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Bequest saves an original Liverpool Overhead Railway signal
Liverpool Overhead Railway approaching James Street Station. Accession number MOL.2008.97.13 This month we are marking the 60th anniversary of the day that Liverpool Overhead Railway closed, on 30...
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Pembroke Place – read all about it!
Today we have a guest blog from Lucy Kilfoyle, a researcher in the History Department at the University of Liverpool. Lucy is leading a team of volunteers investigating historic newspapers as part of...
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Magical Meccano Christmas Window
Hugh Baird University Centre undergraduate designs Blackler’s Santa themed window for Museum of Liverpool Museum of Liverpool’s shop has teamed up with the Hugh Baird University Centre to create a...
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‘The Star’ and 150 years of the Liverpool Playhouse
The Playhouse as we know it began life as the Star Music Hall in 1866 and became a theatre in 1911. The Liverpool Playhouse‘s Christmas show, ‘The Star’, is written by Michael Wynne from Birkenhead. In...
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The weird and wonderful jobs of Pembroke Place
Street sign for Pembroke Place Today we have a guest blog from Richard MacDonald, a freelance historical researcher and Blue Badge Guide. Richard is leading a team of volunteers investigating historic...
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An archive can be your story
To celebrate Jamaican independence a Ball was organised in Liverpool. This photograph was donated to the collections by Tayo Aluko The Sankofa project is looking to support local Black people and...
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Weaving herstory
Helen with her relatives The Sankofa project aims to highlight people’s amazing collections and offer advice about how these precious histories can be preserved for future generations. Passing down...
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Four funerals and a wedding
Aerial view of Pembroke Place c1930s © Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine An amazing team of volunteers have been delving into historic archives to reveal some of the secrets of Pembroke Place as...
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‘Corruption of public morals’! – OUTing the Past
International Times with ‘Busted’ headline. Courtesy Liverpool John Moores University In the run up to our free conference OUTing the Past: The 3rd National Festival of LGBT History on 25 February, we...
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A warrior with some marker pens, glue and a photocopier!
Our second blog post from one of our excellent speakers from OUTing the Past: The 3rd National Festival of LGBT History conference, which is coming to the Museum of Liverpool on 25 February, is Andrew...
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Trailblazing transgender service in the British military
© Stephen King Our 3rd blog post from one of our inspiring speakers from OUTing the Past: The 3rd National Festival of LGBT History conference, 25 February is Caroline Paige. Caroline, born in...
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Activism shapes our collections
Taking a closer look at our activism timeline at the Sankofa project launch event. As part of the Sankofa Project we have started to explore Black activism in Liverpool. An activist is a person who...
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More Pride online!
Statuette of standing Hermaphrodite Pride and Prejudice is our groundbreaking project to put online the social history collections held at the Museum of Liverpool, and the fine and decorative art...
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International Women’s Day at National Museums Liverpool
Statue of Mary Bamber – A Revolutionary Woman at Museum of Liverpool. The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is #BeBoldForChange and the programme of events across National Museums...
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Galkoff’s and the Secret Life of Pembroke Place update
Galkoff’s butcher’s shop today – behind protective hoarding. Image courtesy of LSTM The Galkoff’s and the Secret Life of Pembroke Place project team, along with 24 volunteers have been delving into the...
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Walton Child Star – A life less ordinary
“She was extremely charismatic, headstrong and passionate” Josephine tap toe dancing on drum Anne Hutchinson, 2016 For International Women’s Day we are featuring these wonderful items, which tell the...
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Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
‘Women Urgently Wanted’ © IWM (Art.IWM PST 13171) As soon as war had been declared in August 1914, women had begun ‘doing their bit’ towards the war effort. Initially they worked as nurses, shop staff...
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From Perec Gelkopf to Percy Galkoff
Percy Galkoff (front left) in a family photograph in the 1940s. Courtesy of Toubkin/Galkoff family Today we have a guest blog from Lucia Morawska, a volunteer who has been researching the Galkoff...
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‘Bee’ happy at Museum of Liverpool!
Museum of Liverpool Did you know Monday 20 March is the International Day of Happiness? It may seem strange to formalise such a basic human emotion but in 2012, when all 193 member states of the United...
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World Poetry Day 2017
Discover the Liverpool poets in our Wondrous Place gallery. Image © Dave Jones Inspired by my interest in the Liverpool Beat Poets and driven by my love of poetry, on Tuesday 21 March I will be...
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