Current exhibitions at National Museums Liverpool

[International Slavery Museum] [Lady Lever Art Gallery] [Merseyside Maritime Museum] [National Conservation Centre] [Sudley House] [Walker Art Gallery] [World Museum Liverpool]


Exhibitions at International Slavery Museum

We are one

Saturday, August 23, 2008 - Wednesday, December 31, 2008

This exhibition celebrates the museum's first year with a look at how the many visitors who have passed through its doors have responded to the thought-provoking displays inside.

Find out more about: 'We are one'


Exhibitions at Lady Lever Art Gallery

Hazy painting of an industrial landscape

Masterpiece watercolours and drawings

Saturday, June 28, 2008 - Sunday, November 09, 2008

A rare opportunity to see some of the highlights of the incredible collection of British drawings and watercolours at the Lady Lever Art Gallery. The delightful works on display include pieces by JMW Turner, David Cox, Peter de Wint, Edward Lear, Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. These illustrate the flowering of the British watercolour school in the 18th century and follow its development through the 19th to the early 20th century.

Through these works visitors can trace the development of William Hesketh Lever (1851-1925), the Bolton- born grocer’s son and wealthy soap manufacturer, as a notable collector of British drawings and watercolours. The exhibition also showcases the additions to the collection made by the Trustees of the Lady Lever Art Gallery after its founder’s death.

Find out more about: 'Masterpiece watercolours and drawings'


Exhibitions at Merseyside Maritime Museum

modern taxi in an old street scene with text 'Magical History Tour: the story of Liverpool

Magical History Tour

Saturday, July 28, 2007 - Sunday, September 27, 2009

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

Follow the city's changing fortunes, from medieval 'Lyverpoole' to 21st century 'Livercool', the European Capital of Culture.

Find out more about: 'Magical History Tour '


Sailor dressed up as Miss Everton

Hello Sailor! Gay life on the ocean wave

Monday, September 24, 2007 - Sunday, January 18, 2009

Back by popular demand!

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. Personal stories and mementoes give a glimpse of what life was like for gay men at sea.

Please note: end date to be confirmed.

Find out more about: 'Hello Sailor! Gay life on the ocean wave'


Exhibitions at National Conservation Centre

Portrait of an old man
'Man in a Blue Sweater' by Michael Kirby

Best of Merseyside

Friday, August 22, 2008 - Sunday, October 05, 2008

Works from the 2008 Merseyside borough open exhibitions

As part of the Capital of Culture celebrations we are hosting this exhibition showcasing some of the best of Merseyside's contemporary artists. Fifty artists will be represented from the open exhibitions held throughout the year in the Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens and Halton boroughs.

This exhibition has been developed by galleries outside Liverpool (a grouping of the arts development and gallery officers from the five boroughs) and is supported by the Arts Council.

Find out more about: 'Best of Merseyside'


Exhibitions at Sudley House

Ornate interior of grand room

Merchant Palaces

Saturday, May 26, 2007 - Sunday, September 28, 2008

Some of Liverpool and Wirral’s lost Victorian and Edwardian mansions are shown in this stunning photographic exhibition. Twenty-five photographs by Harry Bedford Lemere (1864-1944) give a rich insight into the houses of local merchants at the time, including the home of Lord Leverhulme, Thornton Manor.

This exhibition (and its previous incarnation at Lady Lever Art Gallery) was organised in collaboration with English Heritage (National Monuments Record).

Find out more about: 'Merchant Palaces'


Exhibitions at Walker Art Gallery

Ben Johnson's Liverpool Cityscape 2008

Ben Johnson's Liverpool Cityscape 2008 and the World Panorama Series

Saturday, May 24, 2008 - Sunday, November 02, 2008

For 2008 National Museums Liverpool has commissioned celebrated artist Ben Johnson to create an iconic cityscape of Liverpool, the most ambitious of his distinguished panoramas to date.

See the painting for the first time in the Walker Art Gallery.

Find out more about: 'Ben Johnson's Liverpool Cityscape 2008 and the World Panorama Series'


Exhibitions at World Museum Liverpool

BIG BANG!

Friday, June 27, 2008 - Monday, September 22, 2008

A ground-breaking experiment‚ which could unlock some of the biggest mysteries of the universe‚ is explored in 'BIG BANG! Celebrating the World’s Largest Physics Experiment'.

This exhibition enables visitors to see the different stages of this unique experiment through a wide range of objects‚ video footage‚ images and interactives.

Find out more about: 'BIG BANG!'


Bridges not walls

Thursday, July 03, 2008 - Tuesday, September 30, 2008

This thought provoking community exhibition, displayed in the World Cultures gallery, tells the stories of displaced womn and those living in conflict around the world.


Face to Face

Thursday, July 03, 2008 - Tuesday, September 30, 2008

This community exhibition is a collection of striking self-portraits created by the Young Learners Group at EMTAS, using a variety of collage and textile techniques.


The beat goes on

The beat goes on

Saturday, July 12, 2008 - Sunday, November 01, 2009

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. The first exhibition of its kind, it draws together material from record companies, institutions and private collectors.

Find out more about: 'The beat goes on'


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