Liverpool Museums
12-31-2009, 11:10 AM
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/blog/graphics/wml_before_war.jpgThemuseum before it was bombed in the Second World War.
I know I'm a day early, but 2010 will mean a pretty important anniversaryfor us here at National Museums Liverpool. It will be the 150th Anniversaryof William Brown handing over the keys for what was then the Liverpool museum,which we now all know and love as the WorldMuseum. (http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml)
To mark this anniversary we?re going to be featuring a year-long series of World Museum-relatedstories on this blog. There'll be a story a week, with a mix of historical and contemporarypieces. We want to let you know all about the museum?s history but also give youa few behind the scenes peeks at the people, stories and events that make (and havemade) this such a special museum.
To give you a taste of how the museum first came about, I can tell you that on 8 March1853 the museum opened for the first time on Slater Street in Liverpool. It wasthen called the 'Derby Museum of the Borough of Liverpool' in honour of the Earl ofDerby?s bequest of over 20,000 natural history specimens. We still have amazing specimensat the museum, ranging from an ArcticFox (http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/online/exhibitions/winter/arctic_fox.aspx) to many beautifulbutterflies (http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/online/exhibitions/animals/scarceswallowtailbutterfly.asp).
We'd also like you to get involved by sending us your memories of the World Museumfrom both past and present. If you have a specific date that sticks in your mind,then all the better. You can submit your memories as a comment at thebottom of this post.
So all that remains is for me to wish you a Happy New Year and to invite you to comealong and visit our fab, free museum in 2010!
More... (http://blog.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/HappyAnniversaryToTheWorldMuseum.aspx)
I know I'm a day early, but 2010 will mean a pretty important anniversaryfor us here at National Museums Liverpool. It will be the 150th Anniversaryof William Brown handing over the keys for what was then the Liverpool museum,which we now all know and love as the WorldMuseum. (http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml)
To mark this anniversary we?re going to be featuring a year-long series of World Museum-relatedstories on this blog. There'll be a story a week, with a mix of historical and contemporarypieces. We want to let you know all about the museum?s history but also give youa few behind the scenes peeks at the people, stories and events that make (and havemade) this such a special museum.
To give you a taste of how the museum first came about, I can tell you that on 8 March1853 the museum opened for the first time on Slater Street in Liverpool. It wasthen called the 'Derby Museum of the Borough of Liverpool' in honour of the Earl ofDerby?s bequest of over 20,000 natural history specimens. We still have amazing specimensat the museum, ranging from an ArcticFox (http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/online/exhibitions/winter/arctic_fox.aspx) to many beautifulbutterflies (http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/online/exhibitions/animals/scarceswallowtailbutterfly.asp).
We'd also like you to get involved by sending us your memories of the World Museumfrom both past and present. If you have a specific date that sticks in your mind,then all the better. You can submit your memories as a comment at thebottom of this post.
So all that remains is for me to wish you a Happy New Year and to invite you to comealong and visit our fab, free museum in 2010!
More... (http://blog.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/HappyAnniversaryToTheWorldMuseum.aspx)