On my final day in Liverpool I decided to take a walk down from my hotel towards the Albert Dock in order to visit the museums there but the first building I actually stepped inside was the Liverpool Parish Church.
Liverpool Parish Church
Categories: England, Liverpool
Tags: architecture, church, cross, history, Liverpool Parish Church, Second World War, stained glass window
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The World Museum, Liverpool
As my ticket for the Terracotta Warriors exhibition wasn’t until late in the afternoon I had plenty of time to explore the other areas of the museum which, unlike the exhibition, has free entry.
Categories: England, Liverpool
Tags: aquarium, dinosaur, Egyptian artefacts, museum, photo post, world museum
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Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
Liverpool Cathedral is the largest cathedral in Britain and fifth largest in the world, built between 1904 and 1978. It was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, perhaps most famous for designing the iconic red telephone box.
Categories: England, Liverpool
Tags: architecture, cathedral, photo post, stained glass, stained glass window, statue
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China’s First Emperor and Terracotta Warriors Exhibition, World Museum, Liverpool
The reason for my recent trip to Liverpool was to go to the Terracotta Warriors exhibition at the World Museum. The exhibition is on until 28 October and proving so popular that they’ve had to extend the opening hours – I booked over two months in advance and even then didn’t have a lot of choice about what time I could go. But if you can get to it it is absolutely worth it and a fabulous exhibition.
Categories: England, Liverpool
Tags: bronze artefacts, China, exhibition, museum, photo post, statues, terracotta warriors, world museum
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The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Back in June I went to Liverpool for three nights. The main reason for my visit was to go to the Terracotta Warriors exhibition at the World Museum (more of which in a later post) but the first place I visited on arrival in the city was The Walker Art Gallery. One of the largest collections of artwork outside London it began in 1819 when the Liverpool Royal Institute bought 37 paintings from the collection of local philanthropist William Roscoe.
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Tags: art, art gallery, Mona Lisa, paintings, photo post, statue, Walker art gallery
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The National Maritime Museum, Amsterdam
The National Maritime Museum has been housed in The Arsenal building since 1973. It was built in 1656 as a storehouse for the Admiralty of Amsterdam and when I visited had this large ship rather spoiling the view.
Categories: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tags: Dutch Royal family, museum, National Maritime Museum, photo post, replica ship, Royal barge, ship, The Amsterdam
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The Dutch Resistance Museum, Amsterdam
The Dutch Resistance Museum, or Verzetsmuseum, is directly opposite Amsterdam Zoo which made it very convenient to visit. It focuses on the Netherlands in World War II exploring briefly what life was like before the war and then on to the different ways the Dutch people survived and fought back whilst under Nazi occupation.
Categories: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tags: Dutch Resistance Museum, museum, photo post, Second World War
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ARTIS Royal Amsterdam Zoo
ARTIS Royal Zoo is the oldest zoo in the Netherlands, founded in 1838 for members only and then opened to the public in 1851. The zoo is in the centre of Amsterdam, in a nice quiet leafy neighbourhood and far larger than I had been expecting.
Categories: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tags: Alpine Ibex, aquarium, photo post, Red-legged seriema, shark, Southern ground hornbill, vulture, zoo
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100 Highlights Cruise, Amsterdam
You can’t really go to Amsterdam without taking a cruise along the canals and I picked the 100 Highlights Cruise as it was included in the I amsterdam card and would allow me to see parts of the city I wouldn’t be visiting on this trip.
Categories: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tags: 100 highlights cruise, canal, canal boat, cruise, guided tour, photo post, tour
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Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam
This museum in Amsterdam is in the house where Rembrandt lived for nearly twenty years from 1639 to 1656. The collection at the house does include some of Rembrandt’s etchings and paintings but the interior is reconstructed rather than original and the belongings in the house are also reconstructions based on what Rembrandt had to auction when he went bankrupt in 1656.
