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Liverpool & Merseyside Museums

Liverpool has more museums and galleries than any other city bar London. We're convinced that you'll find plenty to entertain, delight you and provoke debate, from first rate classic art collections to contemporary art and sculpture, world class museums and award-winning theatres.

National Museums Liverpool boasts an extensive range of collections, which it houses at the newly refurbished World Museum Liverpool, Merseyside Maritime Museum and Customs and Excise Museum.

Liverpool's Albert Dock, home to the Merseyside Maritime Museum and Customs and Excise Museum, also houses the northern branch of the Tate gallery, with an impressive permanent collection, retrospective shows and special exhibitions by the world's most famous living artists.

The National Trust looks after a range of historical properties in the city, from photographer E. Chambre Hardman's home & studio on Rodney Street; Mendips and 20 Forthlin Road, the childhood homes of John Lennon and Paul McCartney respectively; and the Tudor Speke Hall, near Liverpool Airport.

Over on Wirral, you can follow Birkenhead's Heritage Trail for a taste of the impact of industrialisation and maritime heritage on the peninsula, or head for the enlightening Wirral Museum in beautiful Hamilton Square. Charming Port Sunlight village and Sunlight Vision Museum - the philanthropic vision of Viscount Leverhulme - is also well worth a visit.

The British Lawnmower Museum Shakespeare Street (01704 501 336) British Lawnmower Museum is an award-winning unique museum, displaying over 300 rare restored exhibits of garden machinery.

Birkenhead Tramway & Wirral Transport Museum
Taylor Street (0151 647 2128)
Back when Birkenhead was a pioneering industrial town it was the first place in Europe to adopt a street tramway.

Don't forget, you can find the latest listings for Liverpool's venues in the 'attraction finder' in our What to do section of the site.