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Exhibition

Enormous engines under construction in a large top-lit warehouse. Each engine is about 4 times taller than the men working on them.

Metropolis: capturing modern Liverpool

Stunning photographs of a period of great change in the city taken by Stewart Bale Ltd.

Features

Photo of small boy holding up finger puppets to the camera

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conservators sculpting in clay

Conserving Sefton Park's monuments

Follow our conservators as they recreate missing bronze reliefs from scratch.

Visitor information

Open daily 10am-5pm.
Free entry!

About the museum

Eros sculpture and a motorbike

Conservators based in this unique venue look after National Museums Liverpool's diverse collections. Find out how everything from Egyptian mummies to motorbikes are preserved and restored in the interactive Reveal gallery, with its working laboratory.

Collection spotlight

X-ray showing the skeleton of a mummified bird