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L8: more than just a state of mind
Download the Blippar app and get more out of L8 Unseen Marc Boothe of B3 Media, producer and curator of L8 Unseen which is on display at the Museum of Liverpool, reflects on the creation of the...
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Waterloo lives display at the Museum of Liverpool
Mike Hall, Visitor Assistant, inspects one of the miniature ship models. Karen O’Rourke, Curator of Urban and Military History at the Museum of Liverpool talks about the Waterloo Lives display that...
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Golden Wedding celebrations at the Museum of Liverpool
Cliff and Norma Longfoot in front of Norma’s dress in the Museum of Liverpool Norma and Cliff Longfoot, along with their son Phillip, paid an extra special visit to the Museum of Liverpool to help...
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Get a Ticket to Ride at the Museum of Liverpool
Visitors immerse themselves in the Ticket to Ride display. Ticket to Ride kicks off Mencap Liverpool’s Learning Disability Week events at the Museum of Liverpool. Hailey Wood, Project Co-odinator at...
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Immerse yourself in Ticket to Ride
Marcia (pupil at St Vincent’s school), during the filming of her journey for Ticket to Ride with film maker Paul McCann. Ticky Lowe, artist and Director of Making Sense, makes interactive and...
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Time capsule discovery – a glimpse of Liverpool life, 1856
Get a glimpse of Liverpool’s history with this time capsule, which was recently acquired by the museum and is on display until 27 July 2015 as part of the Festival of Archaeology. Contents of the time...
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Liverpool Grand Prix
Aintree Circuit Lap Record Trophy. On display in Wondrous Place gallery in the Museum of Liverpool I’m an archaeologist at the Museum of Liverpool, so this blog relates to history which is a bit modern...
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Scouse hair-rollers from the past
18th century wig curler found during excavations before the construction of the Crown Court in Liverpool The HAIR exhibition in the Museum of Liverpool explores how Black hair styles have evolved and...
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We dig football!
Detail from James Newlands’ 1847 map of Liverpool showing the Queen’s Head. Courtesy of Digital Archives Association http://digitalarchives.co.uk/ This weekend, on Saturday 18 July, our archaeologists...
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Summer fun for young archaeologists!
School’s out for the summer next week! If you’re looking for an interesting way for your child (aged 8-17) to spend a few days over the holidays, try our Young Archaeologists’ Club summer school...
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Treasure acquired for the region!
Brooches from the Knutsford Hoard Great news! The Museum of Liverpool and Congleton Museum have received £65,400 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for an exciting project that will help to acquire two...
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Strong and resilient women in Poppies exhibition
Curator Karen O’Rourke installing objects in the exhibition, beneath a photo of Colonel Debbie Telford Karen O’Rourke, the curator of the Museum of Liverpool’s latest exhibition, reflects on its first...
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Liverpool’s Hispanic community – get involved
The de Larrinaga family display in the Global City gallery Liverpool’s many global connections are celebrated across the Museum of Liverpool; including the city’s Hispanic communities. 19th century...
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Hiroshima survivors, 70 years on
Hiroshimo survivors Ikuko, Teruko and Takako, iPhone photo taken after their portrait session © Lee Karen Stow Two weeks ago photographer Lee Karen Stow opened her exhibition Poppies: Women and War at...
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Liverpool’s first Town Hall –‘The House of the Virgin Mary’
Liverpool’s current Town Hall, opened in 1754.“The pride which it inspired in our ancestors still lives in the veneration with which it is regarded by the citizens to-day.” Ramsay Muir, 1913 As we...
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It’s a left-handed thing
Our Internal Communications Officer, Emma Duffy, on why she’s happy to be celebrating International Left Handers Day. I love being left-handed (one of the 10% of the world’s population that is), not...
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VJ Day remembered in Liverpool
Philip Hayden Karen O’Rourke, Curator of Urban and Military History at the Museum of Liverpool, writes: “This week I was asked to supply some extracts for a service at Liverpool Parish Church, Our Lady...
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Bread – Home to Roost
If you watched the TV programme, Bread in the 1980s and early 90s, this hen ceramic egg holder may seem familiar. Whilst it isn’t the exact same hen which graced the Boswell family’s kitchen table,...
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Old Dock 300 Festival, 1715-2015
Image a Prospect of Liverpool, about 1725, is an oil painting by an unknown artist. The Old Dock is at the bottom right, behind the bridge. 2015 is the 300th anniversary of Liverpool’s Old Dock – the...
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Last chance to see L8 Unseen
A still of Tommy Calderbank from the film of his poetry reading All good things must come to an end. Sunday 6 September is your last chance to visit (or revisit) the L8 Unseen exhibition at the Museum...
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