World Museum
World Museum
William Brown Street
Liverpool
Merseyside
L3 8EN
England
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World Museum Liverpool
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml
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Discover treasures from around the world, explore outer space and meet live creatures!
World Museum is the largest and oldest of the National Museums Liverpool, founded in 1851 when the 13th Earl of Derby left his substantial natural history collection to the city.
Venue Type:
Museum, Science centre
Its collections are world-wide in scope, and world-class in quality. They cover archaeology, ethnology and the natural and physical sciences. The popular Planetarium is now free to all.
Collection details
Archaeology, Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Personalities, Science and Technology, World Cultures
Key artists and exhibits
- Planetarium; Dinosaurs; Aquarium; Greeks; Romans; Egyptians; Mummies; Space; Archaeology
Prints in counterpoint
- 13 November 2014 — 31 May 2015 *on now
A vibrant and colourful display of sixteen lino prints by the Ghanaian artist Atta Kwami. Kwami is an artist, scholar and curator based in Ghana and the UK.
He was inspired to create the prints after spending three days in Liverpool sketching African artworks in the World Cultures Gallery and at the museum store.
His brilliantly conceived prints were made by reworking his sketches in lino and printing them with rhythmic over- and under-layerings of colour.
Kwami has a deep understanding of Ghanaian traditions of design and visual creativity but he is also interested in urban scenes and forms.
The display can be found in the Africa section of the World Cultures Gallery on the third floor at World Museum.
'Prints in Counterpoint' was printed by Pamela Clarkson and Atta Kwami in 2014.
Website
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/events/displayevent.aspx?EventID=21468
Maya - The revelation of an endless time
- 21 May — 4 October 2015
Step back to an ancient time and discover the powerful and revealing world of the Maya. This was a time of warriors, shamanic rituals, human sacrifice, jade treasures, advanced knowledge and veneration of the cosmos.
The ancient Maya was a Mesoamerican civilisation that has left a far-reaching legacy of architectural, cultural and artistic achievements.
Through more than 400 stunning objects from museums and Maya sites in Mexico, from striking funerary masks to intricate jade jewellery, the exhibition explores this extraordinary civilisation whose culture is still alive today.
This exhibition has been produced by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) in Mexico. It is part of the 2015 ‘Year of Mexico in the United Kingdom’ and ‘Year of the United Kingdom in Mexico’.
World Museum in Liverpool will be the only opportunity to see this breath-taking exhibition in the UK.
Website
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/events/displayevent.aspx?EventID=21313
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