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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/williamson-art-gallery-6-vessels
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SUMMARY:Williamson Art Gallery & Museum: Williamson Art Gallery: 6 Vessels
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEXPLORE THE STORIES BEHIND SIX WIRRAL-BUILT SHI
 PS WHICH TRAVELLED THE WORLD.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModels and rarely seen hi
 storic artefacts feature alongside much-loved and new artwork to celebrate
  Wirral’s industrial heritage and the borough’s contribution to mariti
 me exploration.\n6 Vessels looks at the story of shipbuilding in Wirral t
 hrough six ships created from metal in the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birke
 nhead. The ships featured within the exhibition shed light on pivotal mome
 nts in maritime history that have impacted on seafaring practice as we kno
 w it today.\nThe research for 6 Vessels has been undertaken by local his
 torian\, Elizabeth Davey who has worked in partnership with Wirral Museums
  Service staff\, Wirral Archives\, Cammell Laird\, Wirral Libraries\, Nati
 onal Museums Liverpool and Wirral History and Heritage Association. 6 Ves
 selsis part of Made of Iron – a celebration of Wirral’s shipbuilding a
 nd maritime heritage story.\nThe exhibition runs from 11th May until 22nd
  September and is free.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6 Vessels: The ships and t
 heir stories\n\n\nHMS Birkenhead (1847) The ship which is thought to have
  originated the phrase “women and children first”\nMa Robert (1858) T
 he flat-pack iron ship that took explorer Livingstone on his travels\nCSS 
 Alabama (1862) The secrecy behind this ship and its role in the American 
 Civil War\nHMT Leasowe Castle (1917) The role the Cammell Laird workforce
  played during military conflicts\nHMS Ark Royal (1937) The pioneering de
 sign of this aircraft carrier\nRMS Mauretania (1938) The ship which redef
 ined luxury travel\nFor more exhibitions at the Williamson\, check our Ex
 hibitions pages.\n\nTo find out more about Wirral Borough of Culture 2019
 \, visit imaginewirral.com\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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LOCATION:Williamson Art Gallery & Museum\, Slatey Road\, Birkenhead\, Wirra
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