This list of museums in Merseyside, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
Name | Image | Town/City | Region | Type | Summary |
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Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, childhood home of Paul McCartney, part of the Beatles' Childhood Homes tour | ||||
Multiple | Regional cultural centre for arts and cultural entertainment, includes art, local history, Egyptology and decorative art collections from the Botanic Gardens Museum and Bootle Free Library and Museum | ||||
Music | Exhibition and museum dedicated to the leading 1960s group The Beatles | ||||
Religious | |||||
Art | Arts centres with exhibit galleries | ||||
Agriculture | Vintage lawnmowers | ||||
Historic house | 16th century country house with Edwardian period rooms, Victorian period farm and walled garden | ||||
Multiple | Exhibits include maritime displays, military aviation, and merchant marine radio and wireless | ||||
Art | Arts centre for film, video and new and emerging media | ||||
Garstang Museum of Archaeology | Archaeology | ||||
Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, home of photographer E. Chambré Hardman, features portraits of the people of Liverpool, the city and the landscapes of the surrounding countryside | ||||
History | History and legacy of transatlantic slavery and its contemporary relevance, located on the third floor of the building housing the Merseyside Maritime Museum | ||||
Art | Collection includes British 18th century and 19th century paintings, 18th century furniture and Wedgwood | ||||
Religious | Includes 3-D film and interactive displays about the cathedral's architecture, history and art, its people and purpose; historic artifacts, tours of the tower and a collection of Victorian and Edwardian ecclesiastical embroidery | ||||
Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 1950s period childhood house of singer/composer John Lennon of The Beatles, part of the Beatles' Childhood Homes tour | ||||
Merseyside Fire Service Heritage and Education Centre | Firefighting | website | |||
Maritime | Shipping, trade, local ties to the RMS Titanic, RMS Lusitania and RMS Empress of Ireland, Battle of the Atlantic, life at sea, Seized! The Border and Customs uncovered | ||||
Multiple | City's history, culture and social history, art, costumes, decorative art | ||||
Transportation | Vintage buses, also classic cars, trucks and fire engines | ||||
Art | 19th century sculpture and funeral monuments of notable citizens, part of the Walker Art Gallery | ||||
History | website, history of the model village built in 1888 by William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme | ||||
Local | website, local history, culture, clock and watch making industry, pottery manufacture, cable making and mining | ||||
Smithy Heritage Centre | Local | website, local history | |||
Science | Space and space travel | ||||
Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, black and white wood-framed Tudor manor house with Victorian rooms | ||||
History | History and tours of the hall, its prison, refurbished criminal court and judge's robing room, gallery for local art and culture displays | ||||
Art | Victorian historic house museum with art gallery | ||||
Multiple | Part of the University of Liverpool, exhibit topics include zoology, medicine, dentistry, archaeology, engineering and oceanography | ||||
Art | Modern and contemporary art | ||||
Maritime | Recovered German World War II submarine and artifacts including an Enigma machine | ||||
Art | Part of the University of Liverpool, paintings, sculptures and ceramics | ||||
Art | Collections include Italian and Netherlandish paintings from 1300 to 1550, European art from 1550 to 1900. 18th and 19th century British art, prints, drawings and watercolours, 20th century works and sculpture | ||||
Military | |||||
Art | Collections include Victorian oil paintings, English watercolours, Liverpool porcelain and Della Robbia Pottery, ship models, local history | ||||
History | Early 19th century network of tunnels and exhibits about their builder | ||||
Transportation | Displays of buses, trams, cars, motorbikes and motor accessories, and a model railway layout | ||||
Multiple | Archaeology, ethnology, natural history, geology and fossils, Ancient Egypt, space, science, coins | ||||
Art | website, exhibits of historic and contemporary glass art, glass-making industry and history, glassblowing | ||||