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Roundhouses, rubbish and Romans
The evidence of the buildings is being analysed, and they seem to have been constructed in clay and timber and may have been round-houses similar to this Mark Adams, Archaeological Project Officer,...
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Colomendy Totem Pole
Did you go to Colomendy Centre for Outdoor Education in North Wales like generations of Liverpool children? If so you may remember this Totem Pole, which is now on display in the Museum of Liverpool....
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Our Day Out – get involved, memories matter
Photo from Keith Medley Archive Liverpool John Moores University. Ian Bradley, Media Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University tells us about the Our Day Out project and partnership exhibition at...
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Tramcar 245 is launched!
Tramcar 245 looking fantastic after restoration As Curator of the Transport Collection at the Museum of Liverpool I work with a fantastic collection of vehicles, and over the years I have worked with...
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Museums, charities and Rankin, oh my!
Glamortality, 2014 © Rankin As It’s Glam Up North: Curated by Rankin opens, Janet Dugdale, Director of the Museum of Liverpool & Merseyside Maritime Museum reflects on the fascinating role of...
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Our top 6 picks for Autumn
The colder weather is creeping in and we’re saying goodbye to the summer, but this also means some fab new items for Autumn in our shop. From vintage-style hats to cosy socks, here’s six of our...
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Money talks
1899 penny Following our recent excavation at Calderstones Park in partnership with the Reader Organisation, the Museum of Liverpool archaeology team have been working with volunteers on the post...
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Pride and Prejudice – but not what you think!
Royal Court Theatre Programme, 1951 A lot of my colleagues saw the title of the Pride and Prejudice project and thought we were doing an exhibition on Jane Austen, or at the very least Georgian life....
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1856 time capsule – connecting the Abbott family across the generations
Sisters Caryl Woof, Susan Towler and Anne Lurcott (Sarah’s mother). Their mother, Dorothy, was Florence’s daughter. Back in June we put a special time capsule on display which gave us a fascinating...
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Nurse Edith Cavell
Memorial statue to Nurse Edith Cavell in London’s Trafalgar Square © Lee Karen Stow Photographer Lee Karen Stow tells the story of one of the women featured in her exhibition Poppies: Women and War at...
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Women’s Suffrage in Liverpool – the campaign for the right to vote
Statue of Mary Bamber – A Revolutionary Woman On 12 October a new film Suffragette is released. If you’re interested in the local campaign to give women the right to vote you should visit our display,...
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Appeal – is this you in the photograph?
Our new upcoming display Growing up in the city: in photographs will feature a range of fantastic photographs depicting Liverpool childhoods from the 1870s to the 1990s, from the Museum of Liverpool’s...
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Park pipes
Three ‘Morgan’ stamped pipes excavated at Calderstones Park The Museum of Liverpool archaeologists have been analysing finds from our excavations at Calderstones Park, which ran in spring, in...
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Jet the dog – Liverpool superhero (to curators and small boys!)
Painting of Jet by Alfred Kemp Wiffen, 1949. Presented by Mrs Babcock Cleaver in 1967, accession number WAG 7004 Jet has always been a hero close to my heart. I was initially introduced to his story...
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National Adoption Week
Mary McCartney’s image projected onto the Museum of Liverpool On Monday 19 October, the Museum of Liverpool took part in a nationwide campaign to mark the beginning of National Adoption Week, which...
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First World War ‘munitionettes’
© Lee Karen Stow Photographer Lee Karen Stow reflects on the dangerous work carried out by women during the First World War: “Thank you to all those who came to the Poppies: Women and War guided tour...
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The ‘Angels of Pervyse’
© Lee Karen Stow Photographer Lee Karen Stow shares the story of two brave women who she researched as part of her preparations for the exhibition Poppies: Women and War. You can see more of her photos...
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Here there be witches?
Shoe discovered inside a wall during building works at the Everyman Theatre At the Museum of Liverpool there’s currently a display to celebrate the Everyman Theatre’s year as RIBA Stirling Prize...
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Family History Day, a day to remember
Our expert Graham travels all the way from the South West to help with Machine Gun Corps queries Karen O’Rourke, Curator of Urban and Military History at the Museum of Liverpool, blogs about Family...
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Remembering the women on Poppy Day
Iris M Newbould, Women’s Land Army © Lee Karen Stow Photographer Lee Karen Stow shares the story of another one of the women she met during the research for her exhibition Poppies: Women and War, which...
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