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Walking for Health
Every Friday morning, a small group of intrepid folk meet at the World Museum on William Brown Street and head out for an hour’s walk around the city centre. For over 10 years now, National Museums...
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What does World Cultures mean to you?
We are curious. We want to know what the words ‘World Cultures’ mean to you? It is the name of World Museum’s biggest gallery, but does it really display the world? In May 2019, as we began the process...
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Who is Taki Katei?
‘Drawing on Nature: Taki Katei’s Japan’ is now on at Word Museum, but who is Taki Katei? Here are our top ten facts about this forgotten master! Photograph of Taki Katei, 1890s. Reproduced from...
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Conservators make Blitz survivor rise again
Conservator Dave Parsons hard at work on Arandora Star – 40.26 Here at National Museums Liverpool we’re lucky to be the keepers of some long held collections. The Merseyside Maritime Museum may only...
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What to Do With Your Loot: Renovating the Benin Displays at World Museum
The artist Leo Asemota at World Museum 10 October 2019 looking at documents in the museum’s Benin archives. If you have been following World Museum blogs or social media you will have seen that we are...
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#Thankstoyou – Free entry to Taki Katei for lottery ticket holders
Step back in time to 19th century Japan with the exquisite artwork of Taki Katei, and from 23 November to 1 December, National Lottery players will be able to see this stunning exhibition free of...
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Extinct or indistinct? The Canary Islands Oystercatcher
World Museum’s Canary Island Oystercatcher, specimen T16000 Among World Museum’s zoological treasures is our collection of extinct birds. Many of these extinct birds are island species such as the...
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Fumigation at Liverpool Museum, 1930s style
Newspaper cutting regarding fumigation at Liverpool Museum, Hivey Fumigation Company, c1934 (MAL reference B/HI/4) The Maritime Archives and Library seeks to collect and preserve the maritime history...
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Get ready for the Big Garden Bird Watch
British garden birds from World Museum’s collection © World Museum Liverpool The Royal society for the Protection of Bird’s (RSPB) Big Garden Bird Watch takes place each winter in the UK – this year...
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Extinction threat to the pangolin
World Museum’s pangolin specimens Pangolins are the world’s most trafficked animals. From 17 January, four mounted specimens will go on display in the atrium at World Museum to highlight the African...
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