This is additional information kindly provided by the gallery.
Merseyside Maritime Museum
Albert Dock, Liverpool
Information desk 0151 478 4499
www.merseysidemaritimemuseum.org.uk
Open 10am to 5pm daily
Closed from 2pm on 24 December and all day on 25, 26 December and 1 January
Admission Free
Liverpool’s seafaring heritage brought to life in the historic Albert Dock. The museum’s collections reflect the international importance of Liverpool as a gateway to the world, including the city’s role in the transatlantic slave trade and emigration, the merchant navy and the Titanic story.
Maritime Museum Tours
Floor to floor tours of the Maritime Museum . Every Monday- not available on bank holidays or school holidays.
7- Adult
2pm
Exhibitions
100% Cotton
24 September 2005 to 4 June 2006
Every aspect of cotton is explored in this large family-friendly exhibition. Discover how the material is used, how it grows, its trade and its social and economic impact on Liverpool and the North West . Developed with support from the International Cotton Association.
Related activities…
Cotton On
Join us for a variety of hands on activities in the 100% Cotton exhibition
Families- drop in
Every Saturday and Sunday in the exhibition area
Dock Cotton
Meet our 19 th Century dockworker
Families- drop in
Saturday 7, Sunday 8 January, Wednesday 4, Sunday 5, Saturday 11, Sunday 12, Tuesday 21, Wednesday 22 February, Saturday 4, Sunday 5 March 2006
Performance times: 12.30, 1.30, 2.30 & 3.30
Knot- a- lot
Join Dave Walker to learn all about t he traditional craft of cotton knots
Families- drop in
Sunday 5 & Friday 24 February, Saturday 11, Sunday 12 March 2006
Beautiful Batik
Join us on the cotton gallery for batik demonstrations.
Families- drop in
Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 February 2006
1- 4pm
Top Hats & Cotton Tales
Meet our 19th Century cotton merchant.
Families- drop in
Saturday 18 & Sunday 19, Wednesday 22, Saturday 25, Sunday 26 February 2006
12.30- 4.30pm
Cotton Bugs
Be inspired by the bugs found in exhibition 100% Cotton and make your own “bug mask”.
Families- drop in
Tuesday 21 February 2006
1- 4pm
Bobbin Along
Join us for a short tour of the 100% Cotton exhibition
Families- drop in
Thursday 23 February & Sunday 26 March 2006
1.30, 2.30 & 3.30
Funky Cotton
Design your own t-shirt workshop.
Families- collect tickets from the information desk
Sunday 5 March 2006
1, 2 & 3pm
Other events & activities
Ship Bottling
Our special guest craftsman Des Newton returns to delight you with demonstrations of his ship bottling skills.
Families- drop in.
Saturday 14 January, Thursday 23 February & Saturday 18 March 2006
1, 2 & 3pm
The Lady Sails
Join our first class passenger from the 1930s in the Liverpool to New York exhibition for tales of gossip and glamour while crossing the Atlantic on a liner.
7-Adult- drop in
Sunday 21, Saturday28 & Sunday 29 January, Tuesday 21 February & Saturday 25 March 2006
1, 2 & 3pm
Stormalong John
Sea Songs and shanties.
Families -drop in
Sunday 8 January, 12 February & 26 March 2006
2 & 3pm
Knots Tubs and Chisels
Demonstrations of the traditional maritime crafts of woodcarving & knot tying
Fam ilies- drop in
Sunday 15 January & Sunday 19 March 2006
12.30- 4.30
Punch and Judy
Boo the heroes and cheer the villains in this traditional sea-side entertainment
Sunday 22 January, Monday 20 February & Sunday 12 March 2006
1, 2 & 3pm
Dragons & Lanterns Chinese Crafts
Join the art workshop and help us celebrate the Chinese year of the Dog
Families- drop in
Sunday 29 January 2006
1- 4pm
Chinese Crafts
Music and calligraphy workshops
Saturday 4 February 2006
Families- drop in
1- 4pm
Chinese Youth Orchestra
Musical performances & demonstrations from the Chinese Youth Orchestra
Families- drop in
Monday 6 February 2006
Performance times: 2 & 3pm
Story Sacks- “The Journey”
Listen to a maritime themed story using different boats, props and pictures from the story sack.
Suitable for the under 7s
Sunday 12, Sunday 26 February, Sunday 12 March 2006
1.30, 2.30 & 3.30pm
A Titanic Undertaking
Families- drop in
Saturday 18, Sunday 19, Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 February 2006
1.30, 2.30 & 3.30pm
Play Day for Tiddlers
Join us for seaside fun includes storytime and waterplay
Suitable for under 5s- drop in
Sunday 19 February 2006
1- 4pm
Lighthouse Workshop
Make and design your own working lighthouse
Families- drop in
Monday 20 February 2006
1- 4pm
Super Models
Runcorn & District Model Boats display their wonderful models
Families- drop in
Saturday 4, Sunday 5 March 2006
10.30- 4pm
Marine Art in Action
Meet our resident artist Adrian
Families- drop in
Saturday 11 March 2006
LECTURE: Liverpool and the Great Migration, 1851-1923
Dr. Nick Evans of the University of Aberdeen
Liverpool ’s central role in the business of shipping 10 million people from Britain Ireland and Northern Europe to North America is explored through this illustrated lecture.
Adults
Saturday 11 February 2006
2pm
LECTURE: A History of the Wallasey Ferries
T.B. Maund, Local Historian and Author
In this talk local historian T.B. Maund will explore the history of the famous Mersey ferries. Learn about the different types of vessel, and the links to other local transport.
Adults
Thursday 23 February 2006
7.15
LECTURE: Smuggling Can Be A Funny Business
Ron Saunders, former Customs Officer
Ron Saunders recalls with humour both his disastrous early career with Customs and Excise, and later events which led to encounters with the British Underworld, the Mafia, the Triads and the South American Drug cartels
Adult
Saturday 11 March 2006
2pm
LECTURE: Liverpool : When Cotton Was King
Dr. Nigel Hall of Oxford University
In this illustrated lecture Nigel Hall of Oxford University tells the story of how Liverpool became the world’s greatest cotton market.
Adult
Thursday 30 March 2006
7.15pm
LECTURE: The Collapse of British Shipbuilding
Dr. Lewis Johnman of the University of Westminster
This lecture explores the decline of British shipbuilding in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Adult
Saturday 8 April 2006
2pm