MuseumsThe Merseyside Maritime Museum - "tells the history of one of the world's greatest ports and the people who used it. For many it was a gateway to a new life in other countries. For others, its importance to the slave trade had less happy consequences. From slavers to luxury liners, submarine hunters to passenger ferries, discover Liverpool's central role in centuries at sea." Some useful
information sheets are available.
The North West Sound Archive - "The North West Sound Archive was founded in 1979. Its purpose is to record, collect and preserve sound recordings relevant to life in the North West of England. After several homes in Manchester, the archive moved to Clitheroe in 1982.
The North West Sound Archive contains over 110,000 sound recorded items and 2.5 tonnes of 78-rpm gramophone records ranging from George Formby to the Halle Orchestra. There are internationally important collections including the survey of English dialect and solidarity speeches from the Dockyards of Poland. It is the largest collection of sound recordings outside London." Sadly the sound archive is due to close in early 2015.
Fleetwood Museum - "Overlooking the beautiful Morecambe Bay this friendly Museum, housed in the old Custom House, a Grade II listed building designed by the famous architect Decimus Burton, explores the story of Fleetwood from past to present." Includes information on the founder of Fleetwood, its days as a Victorian seaside resort and the fishing industry.
Lancaster Maritime Museum - Overlooking the river Lune, and the fabulous Georgian architecture of St George’s Quay sits Lancaster Maritime Museum. The Museum is housed in the Port of Lancaster Custom House and warehouse buildings which date from the second half of the 18th century. The buildings along the quayside developed around this time as a result of the success of overseas trade. Alongside of the Museum are buildings which belonged to prosperous Quaker slave trader Dodshon Foster."
Helmshore Mill Textile Museum -
* Trace how cloth production become Lancashire’s main export throughout the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.
* Follow a journey to discover how raw wool and cotton were transformed into yarn ready to be woven into cloth.
* Experience the Revolution gallery were you can follow the story of Lancashire's unique role in the industrial revolution.
* Feel the grand and mighty waterwheel powering the stocks as they thump the wet woollen cloth.
* Enjoy our upgraded buildings which mean you can now explore more of the Museum.
Queen Street Mill - "On the outskirts of Burnley - a town once dominated by the textile industry, lies Harle Syke, the home of Queen Street Mill, the last surviving, operational steam powered weaving mill in the world. Owned by a workers co-operative “The Queen Street Manufacturing Company” the mill is a time capsule of the late Victorian age, which produced cloth using Victorian steam driven power looms until its closure in 1982.
