Mann Island/ New Liverpool Museum Area

**taffy** · 12-28-2007

Interestingly this new museum is to be called " Museum of Liverpool" which is different from Liverpool Museum it seems.

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/

**doorwaydave** · 01-06-2008

new museum taking shape - pictures taken from the albert dock today...

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**Ged** · 01-07-2008

Originally Posted by taffy

Interestingly this new museum is to be called " Museum of Liverpool" which is different from Liverpool Museum it seems.

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/

Liverpool Museum (William Brown Street) of course was always a world museum based in Liverpool and so the name change to World museum. The new museum of Liverpool is for all things Liverpool only and replaces the Museum of Liverpool life so as not to confuse the two.

**taffy** · 01-07-2008

Originally Posted by Ged

Liverpool Museum (William Brown Street) of course was always a world museum based in Liverpool and so the name change to World museum. The new museum of Liverpool is for all things Liverpool only and replaces the Museum of Liverpool life so as not to confuse the two.

I still find "Museum of Liverpool" confusing as a title as most people still refer to the museum on William Brown St as "Liverpool Museum" whatever the managers of the museum have decided to rename it. I suspect the man in the street is equally confused. Liverpool has a history of keeping old names; "Pierhead" being only one example of a modern misnomer.

**Ged** · 01-17-2008

The deal involving the sale of the new apartment blocks at Mann Island is the biggest in the city's history.

Story here:

http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0...name_page.html

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**Kev** · 01-17-2008

that's great news, cheers Ged

**Howie** · 01-18-2008

Cladding row could delay new Liverpool museum
Jan 18 2008
by David Bartlett, Liverpool Daily Post

FRESH fears emerged last night that construction of Liverpool’s new flagship museum will run over schedule.

It has been revealed that problems with choosing marble for the facade means a new planning application will be needed.

National Museums Liverpool (NML) is planning to change the facade of the £50m Museum of Liverpool at Mann Island from Travertine marble to Jura limestone.

It follows the sacking of Danish architects 3XN, who were replaced with Manchester-based practice AEW in November.

Heritage campaigners last night raised concerns that a new planning application, which will have to be considered by the city’s planning committee, could delay the scheme by months.

Long-term patron and city solicitor Rex Makin, who has given the organisation hundreds of thousands of pounds, last night said the situation was a “crisis”.

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**AK1** · 01-18-2008

If it needs a new planning application they should either hurry up and rush it through or stick with the original cladding. Panicing and moaning isn't going to solve anything.

**Ged** · 01-23-2008

Sad to see 2011 mentioned as on schedule when I was told 2010. My model is going in there and I need the space in my garage quick

http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0...name_page.html

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**Kev** · 02-16-2008

16th Feb 2008:

**doorwaydave** · 02-28-2008

**Howie** · 03-03-2008

New Pier Head museum will "offer great views of Mersey"
Mar 3 2008
by David Bartlett, Liverpool Daily Post

LIVERPOOL'S new £68m museum is to feature viewing platforms affording “beautiful views” across the Mersey and Pier Head.

National Museums Liverpool (NML) has applied for planning permission for the platforms as part of a redesign to improve the ramps for disabled people to access the building.

NML has also applied for permission to change the cladding from Travertine marble to Jura marble on the Museum of Liverpool which is currently being built at Mann Island.

It follows the sacking of Danish architects 3XN, who were replaced with Manchester-based practice AEW in November.

Heritage campaigners have raised concerns the change in material could lead to a impasse with the city's planning committee.

Last month, the Daily Post revealed just how important the material used in the cladding was to the council when the scheme was originally given planning permission.

Last night, a NML spokesman said: “The original material proposed for the cladding of the new Museum of Liverpool, Travertine limestone, has been proven, after testing, to be unsuitable for the building.

“The open face of the stone has natural fissures which have become pitted with black algae and some of the panels have fractured.

“An alternative limestone, Jura, has been sourced and this is much finer grained with a closed surface which will not attract the same degree of growth and can be surface treated to ensure that it remains pristine and can be protected against graffiti.

“This is now subject to a new planning application. Jura has been used on many major public buildings, including the Royal Danish Opera House in Copenhagen, a building of quality.”

Source: Liverpool Daily Post