Merseyside Maritime Museum

04/08 - The International Slavery Museum in Liverpool has received a cash boost of £1.8 million from the Northwest Regional Development Agency. The money will be used to extend the museum from its current location in the Merseyside Maritime Museum into an adjacent building.
Richard Benjamin, Head of the International Slavery Museum, said ‘The success of the International Slavery Museum so far can be measured by over 200,000 people that have visited since we opened in August 2007. The support from the Northwest Regional Development Agency will help take the museum to a new level, developing new facilities to continue its work as thought-provoking, stimulating and challenging.’

National Museums Liverpool has announced that the new International Slavery Museum at the Liverpool Maritime Museum will include a learning centre dedicated to a murdered black teenager. 18-year old Anthony Walker was killed in Huyton, Liverpool in July 2005.
Anthony’s mother, Gee, said ‘I’m grateful that the museum has decided to name one of its learning centres after Anthony. He would be incredibly proud. I have been lucky enough to have a preview of the museum and believe it is an incredibly vital local resource. It’s essential that we all learn from the past in order to build a better and more harmonious future. It is the goal behind the charitable foundation established in Anthony’s name and the museum itself.’
The International Slavery Museum will open on August 23 2007, Slavery Remembrance Day. It will be situated on the third floor of the Merseyside Maritime Museum and will replace the Transatlantic Slavery exhibition that was housed in the basement.
The new museum will feature displays about the transatlantic slave trade, including a music desk tracing how some of today’s music evolved from the days of slavery, a Ku Klux Klan outfit, and a display dedicated to significant black figures.
To mark the opening of the new museum the Amistad slave ship will be moored at the Albert Dock from August 20 to 26.

I loved this museum. I spent a lot of time here and found the emigration section amazing. The mock conditions on the ships and streets of Liverpool in 1850's is a wonderful experience and a little scary! I would recommend this museum as THE place to visit in Liverpool. The whole city has great architecture and entertainment as well as historical importance to the rest of Britain. I never knew so many famous people came from this city and didn't have enough time here to cover everything. So I will definitely be paying a return visit. Wonder why tours only spend 1 day here before moving to the next place on the itinerary!

This is a very large and interesting museum. You could easily spend a couple of hours here.