International Slavery Museum

This venue host these two separate exhibitions the Maritime Museum covers the basement floors 1,2, and 4 the slavery museum is on the 3rd floor. Both these exhibition have a wide range of exhibits on display and during our visit they were in the process of setting up more displays in the Maritime Museum. They both have a story to tell the Slavery Museum covers this issue and there are a number of items on display some of these relate to the way slaves were treated and as a result this floor is not for everyone in fact we were only on this floor a few minutes. The Maritime museum has figure heads from the 1800s and covers the history of the sea including both World Wars and up to date. There is a wide range of material on display including models , paintings and navel uniforms etc.

The museum itself was split into four areas; the history of Liverpool, the Titanic, the Slavery Museum, and the cafe. All areas were accessible by lift. All three exhibitions were interesting and displayed information in a variety of ways such as audio transcripts, videos, and pictures. There were regular tours around the areas for more information. Maps were laid over with braille in all areas, and guide dogs were permitted for those with loss of sight.