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All events and activities are FREE

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Sunday 5 July 2009

Performance: Caustic Widows Theatre Company

Professor Rosa and Miss Daisy from the Caustic Widows Theatre Company will be on hand with puppet and musical performances to celebrate Charles Darwin's birthday. Free entry.

Suitable for families
11am - 3pm , World Museum Liverpool
Treasure House Theatre
World Museum Liverpool visitor information

The Sun
The Sun

Sunshine

A fun lively interactive show for the young and young at heart. Particularly suitable for under-5’s.

Please collect your free ticket from the ground floor information desk before the show.

Tickets for this show are limited and in demand, tickets are available on a first come, first served basis from 10am on the day of the show.

Suitable for families
1.15pm , World Museum Liverpool
Planetarium
World Museum Liverpool visitor information

Solar system diagram

Wonders of the Solar System

3-2-1-blast off! Come on an adventure around our Solar System without leaving the comfort of your chair in our fantastic family show. This show just got bigger and better, with new up to date information on the solar system. Find out why Pluto has now been declassified as a planet and why we get changes of the seasons.

Please collect your free ticket from the ground floor information desk before the show.

Suitable for families
4.05pm , World Museum Liverpool
Planetarium
World Museum Liverpool visitor information

Winter Night Sky

The Winter night sky takes a 10 minute look at the myths and constellations of the most interesting and diverse of the seasonal night skies. Please collect your free ticket from the ground floor information desk before the show.

Suitable for all visitors
1.45pm and 3.15pm , World Museum Liverpool
Planetarium
World Museum Liverpool visitor information

Magnificent Desolation

'Magnificent desolation' was the description uttered by Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin when he stepped onto the moon. This brand new planetarium show is all about the Moon and the Apollo missions that went there. Magnificent Desolation is being launched in time to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing. Free entry.

Suitable for all visitors
2.15pm , World Museum Liverpool
Planetarium
World Museum Liverpool visitor information

Solids Liquids and Gases

A show that looks at the work of Victorian scientists from the North West and how they developed theories on solids, liquids and gases. See our experts using liquid nitrogen and solid carbon dioxide to explain the theories.

Please collect a free ticket from the information desk.

Suitable for all visitors
11am, 1pm and 3pm , World Museum Liverpool
Community Base
World Museum Liverpool visitor information

Show: The Wrangler

As part of the Liverpool Festival of Science and Technology, this show features Galileo is in his cell in Rome after questioning by the Inquisition. He speaks of Aristotle’s universe, the Pendulum, Theories of Motion, the Telescope, Archimedes, Kelpler and Cannonballs. A thought provoking lecture which leaves one in no doubt why this rebellious man presented such a problem to the authorities. Please collect a free ticket from the information desk.

Suitable for all visitors
1.30pm and 3.30pm , World Museum Liverpool
Treasure House Theatre
World Museum Liverpool visitor information

Show: Bjorn the polar bear!

As part of the Liverpool Festival of Science and Technology, come and meet the life-like polar bear, Bjorn and his handler Ursula. Find out about polar bears and their environment; what they eat, where they come from and even what star sign they are!

Discover what it is like to get up close and personal with one of these incredible endangered animals. You will also be able to try on some Inuit clothing and handle Inuit objects from the museum. This amazing FREE show must be seen to be believed!

Suitable for all visitors
Three shows (lasting 20 mins) between 11am and 3pm , World Museum Liverpool
Atrium
World Museum Liverpool visitor information

Workshop: Inspired by...Cecil Beaton portraits

Coinciding with the Cecil Beaton portraits exhibition and with the support of award winning professional photographer, Zoe Richards, the Walker Art Gallery will be hosting free portrait sessions for visitors throughout July and August.

This is your opportunity to be photographed in the style of Cecil Beaton like the glamorous stars of yesteryear and to be featured in the online gallery at www.zoephotography.co.uk

Sessions are suitable for all and will take place on a first come first served basis - see dates below.

Suitable for all visitors
11am - 4pm , Walker Art Gallery
Walker Art Gallery visitor information

Jazz at the Walker

Every Sunday you can enjoy a relaxing afternoon at the Walker Art Gallery with our resident jazz masters and appearances from special guest performers.

Check our Jazz at the Walker page to see which band is playing each Sunday.

Suitable for all visitors
12.30pm – 3pm , Walker Art Gallery
Walker Art Gallery visitor information

Spotlight on the Titanic

Our resident demonstrator reveals the facts and myths surrounding the sinking of the world famous Titanic.

Suitable for all visitors
11am , Merseyside Maritime Museum
Merseyside Maritime Museum visitor information

Rummage

Think you’ve got what it takes to be a customs officer? Come and search our ship to see if you can spot any signs of smuggling.

Places are limited - pick up your free ticket on the day at the welcome desk.

The 3pm rummage session on 12 July will be British Sign Language interpreted.

This event is linked to the collections in the 'Seized! Revenue and Customs uncovered' gallery at Merseyside Maritime Museum.

Suitable for all visitors
1, 1.30, 2, 3 and 3.30pm , Merseyside Maritime Museum
Merseyside Maritime Museum visitor information

Hands on with the Vikings

Learn how the Vikings lived in this interactive session.

Suitable for families
1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm , Merseyside Maritime Museum
Merseyside Maritime Museum visitor information

All hands on deck

Ever wonder what a Fid is or why a ship is a she? All will be revealed in this fascinating hands-on session.

Suitable for all visitors
1-4pm , Merseyside Maritime Museum
Merseyside Maritime Museum visitor information

Grave tales

Parson Dodge will be lurking about the gallery. If you're lucky he may stop and tell you all about the age-old battle between smugglers and customs men.

This event is linked to the collections in the 'Seized! Revenue and Customs uncovered' gallery at Merseyside Maritime Museum.

Suitable for 7yrs+
1pm, 2pm and 3pm , Merseyside Maritime Museum
Seized! gallery, basement
Merseyside Maritime Museum visitor information

Life of the Lady Lever

Discover the story of the art gallery and its collection through the eyes of a Sunlight Soap factory worker, in this character-led session. Free.

Suitable for all visitors
1pm,2pm & 3pm

, Lady Lever Art Gallery
Lady Lever Art Gallery visitor information

Tales from Africa

Immerse yourself in African tales in this free drop-in interactive storytelling session for younger visitors.

Suitable for families
1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm , International Slavery Museum
Life in West Africa gallery
International Slavery Museum visitor information

Exhibitions

Entry to all exhibitions is FREE

You can look for an exhibition at another venue or on a different date using the search facility and calendar on the right.

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Darwin Today

A science exhibition showing how Darwin’s ideas are relevant today and how they have influenced learning and research, including Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection...

The Beat Goes On

Inspired by Liverpool’s significant contribution to popular music, The Beat Goes On showcases Merseyside’s vibrant music scenes that have played a major part in the city’s life over the past 60 years...

Cecil Beaton: Portraits

This major restrospective exhibition brings together captivating images from Cecil Beaton, one of the most celebrated photographers of the twentieth century...

Walker Art Gallery
Friday 26 June 2009 to Monday 31 August 2009
Walker Art Gallery visitor information

John Moores Prizewinners 1957-2006

A rare chance to see a selection of the prestigious competition's past winning art works together in one place...

Walker Art Gallery
Saturday 20 September 2008 to Thursday 31 December 2009
Walker Art Gallery visitor information

Hello Sailor! Gay life on the ocean wave

This small exhibition takes a light hearted, sensitive look at life on board passenger and merchant ships at a time when homosexuality was illegal, and for gay men there were few places to be safe...

Merseyside Maritime Museum
Saturday 16 May 2009 to Monday 24 August 2009
Merseyside Maritime Museum visitor information

Magical History Tour

This major exhibition takes visitors on a fast paced, dynamic journey of discovery through 800 years of Liverpool history...

A Sweet Life: fashion in a Liverpool sugar merchant's family

Please note: end date in Spring 2010 to be confirmed...

Sudley House
Friday 10 April 2009 to Sunday 28 February 2010
Sudley House visitor information

Sound and Vision

Music and fashion photographed by Francesco Mellina, Liverpool, 1978-82 ...

Whistler: The Gentle Art of Making Etchings

James McNeill Whistler was one of the great masters of etching...

Lady Lever Art Gallery
Friday 3 July 2009 to Sunday 20 September 2009
Lady Lever Art Gallery visitor information

My life, my words

A small display of videos and images exploring the lives and experiences of individuals from the Black communities within Liverpool and their relationships with an ever-changing city...

Shoot Nations

An exhibition of photographs taken by young people as part of the Shoot Nations global photographic competition...

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