To celebrate Chinese New Year, Billy Hui explains the significance of each of the Chinese Zodiac animals, illustrated with examples from the Lady Lever Art Gallery's collections and displays. Most of ...

Left-field pop trio Stealing Sheep perform ‘Dancing in the Rain’ in the Walker Art Gallery.

World Museum has over 16,000 objects from ancient Egypt and Nubia, making it one of the largest collections in Great Britain. Please be advised that this collection contains human remains. This is ...

Cotman painted this romantic scene of rustic domestic life at the Black Boy Inn at Hurley on Thames. It shows a farmer (posed by the inn keeper) returning home for his meal, while his horse leans ...

Join us on Thursday mornings in the Aquarium for Tiddlers - Seaside Explorers! This is a relaxed, drop-in session filled with nature inspired and underwater animal activities perfect for babies, ...

Our collections include posters, stickers and other objects from the 1980s onwards used to raise awareness of AIDS and HIV or to highlight available support. This is part of the Activism rights ...

House of Memories is a museum-led dementia awareness programme which offers training, access to resources, and museum-based activities to enable carers to provide person-centred care for people living ...

This story is taken from Arthurian Legend, which was the artist’s favourite subject. Merlin had fallen in love with Nimue (also called Nimiane, Vivian or Vivien). She profited from his infatuation by ...

The bombing of Merseyside during the Second World War reached its peak in the seven night Blitz of 1-7 May 1941. This 'May Blitz' was the most concentrated series of air attacks on any British city ...

Croxteth Hall, Liverpool was built around 1575. It was the home of the Molyneux Family, the Earls of Sefton. The house remained in the Molyneux family until the death of Hugh William Osbert Molyneux, ...

The vivid colours and meticulous detail in this painting show the artist's awareness of Pre-Raphaelitism.The view is from the Liverpool dock shore looking towards Birkenhead and Tranmere. St Mary's ...

This portrait was shown at the first-ever Society of Artists exhibition in London in 1760. The artist, Joshua Reynolds, kept it in his studio until 1764. The finished painting was clearly intended to ...