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Wirral Transport Museum is a museum situated approximately 0.5 miles (800 m) from the Mersey Ferry service at Woodside, Birkenhead, England. A vintage tram service links the museum and the ferry at certain times. Admission into the museum is free with a broad selection of vintage and classic vehicles, including trams, buses, cars, motorcycles ...
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.
Between 2001 and 2010, the Wirral Museum occupied a significant portion of the building. It featured both themed and permanent exhibits such as the history and development of Wirral, the Cammell Laird collection, the Wirral Silver and Mayoral collections, Della Robbia Pottery and a detailed scale model of the historic Woodside area in 1934. [3]
The collection was brought to Birkenhead in 2002 and was moored in the West Float of the Birkenhead docks complex. The fleet consisted of the frigate HMS Plymouth and the submarine HMS Onyx , both from the Falklands War ; the minehunter HMS Bronington ; the German submarine U-534 ; and LCT 7074 , the last surviving tank landing craft that took ...
Shore Road Pumping Station was granted Grade II listed status in 1992 [1] and eventually became part of the Wirral Museum, with a period 1901 Birkenhead street scene reconstructed in the yard. [4] In 2009, as part of its Strategic Asset Review, owners Wirral Borough Council planned to sell the museum. [5]
The Wirral Transport Museum and tramway were set up with the assistance of The Hamilton Quarter and various volunteer groups including Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society, 201 Bus Group and the Merseyside Bus Club. In 2023, the Museum was transferred to Big Heritage CIC and has remained closed since, along with the tramway. [2]
Milwaukee Art Museum will be free for kids 12 and younger 'in perpetuity,' thanks to donor. Gannett. Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. December 3, 2024 at 8:43 AM.
The art gallery and museum opened on 1 December 1928, the single-storey building is Neo-Georgian in style, and was deliberately designed to blend in with the local surroundings. Financial support for its establishment was primarily provided by John Williamson, a Director of the Cunard Steamship Co. Ltd. and his son Patrick Williamson.