Collections and research

Antiquities

We have 50,000 artefacts from across the ancient world including Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Anglo-Saxon collections.

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Botany

The herbarium currently contains around 400,000 specimens, the great majority being pressed dried mounted specimens.

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Earth

The geological collection at World Museum contains over 40,000 fossils as well as extensive rock and mineral collections.

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Ethnology

Our collection ranks among the top six collections in the country and is made up of around 40,000 objects.

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Space and Time

Covering clock and watch-making and scientific instrument-making, in the Liverpool region in the 17th - 19th centuries.

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Zoology

The zoology collection is made up of around 1.2 million specimens including vertebrates, amphibians and arachnids.

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