Museum of Liverpool themes and displays
History Detectives will be a unique resource for Liverpool. Exploring the long history of Liverpool and the Merseyside region from the last ice age to the present day, it will pose the questions 'what was here?' and 'how do we know?'
An object-rich graphic timeline will form the threshold to History Detectives and will be visible from a distance as visitors arrive on the first floor by stairs or lift. Spreading far back before the granting of the city’s letters patent (charter) in 1207 and panning forward into the future, the timeline will offer an important context and overview to every visit to the Museum of Liverpool.
Inside History Detectives an interactive map will enable visitors to explore Merseyside’s history. It will be possible to peel back layers of historic maps, discover archaeological finds or important buildings and even explore our natural history - searching by place, time or theme.
To complement this multimedia mapping interactive, displays packed with objects, information and things to do will help visitors find out more about the history of ten specific areas in Merseyside further detail. These temporary displays will change at a rate of around two a year.
Accompanying this will be several hands-on stations which will help visitors to answer that key question ‘how do we know?’ These will include a rich bank of local archive photographs from National Museums Liverpool’s collections which will demonstrate to visitors how they can date their own family photographs.
The new City Soldiers gallery will utilise the King’s Regiment collection to tell the story of the regiment and inspire visitors to undertake their own family history research using the King’s collection and archive information.
The displays within History Detectives will include: