Merseyside Museums

Birkenhead Tramway & Wirral Transport Museum

Birkenhead is the historic home of the first street tramway in Europe. It was here, on August 29 1860, that Europe's first tramway was established, running from Woodside to Birkenhead Park

1 Taylor Street  Birkenhead   CH41 1BG Tel: 0151 647 2128   Email

British Lawnmower Museum

British Lawnmower Museum is an award winning unique musuem of over 300 rare restored exhibits of the garden machinery.

106 - 114 Shakespeare St  Southport  PR8 5AJ  Tel: 01704 501 336   Email

Customs & Excise National Museum

The HM Customs & Excise National Museum tells the exciting story of smuggling and contraband from the 1700s to the present day.

Albert Dock  Liverpool  L3 4AQ  Tel: 0151 478 4499   Email

Merseyside Maritime Museum

The Museum is an absolute must! It is a huge museum in the Albert Dock, which you could easily spend all day looking around. It has exhibitions on every part of Liverpool's history, from the cotton mills and the primitive port of the early industrial revolution, to the key role which Liverpool played during the Second World War, and especially, the Battle of the Atlantic.

Albert Dock  Liverpool  L3 4AQ Tel: 0151 478 4499   Email

National Conservation Centre

"Where Science meets Art". This new exhibition will have at its centre a working laboratory that will present the scientific work of conservators through interpreted displays and demonstrations. Surrounding displays, based around iconic objects and interactives, will enable visitors to investigate a wide range of science applications from x-ray analyses of Egyptian mummies to laser cleaning of sculptures. An area with microscopes, databases and interactives will allow visitors to explore the themes of the exhibition through connections with everyday objects

Whitechapel  Liverpool  L1 6HZ   Tel: 0151 478 4999

Prescot Museum

A community museum focusing on the local history of the area; including the important clock and watch making industry

34 Church Street  Prescot  Knowsley L34 3LA Tel: 0151 430 7787   Email

Tate Liverpool

At the Albert Dock, is a branch of the Tate Gallery, which is in London. The Liverpool Gallery is home to the National Collection of 20th Century Art.

Albert Dock  Liverpool   L3 4BB Tel: 0151 702 7400   Email

Western Approaches Museum

Underground labyrinth of rooms, once a top-secret nerve centre in 1940s wartime Britain.

1 Rumford Street  Liverpool  L2 3SZ  Tel: 0151-227 2008

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum

This purpose built Art Gallery was opened in December 1928. On permanent display are Victorian oil paintings, pottery and porcelain, tapestries by Lee, English water-colours and a series of historical heritage exhibitions.

Slatey Road  Birkenhead  L2 3SZ  Tel: 0151 652 4177

Williamson Tunnels Heritage Centre

A 45 minute guided tour through part of the unique labyrinth of tunnels beneath Edge Hill created by 19th Century philanthropist Joseph Williamson

The Old Stableyard  Smithdown Lane  Liverpool L7 3EE   Tel: 0151 709 6868   Email

World Museum Liverpool

The museum combines historic treasures from across the globe with the latest interactive technology to make an unbeatable family day out. The internationally important collections include archaeology, ethnology and the natural and physical sciences as well as Britain’s only free Planetarium. With everything from real live bugs to Egyptian mummies, prehistoric pottery to space exploration, as well as lots of hands-on fun, there’s something for everyone inside.

Williams Brown Street  Liverpool  L3 8EN Tel: 0151 478 4393   Email

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