National Museums Liverpool

We're delighted to share that Laura Pye has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool Hope University! This prestigious recognition took place during the winter graduation ceremony at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, and celebrates Laura's exceptional contributions to the cultural and heritage landscape, both within our museums and across the wider community.   Receiving an Honorary Fellowship is a remarkable achievement that not only reflects individual excellence but also underscores the vital role National Museums Liverpool plays in shaping the cultural narrative of our city and beyond.   Congratulations Laura! 📸 Alan Edwards

To mark International Day of Education we'd like to thank all of our colleagues who have delivered countless tours, workshops and schools sessions - and all of the students and teachers who have visited us over the past year.   We are passionate about making our spaces exciting and welcoming places to learn, no matter your age or topic of interest.     Last academic year across our museums and galleries we led workshops for 13,361 children and 2, 021 adults.    Another 1,029 children and 135 adults benefitted from our outreach and Home Educator sessions.   Self-led visits also proved popular and were enjoyed by 22,489 children and 5,987 adults - often making use of resources and audio guides designed by our Learning team to bring these visits to life.   That's not to mention all of our other visitors throughout the year who explored our venues, handled our collections and experienced our exhibitions.    We look forward to learning lots more with you through 2025 and beyond. Find out more about the learning opportunities we offer: https://lnkd.in/eXm2X5sk

We’re beginning 2025 with the fantastic news of a £61,750 grant from Art Fund for its Teacher Fellowship Programme, a groundbreaking initiative that will directly support the development of anti-colonial teaching practices. This programme marks a significant step forward in National Museums Liverpool's commitment to creating a National Centre for Teaching Black History. The fellowship will be launched in partnership with Archbishop Blanch School, an inclusive secondary school dedicated to fostering equality of opportunity for all. This collaboration will allow a Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator from Archbishop Blanch to undertake a transformative professional development experience, while also helping the school fulfil its diversity and inclusion goals. This programme will leverage the Clore Natural History Learning Space at World Museum, using the museum’s unique zoology, botany, and geology collections to develop an anti-colonial learning framework. Here’s more from our Head of Learning and Participation, Claire Benjamin: “We are hugely grateful to Art Fund for supporting this fantastic opportunity to host a teacher as part of this year-long fellowship. Working with Archbishop Blanch School to develop new teaching practices and collaborating with our brilliant Learning and curatorial teams to explore hidden histories within the scientific world. It will benefit young people across the city, so they feel welcome and enjoy our museum spaces.” Find out all the details here: https://lnkd.in/eNtU7QVg 📷 Pete Carr

As we welcome 2025 with an exciting year ahead, it is time for us to celebrate that Ballicom have once again renewed their corporate partnership with us. IT specialists Ballicom, are committed to finding IT solutions for all business needs, and keen to support arts and cultural heritage in the process. Thank you Ballicom - your support makes a huge difference in our ability to care for our collections and venues. Rohil Dattani, Managing Director at Ballicom, tells us more: "It's our pleasure to continue supporting National Museums Liverpool as a corporate partner. This is our fourth year on board, and I’m so happy that we can play our part through partnership to help secure the work that the museums and galleries are able to deliver year on year. Here’s to many more years working together!" 📷 Rohil Dattani

Applications now open for the Transatlantic Slavery and Legacies in Museums Forum's pilot Knowledge Sharing Programme.   This new initiative is free to take part, fully funded through the Arts Council National Lottery Project Grant. The programme will offer museums and heritage staff the opportunity to learn through practice and some emerging theory, how to more successfully, ethically and sustainably work with the history and legacies of transatlantic slavery to embed decolonial practice into their organisation's approach to this work. Participants will have the opportunity to share their experience working with the history and legacies of transatlantic slavery and decolonisation in their organisations, engaging with projects taking across the sector.  How can you get involved? 1. As a participant: This is an individual development opportunity. You will take part in a programme of online training and networking sessions and visit up to three museums where you will have the opportunity to co-produce a series of reflections and share your approaches and experience of working.  2. As a museum: you will host a group of participants (no more than 8) for one day in your museum to share your work and set a practical challenge based on your context, for the participants to collaboratively find solutions for. Closing date to apply is Friday 31 January.  Read the full brief and find out how to apply: https://lnkd.in/evWgt2YT Photo credits: Yanhao Huang and Mina Bihi

Our wonderful House of Memories team.

National Museums Liverpool's corporate partner Reflect Financial Limited , recently had the opportunity to meet with some of our young adult audience at Museum of Liverpool. The company generously donated their complimentary tickets for The Holly Johnson Story exhibition, to a group of graphic design students from The City of Liverpool College. The students are creating a display for the atrium screen in Museum of Liverpool for March 2025. The display will be a visual alphabet inspired by Museum of Liverpool collections, including those featured in The Holly Johnson Story exhibition.    Our partnership with Reflect Financial Ltd is a perfect example of how significant and impactful partnerships can be. Corporate partnership is not simply about financial support, it is more than that. Partnerships evolve and strengthen, and working together for the benefit of our community and those further afield is at the heart of what we do. As an organisation we strive to make memorable experiences for everyone. The students who visited the museum, thanks to the generosity of Reflect Financial Ltd, may just have been inspired to be one of our future curators! We caught up with Jack Latham, Financial Advisor at Reflect Financial Ltd: "As financial planners, we’re committed to helping people build secure and inspiring futures, and our partnership with National Museums Liverpool reflects that mission. Donating our ticket allocation for The Holly Johnson Story exhibition to City of Liverpool College students was a way for us to give back to education organisations within our city. Supporting their creative development not only aligns with our values but also strengthens connections between the museum, its members, and our community. Together, we’re investing in the next generation’s growth, creativity, and success."   Thanks again to Reflect Financial Ltd, and please do consider supporting National Museums Liverpool. There are so many ways to be part of our story. If you are interested to learn more, simply contact Abby or Alison in the Corporate Partnership Team: Business@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk   📷 Jack Latham (centre) photographed with Liverpool City College students.

From 5 January 2025, International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum will close for essential repair and maintenance works ahead of a major redevelopment project - subject to funding. Both museums are due to reopen in 2028. For almost 40 years Maritime Museum has celebrated Liverpool’s maritime heritage as one of the world's greatest ports and the people who lived in, worked on, or passed through it. In just 20 years International Slavery Museum has explored the impact and legacies of transatlantic slavery and evolved from a basement gallery to a major museum – our next transformation is part of an ongoing journey in understanding transatlantic slavery. We hope you’ll visit us in these final six weeks to see your favourite objects and explore our galleries. Book your place on the first of our last chance to see events: https://lnkd.in/dzp7grZZ Learn more about the exciting developments to come for International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum here: https://lnkd.in/dCfkKCHc

Toys and gifts to treasure🧸🐙✨💫 We're so excited to launch our Christmas retail campaign.💗   You can find plenty of toys, games and gifts to treasure inspired by our amazing collections. Discover nostalgic, creative and unique ideas at our in-venue gift shops at World Museum, Museum of Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Maritime Museum and Lady Lever Art Gallery.    We've also curated an online gift guide with plenty of stocking fillers, cards and festive decorations too:  https://lnkd.in/e26DfMCw   National Museums Liverpool rely on funding, donations, venue and retail income to keep our treasured local attractions running. Profits from our shop sales help to support the venues and activities, which benefit millions of people each year in Merseyside and beyond.

In this special podcast episode, we go back to the 1980s.   Liverpool at this time was a very different place. With high unemployment and under investment, the city was shadowed by political unrest. But amidst this hardship a creative spark was igniting amongst the city's LGBTQ+ community and those aligned with them.   We hear about this culturally vibrant moment in our local history from five people who lived it - Carl, Nick, Maria, Gerry and James.   Tune in on Spotify, Podbean, or via this link: https://lnkd.in/eNBXYce8   This podcast was produced by Olivia Graham and DuoVision Arts in partnership with Homotopia and National Museums Liverpool. Music by Mickey Callisto