Our museums and galleries house fascinating collections, from living bugs to The Beatles, fine art to photography, the Titanic to ancient Egypt.
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Our museums and galleries house fascinating collections, from living bugs to The Beatles, fine art to photography, the Titanic to ancient Egypt.
The venues in the National Museums Liverpool group are World Museum, the Walker Art Gallery, Merseyside Maritime Museum, the International Slavery Museum, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Sudley House and the new Museum of Liverpool.
All of our museums are open 10am-5pm every day except 24 December (close at 2pm), 25 and 26 December and 1 January.
The Museum of Liverpool is one of the world's leading city history museums. Building on the success of the former Museum of Liverpool Life, which closed in 2006, the museum demonstrates Liverpool's unique contribution to the world and showcases popular culture while tackling social, historical and contemporary issues. It is housed in a new landmark building at the Pier Head, at the core of the World Heritage Site on Liverpool's famous waterfront.
Go to the Museum of Liverpool website.
World Museum combines historic treasures from across the globe with the latest interactive technology to make an unbeatable family day out. Our internationally important collections include archaeology, ethnology and the natural and physical sciences as well as Britain's only free Planetarium. With everything from real live bugs to Egyptian mummies, prehistoric pottery to space exploration, as well as lots of hands-on fun, there's something for everyone inside.
Go to the World Museum website.
The national gallery of the North, housing outstanding collections of British and European art from 1300 to the present day. Well known works include stunning renaissance masterpieces and one of the best collections of Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite art in the country. Visitors are also bound to recognise many other much loved works on our walls such as 'And when did you last see your father?' and the famous Tudor portraits.
Go to the Walker Art Gallery website.
The Merseyside Maritime Museum in the historic Albert Dock tells the story of one of the world's greatest ports. Discover Liverpool's central role in centuries at sea as the gateway to the new world, how the Titanic, Lusitania and Empress of Ireland tragedies affected the city and how merchant navy ships operating out of the port have provided a lifeline in times of war and peace. The museum now also includes Seized! The Border and Customs uncovered - the museum of the UK Border Agency.
Go to the Merseyside Maritime Museum website.
This exciting new museum explores both the historical and contemporary aspects of slavery, addressing the many legacies of the slave trade and telling stories of bravery and rebellion amongst the enslaved people. These are stories which have been largely untold.
Go to the International Slavery Museum website.
The Lady Lever Art Gallery is the beautiful legacy of soap magnate and discerning art collector William Hesketh Lever, the first Lord Leverhulme. The gallery is famous for its Pre-Raphaelite paintings but also has outstanding collections of Wedgwood, Chinese porcelain and 18th century furniture among the treasures on show. Named in memory of Lever's wife, the gallery forms the centrepiece of Port Sunlight, the garden village built for his workforce.
Go to the Lady Lever Art Gallery website.
Sudley House has the only Victorian merchant's art collection still held in its original setting - the former family home of the Liverpool ship owner George Holt. Works on show are drawn mainly from his fine collection of British paintings including works by Landseer and Turner, major Pre-Raphaelite pictures and 18th century portraits by Gainsborough, Reynolds, and Romney.
Go to the Sudley House website.