World Museum

This was a really spacious and well-equipped Changing Places toilet. It was well lit and had clear signage to find it in the museum.

WORLD Museum is located close to Liverpool Lime Street Railway station and has a really wide range of exhibits and is free to enter. When I visited there was an aquarium, a bug house, an Ancient Egypt exhibit, a World Cultures exhibit and a space exhibit. There were some additional areas that required you to purchase a ticket, such as the Planetarium. There was a Changing Places toilet available in the museum, in addition to a few accessible toilets. I found I was able to navigate the museum well in my wheelchair; there were lifts and ramps available. I did have one lift that I couldn’t use; it was a platform lift and the door on the other level hadn’t been closed so it wouldn’t rise up to meet me. I was disappointed about this as it stopped me from seeing the space exhibit which I was most looking forward to. I found that there weren’t many alternative formats in use which was disappointing. I also didn’t like the Bug House as the habitats seemed very small and some seemed quite dirty to me and it seemed a bit cruel.

Newly disabled wheelchair user. 2nd trip out. They have a handful of designated disabled spaces that can be booked in advance. So I did this. There is a steep incline from the disabled spaces and outside the museum. (Doable but it is there). There is space (non designated) to drop off outside if easier. The world museum covers about 6 floors. There are stairs as well as 2 lifts. It was very busy when I visited so often had to wait for lifts and were then like sardines. In a couple of areas it is quite tight for space when busy, which made for a nervous time as I didn't want to hit anyone as a learner wheelchair driver. Otherwise a really well thought out space with lots of interesting pieces. One tiny area was inaccessible to me, however they have put viewing windows from underneath. A nice attempt. That area was only about 20ft X 20ft mezzanine so like I say only a tiny piece of the whole exhibition and they tried. Toilets were well signposted, good space (outside and in). May have been radar key locked but I can't remember. Café was spacious and well managed. Gift shop was a little tight but think that's due to number of people. All in all. Excellent visit. Will go back!