section of museum building showing different galleries

Global City public forum

Listen to a podcast of last year's forum about whether Liverpool is a global city - and what this actually means.

old photo of a steam train locomotive in a station

Land transport collection

An online feature about the top ten vehicles in our land transport collection.

Visitor information

The new Museum of Liverpool will open in 2010/11. In the meantime you can find out about the city's history in some of our other venues.

About the museum

illustration of proposed gallery with overhead railway carriage

The museum will demonstrate Liverpool’s unique contribution to the world and will showcase popular culture while tackling social, historical and contemporary issues.