Petition to Prevent closure of National Museums Liverpool’s museums and galleries.
In case I haven’t mentioned this already.
“Liverpool museums are under threat because of central government cuts. National Museums Liverpool is being forced to consider closure of some of your museums. Please sign this petition to help prevent closure of your museums. We will present all the signatures from this to central government in the UK in October this year.
We value National Museums Liverpool and urge government to do all in its power to maintain adequate funding for our museums.”
COMPETITION FOR ART GROUPS
Inspired by… your local museum and gallery
National Museums Liverpool is inviting adults on part-time art courses and community art groups to put their creative talents to the test and create a piece of artwork inspired by the collections at three of their venues, Sudley House, World Museum or Lady Lever Art Gallery.
There is much to take inspiration from but highlights include:
* the internationally renowned Pre Raphaelite collection at the Lady Lever Art Gallery
* the only art collection of a Victorian merchant in its original domestic setting at Sudley House
* objects from World Museum’s World Cultures gallery, that reveal so much of the traditions, beliefs and religions across the world.
A panel of curators, educators and artists will judge the entries and winning artists and groups will see their work hung in each venue. Each venue will offer three individual prizes and a group-entry prize. The closing date is 1 September 2010.
Inspired by… is an annual competition for adults studying arts and crafts part-time. It is run by National Museums Liverpool in conjunction with the V&A and other museums and galleries around Europe. For further information or to download your entry form, please go to: www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/inspiredby or contact Kenn Taylor on 0151 478 4977.
Reproduced by Molong Historical Society
On their own: Britain’s child migrants
Medallion tells of the leaving of Liverpool
Liverpool is linking up with Australia to tell the emotional story of child and youth migration.
From 1860 until the 1960s migration schemes saw youngsters and teenagers separated from families and sent to the ends of the earth to begin new lives.
Many were orphaned or had come from poor families who could no longer look after them and it was felt Australia and Canada provided better opportunities and a standard of life.
Children sailed from Liverpool, Glasgow, London and Southampton. While many found happiness, others suffered abuse and exploitation.
National Museums Liverpool and the Australian National Maritime Museum have just launched an online message board – www.britainschildmigrants.com – for people to share their memories and experiences of child migration.
National Museums Liverpool has partnered with the Australian National Maritime Museum to develop a touring exhibition which opens in Sydney this autumn.
Liverpool stories and artefacts will form part of On their own- Britain’s child migrants exhibition.
Continue reading ‘NML Launch new Website for Child Migration Stories’
SKILLS FOR THE FUTURE GRANT
£350,000 to National Museums Liverpool partnership
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded a £350,000 to National Museums Liverpool and the North West Fed museums group to give 12 trainees a chance to learn about heritage conservation and audience development.
The money, awarded under HLF’s Skills for the Future programme*, will train the new recruits over a four-year period as well as training existing staff at three heritage-based organisations to become NVQ and Conservation Technician Qualification assessors.
This is a recognised skill shortage area in the North West of England and the project is being delivered by National Museums Liverpool and North West Fed which supports the region’s museums and galleries.
Six people will be trained by National Museums Liverpool and the other six at Manchester Museum, Salford Museum & Art Gallery and Towneley Hall, Burnley.
Trainees learn how to:
- Engage hard-to-reach audiences who may never visit museums and art galleries.
- Plan and deliver audience development activities for different groups including Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities, disabled people, families, children, young people, adults and older people.
- Provide information and advice on venues and collections to the public.
- Give guided tours for visitors.
Alyson Young, National Museums Liverpool’s training and development officer, says: “This award enables us to expand our work while helping existing staff build on their skills. It helps us reach every section of the community.”
Trainees will look at conservation techniques at Liverpool’s National Conservation Centre with the Institute of Conservation as a key partner.
Recruiting through local communities starts in November 2010 with placements – each lasting two years – beginning in 2011
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk – News – Liverpool News – Liverpool’s International Slavery Museum given go-ahead for £6m expansion.
Good.
LIVERPOOL’S International Slavery Museum has been given the green light to proceed with its £6m expansion.
The planning approval will allow the Albert Dock attraction to construct a striking glass walkway to link the current site with the new entrance in the former Dock Traffic Office (DTO) – which once housed Granada TV studios – next door.
The museum, which welcomed its millionth visitor in March, is currently situated on the third floor of the Maritime Museum.
The expansion plan will allow it to create facilities for family history, performances and its education and community programmes.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk – News – Liverpool Local News – £3.4m cash boost for new Museum of Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL’S newest museum will receive a £3.4m cash boost to help create four new exhibition spaces.
The £72m Museum of Liverpool, the first newly-built national museum in the country for more than a century, will use the European cash to tell the story of Liverpool ‘in the context of the wider region’.
The museum will focus on four main themes: Port City, Creative City, People’s City and Global City.
The new cash is coming from the North West European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) which has already given £5m to the museum in recent years.
NML Marketing Manager, Claire Rider with some 'Cultural Cabbies'
Cabbies Plot Culture Course
Drivers know their Monet from their Mascherano
City cabbies are getting tours of Liverpool museums and art galleries in a bid to improve their cultural credentials.
National Museums Liverpool is staging a series of “Cultural Cabbie” sessions for drivers to get clued-up on the arts.
Initially drivers will visit the Walker Art Gallery to learn about the venue’s most famous paintings. Tours are then planned for all National Museums Liverpool attractions including the Merseyside Maritime Museum and World Museum.
The move is designed to help cabbies provide expert advice to tourists and visitors.
Claire Rider, from National Museums Liverpool, said: “We were approached by cabbies who wanted to learn more about the city’s brilliant cultural hotspots so they could pass on this knowledge to passengers.
“By having good information about places like the Walker Art Gallery they are in a better position to show off the city to visitors.
“Initially around a dozen cabbies will come on tours but we want as many as possible to get in touch and become Cultural Cabbies.”
A pub quiz to find the number one Cultural Cabbie 2010 will take place on 29 March at The Crown Pub, Lime Street. Places can be booked through Claire.rider@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk or on 0151 709 4616.
EASTER EVENTS at National Museums Liverpool
SATURDAY 3 – SUNDAY 11 April 2010
Get Hopping to National Museums Liverpool This Easter
An egg-splosion of free family fun at National Museums Liverpool will keep everyone occupied during the Easter holidays. Free family events.
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