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March to June 2020 National Museums Liverpool Travel extravaganza – Horse-drawn carriages to Range Rovers Page 4 Ships Ahoy! New Maritime gallery © Pete Carr © Pete Page 5 Win a bundle of dino themed goodies... Page 24 Majestic Mayas, investigating minerals and model magic w bring the children... Welcome! ...and enjoy our special family package! Relax in a studio room for two adults and Heading towards Easter and the And of course, for your little astronauts up to two children, breakfast for everyone, a bottle of red or white for the adults, school holidays, we have plenty to and space enthusiasts, the Planetarium hot chocolate for the children and a family ticket for a City Explorer bus tour. keep the whole family entertained this at World Museum is a must-visit. Buy All from £148 season. Check out vehicles past and tickets online at present – from handcarts to Range liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/planetarium Rovers – at the Museum of Liverpool’s Details of these and other exciting new exhibition, Liverpool on Wheels: activities can be found in this guide and on From horses to horsepower. our website: liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Opening just in time for the Easter We look forward to seeing you at our break, take a look at the Maritime museums and galleries soon! Museum’s new Life on board gallery telling the stories of life, work and Become family members today and enjoy leisure at sea. fun-filled days out for a whole year, with Feeling crafty? There is always free entry to all exhibitions, discounts in plenty of arty activities going on at our shops and cafes, and invitations to www.hopestreethotel.co.uk the Walker Art Gallery or Lady Lever e: [email protected] special events. Find out more at t: 0151 709 3000 Art Gallery, both with areas dedicated liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/membership to your mini artists. Cool fact Did you know? Toys with In our new exhibition Liverpool on The first British man in space was an Wheels: From horses to horsepower, Astronaut called Tim Peake. He was you can see a real-life Penny Farthing in space for a total of 185 days, 22 bicycle! This type of bicycle has a huge hours and 11 minutes and more bite front wheel and a smaller back wheel. during his time there he ate It was named after two old fashioned a bacon sandwich, played coins called a penny, and a farthing, water ping-pong, ran the You’ve seen the dinosaurs, now play with them just like the full 26 miles of the London wheels on marathon and received a the bicycle. reward from the Queen! Can you Learn all about Tim’s imagine riding special mission in the this bike? Space and Time gallery on the fifth floor of World Museum. liverpoolmuseums.org.uk 3 1. Liverpool on Wheels: 4. Last chance to see... 6. Life on board 9. Meet the Scientists! From horses to horsepower Drawing on nature: Taki Katei’s Japan, Join us for the opening weekend of On 6 June (10am – 4pm) you can come From bicycles to horse drawn carriages, until 13 April. See how many birds, our brand new gallery at Merseyside along to the World Museum and meet our new exhibition at the Museum of butterflies and other animals you Maritime Museum on 28 and 29 March actual, real-life scientists from the Liverpool is a transport extravaganza! can find in this beautiful exhibition (1 - 4pm). Life on board explores the University of Liverpool. Follow our There’s lots of events to go along with of Japanese drawings by Taki Katei, fascinating stories of Liverpool’s seafarers treasure map around the Museum and the exhibition, such as creating your who was once the artist to a and passengers. We’ll have mermaid discover more about the human body own mini Ford Anglia, badge making, Japanese emperor. performances, sailor face painting, cargo and the amazing world around us. or becoming a train, car or horse in our crafts, storytelling and the chance to interactive transport tours. 5. Special Sunday lunches handle objects from our sailor collection. Join us at Merseyside Maritime Museum 2. Planetarium on Mother’s Day and during Easter, 7. April showers? Blast off into space and explore the when we’ll be hosting Sunday lunch If the weather isn’t what you night sky at family-friendly Planetarium and afternoon tea events for all the were hoping for this spring, escape shows. Buy tickets online at family at the Maritime Dining Room. the showers in the Walker Art liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/planetarium Visit our website for more details. Gallery. Introduce your little ones or from the welcome desk on the to art in our ‘Big Art for Little Artists’ ground floor. gallery. Perfect for children aged eight and under. 10. Linda McCartney Retrospective 8. The big Build The new exhibition at Walker Art 3. Creepy, crawly... and Lego Workshop! Gallery will celebrate Linda McCartney’s On 16 and 17 April (11am – 3pm) at photography. There will be plenty crucial for our planet! World Museum, your little ones can of family-friendly events to get involved Have you visited the Bug House in come along and help Lego Masters with, including photography and World Museum? Get closer than ever Champion Steve Guinness to construct music workshops. See our website for to beautiful beetles, spindly spiders a spectacular model of the Saturn V more details. and magnificent millipedes. rocket, to mark the 50th anniversary year of the Moon landings. 4 liverpoolmuseums.org.ukliverpoolmuseums.org.uk55 World Museum Lady Lever Art Gallery Find treasures from around the Discover the Lady Lever’s activity activity rooms to dress up, read stories, world, explore outer space and rooms, designed especially for our enjoy arts and crafts or just play. Finish off your visit with a delicious slice of meet live creatures at this fun, young visitors. Explore the gallery family-friendly museum. cake in our cafe, and a stroll around the collections through play with puppets, beautiful village of Port Sunlight. Looking for a day out that has more costumes, storybooks and crafts. adventure than Jumanji? From A real treat for children and adults dinosaurs and space, to bugs, sea alike. Take a look at the best tea sets creatures and mummies, World ever made in the Wedgwood rooms, Museum is five floors of fun for all find the camouflage cat in the Chinese ages. Visit the cafe for the best hot galleries or head downstairs to the chocolate in town, pick up some pocket money treats in the shop, or enjoy your own picnic in our dedicated areas. International Slavery Museum The International Slavery generations to remember and Museum educates on slavery reflect its legacy and Liverpool’s past and present. involvement. Hear the untold stories of enslaved Take part in the Civil Rights and Freedom Museum of people and learn more about the Fights card game, discover more about history of the transatlantic slave trade quilt codes and find out how you can Liverpool and why it is so important for future get involved. Explore Liverpool’s fascinating, diverse history in this magnificent waterfront museum. Walker Art Gallery Where can you stand next to a Introduce children to the gallery where you can join in life-sized Liver Bird? The Museum world of art at the Walker Art with stories, songs and play, of Liverpool, of course. Based on Gallery, home to one of the as well as creating your own masterpieces. Take a stroll the famous Liverpool Waterfront, best collections of fine and find out more about the city, check around the galleries showing decorative art in Europe. out toys of the past and see some artwork from the 18th century cool old vehicles. The Walker Art Gallery makes for a to the present day. It’s sure great morning. Take the kids to Big Art to create conversation for for Little Artists, a dedicated children’s the weekend. 6 liverpoolmuseums.org.uk 7 EVENTS IN MARCH Merseyside Maritime Museum Tiny Liverpool New Liverbird and the Ahoy there! Head to the take a visit to Museum of Liverpool Adventurers 10, 17, 21, 24, 31 March | 10am-12pm Merseyside Maritime Museum Merseyside Maritime Museum the Seized! Events Join us in Little Liverpool for our popular Gallery and find 15 March | 11.30am, 1.30pm, 3pm and discover Liverpool’s toddler and baby mornings. The out more Join our storyteller to hear the Tale of the sessions are a chance to meet other Liverpool built yacht New Liverbird and remarkable maritime history. about airport calendar families and take part in singing, story her crew of young adventurers. What did Find out about what life at sea was sniffer dogs, and play activities. they find on their journeys and what will really like in new gallery Life on board, smuggling National Museums Liverpool happen when they return home? and take a look at some wonderful ship and animals Tiny Liverpool sessions run every models. Down in the basement, in danger. month. See our website for all Arty Adventurers upcoming dates. Lady Lever Art Gallery 18 March | 10.30 – 11.30am Toddler time @ Seized Explore our galleries in this interactive Seized! at Maritime Museum Sudley House session for children under five with 7 March | 12 - 3pm songs and stories. Join us in March Enjoy a trip to Sudley House and Our new drop in session for parents to search for signs of spring in our step back in time to a childhood and carers with their under 5s. Toddler collections and create your own piece Time will include stories, making and of a long-gone era.