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Save the date – LGBT History Month, OUTing the Past 2018!
Courtesy of Andrew Dineley Here at the Museum of Liverpool we are delighted to once again be hosting OUTing the Past: The 4th National Festival of LGBT History conference. Following on from last year’s...
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Same-sex desire and National Service – OUTing the Past
National Servicemen in the Army: R D Clarke, a national service recruit cleaning his boots at the Royal Army Ordnance Depot at Blackdown, Aldershot. © Imperial War Museum Our second blog post in the...
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Get involved – Diversity Role Models LGBT+ session
At the Museum of Liverpool we are passionate about telling real people’s stories and using them to champion social justice. As part of the event series for Tales from the city we are teaming up with...
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The trial of Lord Alfred Douglas – have your say! Guilty or not guilty?
Lord Alfred Douglas Our third blog post in the run up to our exciting OUTing the Past: The 4th National Festival of LGBT History conference, 3 February, is from Peter Scott-Presland and Andrew Lumsden....
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Liverpool Pride – The inside story
Liverpool Pride 2010 © Jeb Smith Our fourth blog post instalment for OUTing the Past: The 4th National Festival of LGBT History conference, 3 February 2018, is from Joan Burnett. Joan, a trustee of...
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Trans Atlantic Militaries : LGBTQ rights
Caroline outside of 10 Downing Street, 2012. Courtesy of Caroline Paige. Our fifth blog post for OUTing the Past: The 4th National Festival of LGBT History conference, 3 February, is from Caroline...
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The Pansy Project – OUTing the past
Paul Harfleet planting pansies in St John’s Gardens, Liverpool with a representative of Merseyside Police © Paul Harfleet Our sixth blog post in the run up to our exciting OUTing the Past: The 4th...
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Chinese New Year at the Museum of Liverpool
On 10 February the Museum of Liverpool will begin its celebrations for Chinese New Year with a special day of free events organised with Liverpool’s Confucius Institute. There will be lion dancing,...
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William Seymour: The ‘Female Cabdriver’
Courtesy of Billie-Gina Thomason Our final blog post in the run up to our exciting OUTing the Past: The 4th National Festival of LGBT History conference, 3 February, is from Billie-Gina Thomason....
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Sapphic Suffragettes
Courtesy of Hilary McCollum Our final blog post in the run up to our exciting OUTing the Past: The 4th National Festival of LGBT History conference, 3 February, is from Hilary McCollum. Hilary is a...
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10 Decades On: Liverpool Women 100
Taking Liberties on display in The People’s Republic 2018 marks 100 years since the passing of the Representation of the People Act. After a long hard fight, some women over the age of 30 were given...
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The year of the dog
February marks the start of the new lunar year, and it’s during this time that millions of people across the world will gather to celebrate Chinese New Year. Starting on 16 February, we’ll have seven...
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A proposal with Pride!
Navy uniform hat, paper flowers and wedding photo in museum display case We have recently added some fantastic new items to our community case in the Tales from the city exhibition. This case enables...
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International Women’s Day with the Women’s Institute
This week we are celebrating International Women’s Day at the Museum of Liverpool. We are proud to say that we will be delivering an event on 10 March with the local Women’s Institute. Claire from...
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Rethinking Disability Symposium
Visitors in The Blind School exhibition We’re looking forward to hosting Rethinking Disability on Friday 9 March. A symposium for the museums and galleries sector, the aim is to bring together...
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Celebrate International Women’s Day at National Museums Liverpool
National Museums Liverpool is marking International Women’s Day (Thursday 8 March) with a programme of free exhibitions and events on the day and the following weekend (Saturday 10 and 11 March)....
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‘Frontstage and backstage at the Magic Clock, Easter lunchtime 1969’
The Magic Clock, Roe Street, 1968. Courtesy of Liverpool Record Office, Liverpool Libraries. Dr Jo Stanley, creative historian, made a textile artwork of the interior of the Magic Clock pub, Roe...
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Hard sweat: Liverpool’s garment district
Today we have a guest blog from Susan Bennett, volunteer researcher working on the Galkoff’s and Secret Life of Pembroke Place project. This Heritage Lottery Fund-supported project is exploring the...
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A tour for the senses
The ‘Smells galore’ interactive in The Great Port gallery is just one of the sensory experiences at the Museum of Liverpool. Liverpool is a city that has undoubtedly left its mark on history: world...
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Double Fantasy John & Yoko
Photo by Keith McMillan (c) Yoko Ono On what would have been the couple’s 49th wedding anniversary we are very proud to announce a major new exhibition, telling the story of John Lennon and Yoko Ono...
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