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New museum

The International Slavery Museum, which builds on the success of the award-winning Transatlantic Slavery gallery at Merseyside Maritime Museum

Building the new museum

National Conservation Centre

c. Dundee University

NOW THESE DAYS ARE GONE
New Beatles images on show for the first time in Liverpool An exhibition of Beatles photographs that have never been seen in Liverpool

Now These Days Are Gone features photographs by Michael Peto, all of which were taken during the filming of the Beatles film Help in 1965. The collection of intimate black and white photographs show the Beatles in a variety of settings - at home, in the studio, relaxing between takes and joking on set.

HM Customs & Excise National Museum

The Customs & Excise Museum at Merseyside Maritime Museum closed Sunday 2 December 2007 to make way for a new gallery linked to the Government’s new HM Revenue & Customs department.

Seized: Revenue & Customs Uncovered, opening in May 2008 at Merseyside Maritime Museum, will be the national museum of HM Revenue & Customs. The only one in Britain, it will draw on contraband seizures and other archive material from all over the country.

The Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise merged in 2005 to form HM Revenue & Customs.

The Customs & Excise Museum, on the Maritime Museum’s ground floor, opened in 1994, to tell the story of how the Customs & Excise developed over more than 300 years, how it operated and its modern role.

National Museums Liverpool hold large collections of material seized over the centuries. Current attractions – such as the popular Rummage search section, CITES endangered species and smuggled weapons – will again appear in the new gallery but brought up-to-date.

Seized: Revenue & Customs Uncovered will occupy most of the museum’s basement. It will feature new attractions including interactives and never-before-seen exhibits.

Merseyside Maritime Museum

'Magical History Tour' Liverpool’s fascinating 800-year history from fishing village to Second City of the British Empire and into the modern era is explored in a major exhibition at Merseyside Maritime Museum.

Magical History Tour looks at the events which shaped Liverpool over the centuries. King John’s charter of 1207 literally set the seal on the future of the town. Liverpool Castle dominated the town for 500 years before it was finally swept away in the 1700s as the port began to grow.

The exhibition features a model of the stone-built fortress as a centrepiece. Magical History Tour takes visitors on a journey of discovery to celebrate the amazing roller-coaster story of Liverpool and its people.

It looks at why Liverpool proved to be such a prime location for its early settlers and how this shaped its future. Liverpool’s dramatic political history of struggle and conflict is examined along with its success as a major port and gateway to the world.

Museum of Liverpool

New Museum of Liverpool is under construction

From science to art, from the natural world to human culture and language, Eye for Colour demonstrates how colour brings our planet to life. Revel in the rainbow from sombre shades to psychedelic spectrums. This fascinating exhibition is a real eye-opener for all the family!