This exhibition celebrating 800 years of Liverpool History takes place at The Maritime Museum starting this Saturday 28th July.

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/exhibitions/magical/index.asp

Munchkim

Thanks for the info, here's more and looks very very interesting :PDT11

EIGHT hundred years of Liverpool’s history is going on show in a major two-year exhibition.

The Magical History Tour, which opens tomorrow, charts Liverpool’s rise from fishing village to one of the most important cities of the British Empire and into the modern era.

It runs at the Maritime Museum until September 27, 2009.

The exhibition has taken eight curators and 20 museum conservators and technicians 18 months to put together, and includes 450 individual items.

The centrepiece is a model of Liverpool Castle which dominated the town for 500 years.

The Magical History Tour also features Viking silver items unearthed in Cheshire and on display for the first time, King John’s 1207 Charter and a reconstruction of a dock-side street. more (http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/07/27/take-a-trip-down-city-s-800-years-of-memories-100252-19527510/)

I enjoyed the walk around today, lots of small displays of things found plus info about places other than Liverpool. Highlights included the video and The Castle.

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and the vids.......

Check this out: An extremely QUICK visual timeline of the growth of the City of Liverpool 1207-2007.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAbSNQfFUqo

The Story of Liverpool - Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1QnSuuE5aw

The Story of Liverpool - Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ0lkEhXosg

The Story of Liverpool - Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTl5s2_nzv8

The Story of Liverpool - Part 4 (Final)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpEWaFstvWk

There's no excuse, its free, get down there! :PDT11

'Twas great to see the area buzzing today despite the building work.

Thanks for the preview Kev.
Can't wait to get down there - looks good!
Julie

I loved the timeline showing the growth of the City from the Mersey. They have the same display on the Culture Bus. Trouble is as Kev says it is very quick. It would have been great to have the facility to pause or slow it down.

Muchkim

We had a castle In the south and It was knocked down!:eek: