World Museum

Very interactive and interesting exhibits.

FREE admission will get you into 90% of the actual museum. Variety of exhibits so it has a little something for everybody.

The first floor was the Dive In! Aquarium. It had a very nice anemone tank and a variety of other tanks that had sea life.

The second floor is the Bug space, and the beginning of the Natural History space. Both are very interactive and have plenty of kid friendly space.

The Return of the Gods exhibit (which costs 8 GBP to visit) was on the third floor, but you could also see what I thought was the most interesting part of the museum which was the World Culture exhibit.

The exhibits themselves are nice, but this museum has a novel approach to explaining how Liverpool got its items. Comedian Daliso Chaponda was narrating the process of how the museum procured the majority of its items through good ole colonization (kidding, not kidding). He brings to light the appropriation process through comedic discussion, novel and palatable.

The 3rd floor also has the Egyptian Exhibit, which is very good. It's probably the jewel of the museum. The history of the pieces are well explained, and the mummies are displayed wonderfully, some in layers, some in narrative, and plenty of interactivity for the little ones.

I didn't spend much time on the fourth floor (Dinosaurs) or fifth floor (Planetarium/Space). The fifth floor wasn't as impressive, but gave those genre's some space for those that are interested. It was the meh portions of the museum.

If you have a few hours to burn, consider this museum a good choice for kids of all ages and interests.

Visited the museum especially to see the current special exhibition on the Chinese terracotta army which was well worth the cost of the tickets. The building contains a large cafe on the ground floor that was well stocked with good quality food and deserts, this area also has access to free Wi-Fi. The next floor has the Aquarium and treasure house theater. The 2nd (3rd in US) floor has the special exhibition and the Bug House. Next floor contains World Cultures, Ancient Egypt and Western Discovery Center (only open weekends & school holidays. 4th floor holds Dinosaurs, Endangered Planet and Clore Natural History Center. Finally the 5th floor holds exhibits on Space and Time along with a Planetarium - tickets needed from the information desk on the ground floor.

The staff were extremely friendly and helpful and could not be more accommodating, well worth the visit. I should also add the this museum is free except for the special exhibit which needs tickets purchased either online or at the entrance with limited time slots available each day.

Variety of exhibits from a space theme on the 4th floor, with a cafe that's got a view next to a sizeable collection of time pieces through the ages. Natural history on the floor below, and a step through Oceania and the Americas on the floor below.

There's plenty to keep you occupied in here. Popular with parents & kids, and adults alike.

I'd say a couple of the space exhibits have showed the test of time, and have given up the ghost, so perhaps fixing those up would be great. All-in-all you'll probably find you'll be able to do the whole building, so you'll be wanting to revisit at some point.

The best thing about the World Museum is that it's free! It makes a fab day out for families, couples, groups of friends - just about anyone really. There are over five floors explore: the aquarium and the Treasure House Theatre; the natural world in the Clore Natural History Centre and Bug House; the human world in the World Cultures gallery and Weston Discovery Centre; the earth with dinosaurs and animals from around the world; and space and time through scientific instruments and the Planetarium.

The staff are friendly, enthusiastic & helpful - sometimes a little too much, in that annoying way but they try their best. Make sure you book your ticket on arrival on the ground floor if you want to go to the Planetarium.

This museum is excellent in every way and I was very impressed last Monday when I visited for the first time. It's amazing that it's free and there's so much to see and do - you could easily spend a whole day here, with or without a family. There are several floors accessed by stairs or a glass lift and everywhere is clean and beautifully looked after - including the toilets, and there are disabled ones as well.


I was particularly interested in the insect collection which was so well done, many interactive displays for everyone, collections from around the world and many live exhibits as well (my favourites were the desert locusts - I could have watched them for hours!)


The aquarium was fascinating too. So much thought has been put into all the exhibitions throughout the museum - they are eye-catching and colourful with interesting information boards to read.


The top floor cafe near the planetarium is superb with many choices of hot meals and snacks and it's reasonably priced. Good for vegetarians too and there are even some gluten-free snacks! The staff are really friendly and helpful. The two shops downstairs are worth a browse and you can find many a nice gift there. I didn't have long enough in this wonderful museum and I'd love to return one day.
Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSXBVd49YRw

Interesting art. My friend and I just stopped by for fun. Wasn't the craziest entertaining thing to do, but it was entertaining. Idk if I would come back here, but I'm sure they change up the art.

One of the few things that makes me feel good about the world is the idea of museums, in particular the Liverpool World Museum. Whoever thought of constructing this vast behemoth of Grecian architecture, then filling it with dinosaur skeletons, Egyptian mummies, live fish, dead animals, Roman weapons and space rockets, just so the plebs could see it all for free, deserves to have their likeness stuck on a plinth.

The transport section may be gone, as well as the idea of scaling the majestic stone staircase just to enter the damn place, but the museum is still a great day out. Much of what I loved from childhood, including the jungle mock-up and the wee tunnel showing the evolution of life on Earth via comfortingly shoddy dioramas, is still here but there's a whole lot more.

In the world culture section, glass tanks are filled with items from across the globe, the best of course being those freakish African tribal masks that look like a witch doctor carved your nightmares directly onto wood. Always good for topping up your terror batteries.

One downside is the Planetarium. In my memories, this was a room that fired me into the inky blackness of oblivion, then showed me the gorgeous gaseous giants and blazing stars hanging like Odin's lanterns in the heavens. I revisited a while back and found it to be merely a dark room with cheap photographs projected onto the ceiling. It wasn't exactly a space odyssey.

Nevertheless, the museum is definitely worth a look-see. It's the only place I've ever seen a real dodo skeleton. Can you say that? Can you?

This review is written from point of view of parent of a 8, 9 and 11 year old. For us, it was perfect and highly engaging. If you have teenagers (or no kids), this probably wouldn't be very interesting.

We spent four hours there and the kids could have stayed the entire day.

5 floors of amazing exhibits! Everything from aquarium (live fish) to Space (with a big screen video of Tim Peake). I was visiting Liverpool for the day and this building was definitely a highlight

I took my 2 girls here over the summer, they loved it and it was a good few hours out.
First of all its free so not an expensive couple of hours out..unless you crazy in the gift shop.There are sooo many exhibitions including the natural world, earth and time and space sections. But the newest attraction there at the minute is the UEFA football exhibition. A must see for any football fan esp since its free.
The exhibitons do change regularly so u could go a couple of times a year and still see something new.