Museum of Liverpool#Core themes

{{see|Museum of Liverpool Life}}

The museum, which was designed by architects 3XN and engineers Buro Happold and built by Galliford Try{{cite web|url=http://www.newsteelconstruction.com/wp/museum-of-liverpool-gets-iconic-structure/|title=Museum of Liverpool gets iconic structure|date=1 March 2008|publisher=New Steel Construction|access-date=3 June 2008}} at cost of £72 million, provides 8,000 square metres of exhibition space, housing more than 6,000 objects.{{cite web|title=Museum of Liverpool facts and figures|publisher=National Museums Liverpool|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/about/capitalprojects/mol/factsfigures.aspx|access-date=2010-02-25}} It has flexible spaces that regularly change to enable National Museums Liverpool to show more of their collections. It was opened to the public on 19 June 2011.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-14196847|title=Museum of Liverpool opens to the public| work=BBC News |date=19 July 2011}}

in January and February 2017, the museum was closed for two months for essential works .{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Catherine|date=14 November 2016|title=Museum of Liverpool to close for 'essential work'|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/museum-liverpool-close-essential-work-12162086|access-date=14 November 2016|website=Liverpool Echo|language=en}}

From 10 to 12 December 2021, the museum hosted the G7 summit of foreign ministers.{{Cite news |date=2021-12-10 |title=Liverpool G7 summit 'a pretty big deal' for city |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-59608876 |access-date=2021-12-10}}

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File:Museum of Liverpool Window.JPG from The People's Republic gallery]]

The museum displays are divided into four main themes: The Great Port, Global City, People's Republic, and Wondrous Place, located in four large gallery spaces. On the ground floor, displays look at the city's urban and technological evolution, both local and national, including the Industrial Revolution and the changes in the British Empire, and how these changes have impacted the city's economic development. The upper floor looks at Liverpool's particular and strong identity through examining the social history of the city, from settlement in the area from Neolithic times to the present day, migration, and the various communities and cultures which contribute to the city's diversity.

The museum also features: Little Liverpool, a gallery for children under six; History Detectives, an interactive archaeology and history resource centre; a 180-seat theatre for community and audio-visual performances and meeting facilities. It also has a gallery called "City Soldiers" which tells the story of the King's Regiment.{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/visit/galleries/soldiers/index.aspx|title=City Soldiers|publisher=Museum of Liverpool|access-date=3 June 2018}}

In February 2007, while the museum was under construction, steam locomotive Lion, star of the film The Titfield Thunderbolt, was moved by road from Manchester where it had been on loan, to Liverpool and eventually placed in the new museum.{{cite news|title=Train leaves city - by road!|work=Manchester Evening News|date=27 February 2007|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1000/1000536_train_leaves_city__by_road.html|access-date=2007-02-28}}

Exhibits from the entirety of National Museums Liverpool's collections are used for the Museum of Liverpool's displays. They tell the story of the city through items from collections of costume and decorative art, entomological and botanical collections and objects representing social and urban history, as well as oral testimonies, archaeological material and photographic archives.{{cite web|title=Themes and displays in the new museum|publisher=National Museums Liverpool|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/galleries/|access-date=2010-02-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308043737/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/galleries/|archive-date=8 March 2010|df=dmy-all}}

From September to November 2012 the museum staged the Liverpool Love exhibition, in which well known personalities such as Yoko Ono, Sir Peter Blake and Noel Fielding celebrated the city of Liverpool.{{cite news|title=Noel Fielding, Yoko Ono and other artists show Liverpool Love |work=BBC News|date=28 September 2012|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-19749243 |format=Slideshow |access-date=2014-04-23}}

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• [http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol Museum of Liverpool]
• [http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ National Museums Liverpool]

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