International Slavery Museum announces tribute to murdered teenager

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.