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Celebrating Angus Wood
Angus Wood (with coat over his arms) This Black History Month we celebrate diverse voices from Liverpool’s Black community. This second blog in the series celebrates the life of Angus Wood and his...
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Liverpool Black Sisters doing it for themselves
Members of Liverpool Black Sisters protest at Derby Square, 1980s. © Liverpool Black Sisters/Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre This Black History Month we are celebrating diverse voices from Liverpool’s...
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Helen Woolstencroft: from migration to me
Detail of Helen’s dress ‘Eva’. In this guest blog for the Sankofa project and as part of Black History Month, artist Helen Woolstencroft reveals how family and history play an important role in her...
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Building Britannia: behind the scenes at the Museum of Liverpool
Luke selecting objects for display from the stores Today we have a guest blog by Luke Daly-Groves. Luke is currently studying a PhD on Anglo-American intelligence relations in occupied Germany at the...
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Alternative Miss Liverpool crowning glory
© Steven Cheshire, 2011 Homotopia Festival is now in full swing with events happening across the city up until 1 December. To help celebrate Homotopia’s 15th birthday we have loaned the inaugural...
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#Thankstoyou
Museum of Liverpool opened in 2011. As a charity, National Museums Liverpool relies on the support of charitable donations. However big or small, all donations go into supporting our work looking after...
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Vote for women in our advent calendar!
Each December we count down the days to Christmas with the National Museums Liverpool advent calendar. There’s a different surprise from our collections and exhibitions behind each door, with a new...
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Graffitiology
Museum of Liverpool archaeologists and Lister Steps volunteers taking part in graffiti recording. Recently the archaeology team have been working in partnership with Lister Steps; a community based...
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Pleasure Gardens Past
Today we have a guest blog from Rebecca Metcalfe, a volunteer working on the Galkoff’s and Secret Life of Pembroke Place project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Rebecca has been researching...
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At the Cutting Edge, with Edge Conservation
Today we have a guest blog from Anna Dembicka, who has worked on the Galkoff’s and Secret Life of Pembroke Place project as an ICON Ceramics Intern. Anna’s detailed work on the tiles with the Edge...
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A Social Evil, victims or scapegoats?
This research was spurred by looking into Pembroke Place’s past for the Galkoff’s & Secret Life of Pembroke Place exhibition Today we have a guest blog from Susan Bennett, who has been researching...
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University Women banner – revealing histories and mysteries
Women’s suffrage procession outside of Liverpool Central Library in 1910. Photograph courtesy of Lancashire Archives DDX 1137/5/24 The British Federation of University Women, (today known as the...
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Digging Up ‘Little Hell’!
Looking back on 2018, this has been a fascinating and fun year at the Museum of Liverpool. One of my professional highlights of the year has been the excavation we undertook in July at Oakes Street...
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Volunteer helps uncover the secret life of Pembroke Place
Liz Stewart and Susan Bennett Volunteers are an integral part of National Museums Liverpool, and without them, important work would not be able to take place. In our latest blog, Human Resources...
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Liverpool is Burning! House of Suarez
Vogue Ball 2017. Image courtesy of Fotocad “It’s always been my dream to create a Vogue Ball since I was first introduced to the vogue dance style in the ‘80s. To see the growth and passion of the...
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OUTing the Past! Festival of LGBT History 2019
Come and join us this LGBT History Month at The Museum of Liverpool, 23 February, for our OUTing the Past Festival of LGBT History. This year we are one of 18 venues in the UK and Ireland, Norway,...
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Trans-Verses: Poetry themes in The Glad Rag and Cross-Talk Magazines
Cross Talk magazine In the lead up to our OUTing the Past Festival of LGBT History at the Museum of Liverpool, 23 February, we will be sharing blogs from our wonderful speakers. First up is Valerie...
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Museum of Liverpool celebrates Year of the Pig
Folded lucky money envelopes made by volunteers as part of the Pigsy Challenge project A Lucky Pigsy sculpture celebrating Chinese new year is to go on display at the Museum of Liverpool from 1...
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From small town boy to ‘visible’ city cop – my journey explained
Christian Owens In the lead up to our OUTing the Past Festival of LGBT History at the Museum of Liverpool, 23 February, we will be sharing blogs from our wonderful speakers. Second up is Christian...
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UNISON: Our proud history
Adam Hodson In the lead up to our OUTing the Past Festival of LGBT History at the Museum of Liverpool, 23 February, we will be sharing blogs from our wonderful speakers. Third up is Adam Hodgson. Adam...
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