National Museums Liverpool (NML) has issued an updated list of curators and experts available for interview requests, podcasts, digital content, research or subject consultancy and talking head opportunities throughout 2026.
Across its seven venues – Museum of Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, World Museum, International Slavery Museum, Maritime Museum, Sudley House and Lady Lever Art Gallery – National Museums Liverpool encompasses colleagues with expertise in a vast range of subject areas. From geology and botany to entomology, Ancient Egypt and Rome, Medieval and Renaissance art, to the legacies of Transatlantic slavery and Liverpool’s social and community history – NML’s collections are among the most important and varied in Europe.
Curators regularly feature across national and international media, lending their expertise and knowledge to print and broadcast interviews and online content in all formats. Alongside curatorial colleagues, their skilled conservation team provide expertise in diverse areas from painting and sculpture conservation to the restoring and preserving of ships and models.
Active areas of knowledge and research include (but are not limited to): Community archaeology, geology, maritime history, the legacies of Transatlantic Slavery, contemporary art, Pre-Raphaelite art, Renaissance, Baroque and Medieval art, botany, and social, maritime and military history. A majority of our curators are involved in active research in their specialist areas.
You can find an index of their available colleagues by specialism below. If you’re interested in speaking to any of their team, please contact the National Museums Liverpool press office.