This list of museums in Merseyside , England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations , government entities, and private businesses ) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums ) are not included.
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Name
Image
Town/City
Region
Type
Summary
British Lawnmower Museum Southport Sefton Agriculture website , vintage lawnmowers
Merseyside Fire Service Museum Waterloo Sefton Firefightin website , open by appointment
Merseyside Maritime Museum Liverpool Liverpool Maritime Shipping, trade, local ties to the RMS Titanic RMS Lusitania RMS Empress of Ireland Battle of the Atlantic , life at sea, smuggling and contraband gallery
Museum of Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool Multiple New museum to opened in 2011, city's history, culture and social history, art, costumes, decorative art
North West Museum of Road Transport St Helens St Helens Transportation Vintage buses , also classic cars , trucks and fire engines
Prescot Museum Prescot Knowsley Local website , local history, culture, clock and watch making industry, pottery manufacture, cable making and mining
Shore Road Pumping Station Birkenhead Wirral Technolog Currently closed, Victorian pumping station with steam operated beam engine
Western Approaches - Liverpool War Museum Liverpool Liverpool Military Restored bunker of the major operational command of the Royal Navy during World War II
Williamson Tunnels Heritage Centre Liverpool Liverpool History Early 19th century network of tunnels and exhibits about their builder
Wirral Transport Museum Birkenhead Wirral Transportation Displays of buses, trams, cars, motorbikes and motor accessories, and a model railway layout
Defunct museums HM Customs & Excise National Museum , Liverpool , collections now a gallery in the Merseyside Maritime Museum
King's Regiment (Liverpool) Museum, Liverpool , formerly part of the Museum of Liverpool Life , closed in 2006, [1] Museum of Liverpool
Liverpool Scottish Regimental Museum, Liverpool , artifacts now in storage[2] Museum of Liverpool Life , Liverpool , collections moved to the Museum of Liverpool
Wirral Museum[3] Birkenhead
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