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Behind the scenes in the Museum – creating a wash-house display
Kerrie McGiveron is the lead researcher on an amazing community-led oral history project ‘Hanging Out: The Histories of Liverpool’s Laundry Life.’ “As part of my placement working with the Museum of...
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Black History Month – collecting history in the making
The new Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Councillor Anna Rothery made history recently by becoming Liverpool’s first Black Lord Mayor. To help record this momentous occasion in our city’s history we have...
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Breathing new life into old records
This year we decided to put our old aerial photographs to use, to create an insightful new resource… …but first, a little bit about me and my role. I’m the digital preservation trainee, and I’m here on...
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Hitler bombed my Wendy house!
Valerie outside of her Wendy house. Image courtesy of Valerie Williams Nimmo As part of Blitzed: Liverpool Lives we are gathering people’s first-hand experiences of the Blitz to include in the...
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Museum of Liverpool wins family friendly award
Pictured at the awards ceremony L-R: Julia Bryan, Senior Education Manager, Melody Sparks, Visitor Assistant, Philp Mould, art dealer, broadcaster and host, Chris Kerfoot, Education Team Leader, Museum...
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Fancy a swim in the Mersey? First Ladies 1 Mile Championship
16 year old Lucy Morton won this gold brooch in the Ladies 1 Mile Mersey Championship in August 1914. She was one of eleven competitors and finished in 24 minutes, 25 seconds with a lead of 40 yards...
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Liverpool’s Dancing Queen!
Image courtesy of Norah Button The Museum of Liverpool’s oral history project, Liverpool Voices, collects and preserves the stories of Liverpool and its people. As part of this project we recently...
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Behind the Scenes: Setting up the ‘Hanging Out’ display
Kerrie McGiveron and May Kerrie McGiveron is lead researcher for the community-led oral history project ‘Hanging Out: The Histories of Liverpool’s Laundry Life.’ This is her final blog post revealing...
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A golden chair fit for a King!
Here at the Museum of Liverpool we have recently put on display this rather unusual piece of furniture: a chair that was designed to act as a hearing aid. As part of the display process we asked...
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A plate full of meaning
Today we have a guest blog from Jeff Speakman, Assistant Curator at the Museum of Liverpool. ‘Excavations at Rainford Tennis Courts in St Helens in 2015 revealed an amazing range of locally-made...
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