Liver Birds, Imaginary Cities, and Open Doors
There’s all sorts popping up around the Internet recently for those of a landscape persuasion. From the dozens of liver birds dotting the streets, to poking around inside old buildings, there’s something (more…)
Black History Month and Liverpool
Carving at the entrance to Martin's Bank, Liverpool, by Gadgetgirl2007 via Flickr
Black History Month is held in (more…)
Heritage in a tough climate – what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger?
This and That, by neill.shenton via Flickr
I can’t help feeling mixed emotions about recent developments for Liverpool’s (more…)
Some historical entertainments
The mysterious town of Argleton, as a paper Google might have seen it, by Nefi via Flickr
I did recently promise some more (more…)
Entering new eras in history
Two of Us, by Eric the Fish via Flickr
Welcome back to the Liverpool Landscapes blog! I do hope you came checking every (more…)
Museum paid £750,000 for historic view, and visitor numbers up on 2007
World Museum Liverpool, by Secret Pilgrim via Flickr
First some museum news: the Echo is reporting that National Museums Liverpool (more…)
New Museum is empty, Liverpool Map goes on display, work begins on Liverpool’s Garden Festival site
New Museum Liverpool, by pixiepic, via Flickr
The keys were handed over to National Museums Liverpool from the developers (more…)
Christmas is on its way!
Sorry if that worries you as much as it does me, but to cheer yourself up have a look at National Museums Liverpool’s advent calendar! Apparently it looks like the one they did last year, but as I missed (more…)
Awards Awards Awards for Liverpool
As you might gather, it’s all about the awards this week – bidding and winning.
First up, it’s the brilliant International Slavery Museum, which gained an honourable mention at the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh (more…)
Secret Life of Smithdown Road
National Museums Liverpool are putting on an exhibition at the Oomoo cafe on Smithdown Road, showcasing the way in which the road has changed over the years, reports Art in Liverpool. The exhibition, which (more…)
Vote for the International Slavery Museum in the The National Lottery Awards
International Slavery Museum .1, by andy_j_crowther (from Flickr)
Liverpool’s International Slavery Museum has been shortlisted (more…)
The link between Liverpool and Somalia, and a peek at the new Liverpool Museum
Somalia has the most interest in the word Liverpool as search term in Google – even higher than the United Kingdom. Why do you think this is? It almost certainly has to do with football, I should think, (more…)
New Beatles Museum, park postscards, and Councillors accused of being intimidating
A new Beatles museum is being planned for the revamped Pier Head, part of the new Pier Head-based Mersey Ferries terminal. While the irony of this association may have been lost on the builders, the new (more…)
Oldest settlement, and Liverpool museum nominated for award
A couple of interesting pieces of news concerning the North-West’s heritage, ancient and modern:
One of the oldest pieces of settlement evidence in the north-west has come to light on an excavation near (more…)
Update on the Meols Viking Boat Burial
After much speculation about the possibility of a Viking boat being discovered under the car park of the Railway Inn, Meols, staff at World Museum Liverpool’s Field Archaeology Unit have written an article (more…)
Cathedral is one of Britain’s Best; Museum of Slavery
Continuing this series of catch-up stories, I thought I’d mention the recent UKTV History channel’s competition to find Britain’s favourite historic site. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Briton’s were most proud (more…)
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