What does it mean to be a Scouser in the 21st century? What makes the city and its residents so distinctive? Why do people so often have preconceived ideas about this place? We’ve asked the people who ...

Twelve objects that tell the story of how the war affected the city and its people.

Apollo, the musical poet. Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Vastly different but connected forever. Greek mythology expert, Liv Albert, introduces us to the twins.

Admiral Lord Nelson’s death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 overshadowed the British Navy’s victory that day. This is part of the Queer relationships collection. Nelson spent time with his ...

This immense building, designed by the corporation Surveyor John Foster Jnr. and erected between 1828 and 1837, stood at the historic heart of Liverpool in Canning Place, the site of the city's first ...

From the British Invasion, to innovative recording techniques and embracing Eastern sounds, here's how the Beatles got so big. In 1998 viewers of Britain's Channel 4 television voted for the Beatles ...

How the recording studio went from merely a tool, to part of the essential fabric of music. Although multitrack recorders were developed as early as the 1940s, at the time The Beatles started their ...

The social and community history collections include objects of local, national and international importance. The wide-ranging collections reflect the changing history of the city and the diverse ...

Alex Patterson looks at the fascinating life of Rosa Bonheur. As part of LGBT+ History Month, I’m delighted to celebrate the life and work of Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899). Bonheur was one of the most ...

The bird study skin collection now numbers about 44,000 and include many examples of extinct and endangered species, such as a New Caledonian Owlet-Nightjar, Aegotheles savesi, which is only known ...

In 1864 John Clint (d.1868), a Liverpool seaman and shipowner, founded a charitable institution to provide a secure environment in which to train the sons of sailors, destitute and orphaned boys, to ...

From the Guide to Collections volume 2: This unique collection consists of correspondence and other documents of Fraser, Trenholm & Co., of 10 Rumford Place, Liverpool (1860-1866), and of Prioleau & ...