From the Maritime Archives & Library Guide to Collections, volume 1: The MDHB, its antecedent's and successor's collection is the Maritime Museum's largest and most important Archives. It covers the ...

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The story of the pets traveling on the Titanic is one of the lesser-known aspects of the disaster touched on in the compelling exhibition 'Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story' at the Maritime ...

History was made in 1957 on a small Church Hall stage in Woolton, Liverpool. Lead image: John Lennon plays guitar on stage with the Quarrymen at St Peter's church fete, Woolton, Merseyside, 6 July ...

The bombing of Merseyside during the Second World War reached its peak in the seven night Blitz of 1-7 May 1941. This 'May Blitz' was the most concentrated series of air attacks on any British city ...

The regional archaeology collection includes objects which date from the Mesolithic to the modern periods, and provide evidence about how life in Merseyside has changed through its long history. The ...

Laurence Westgaph looks into the history of William Brown Street and reveals it's connections with the international slave trade. Liverpool's Central Library and World Museum have their origins in ...

The Connector Project’s first research pilot, ‘Overwriting – Underwriting’, launches as part of International Slavery Museum’s Slavery Remembrance Day programme. The event, which is delivered in ...

Charles Tayleur, a Liverpool engineer, founded the Vulcan Foundry at Newton-le-Willows in 1830. In 1832 Robert Stephenson, the railway engineer, joined him in partnership. In 1847 they took over the ...

The Walker Art Gallery is set to receive an early Christmas present in the form of Lawrence Stephen Lowry’s painting The Liver Buildings, Liverpool, which will be displayed at the Gallery on long term ...

Walker Art Gallery will present Listening All Night To The Rain, a large-scale multi-channel film and sound installation by Sir John Akomfrah RA, opening 16 May 2026. Originally commissioned by the ...