Displays and online exhibitions

Temporary displays

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Visitors to the museum can see special displays of topical and unusual archive material in the cabinets by the entrance to the Maritime Archives and Library on the second floor of the museum.

The current display of letters from the American Civil War| is part our Liverpool and the American Civil War| programme of special displays, running from 2011 to 2015. 

Online exhibitions

The football team of the Canadian Pacific liner 'SS Duchess of Richmond' with the Mercantile Marine football trophy, 1931 (detail). Reference: SAS/23A/12/1

Have a look at some of the treasures from the archives in this series of themed online exhibitions.

• Sport and the sea
• Royal visits to Liverpool 
• The Cunard Queens
• "For you, the war is over!" - Merchant Navy Prisoners of War in the Second World War
• Moustaches from the past 
• Christmas at sea

There is also a series of themed online exhibitions from the Stewart Bale collection|. 

Previous displays

• Ships built in Liverpool for the American Civil War
• Liverpool and the American Civil War
• Whisky for all! - the true story behind 'Whisky Galore'
• 150th anniversary of HMS Conway
• Photographs of the ship CSS Alabama - a special display of rare photographs purchased in 2005