Family memory strolls are guided visits in the Museum of Liverpool, which connect people through conversations about Liverpool’s past.
On a memory stroll you can explore Liverpool icons like the Overhead Railway, known as the dockers’ umbrella, Blackie the rocking horse, or the Colomendy totem pole. Bring a friend or loved one to share memories with, and create some new ones together.
Each stroll is facilitated by a friendly member of our House of Memories team but led by the conversations and stories shared within the group. As a dementia-friendly session these strolls will use the displays within the Museum of Liverpool to help you bring memories of Liverpool to life.
Family memory strolls last about one hour and can accommodate up to 20 people. For groups larger than 4 people please email learning@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk to book a private date with our team.
The Museum of Liverpool is fully accessible and we welcome visitors who use wheelchairs or other mobility aids to join our memory strolls. Please visit their access page for further information to help prepare for your visit.
Tickets are free and need to be booked in advance. Please let them know if you have booked but can no longer attend so that someone else can have your ticket.
The times of memory strolls varies as follows:
- 23 May at 1pm
- 25 July at 1pm
Irvine Welsh joins the team to launch his latest novel, Men In Love, the immediate sequel to Trainspotting, continuing the stories of Renton, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie!
Set in the late 1980s and early ’90s against the backdrop of rave culture, Men In Love follows the iconic Trainspotting crew through the dying days of Thatcher’s Britain as they do what they can to feel alive, all while asking themselves whether falling in love is the answer to their problems, or just another futile quest?
Irvine will be in conversation with Peter Hooton, lead singer of The Farm, to discuss returning to the boys, filling in this gap in their stories, and his own memories of Edinburgh in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as signing copies of Men In Love.
The Hitmaker Behind Kylie, Rick Astley & Steps – Live in Conversation!
Legendary record producer behind countless UK chart hits.
• Stories from Top of the Pops, Stock Aitken Waterman days, and 80s/90s pop royalty.
• Behind-the-scenes anecdotes that music fans won’t hear anywhere else.
All proceeds support the Jack Ashley Mural Appeal – honouring a local hero through public art.
They’re thrilled to invite you to an extraordinary evening at ACC Liverpool as part of the International Festival of Neuroscience. Join us on Monday, April 28th from 6:30-7:30pm for an exclusive public lecture exploring the fascinating science behind how reading shapes our minds.
The Queen’s Reading Room presents an enlightening discussion on how literature influences the way we think, feel, speak, and even sleep – featuring an exceptional panel of speakers:
• Ann Cleeves OBE – Bestselling author behind TV’s beloved crime dramas Vera and Shetland
• Professor Frank Cottrell-Boyce – Acclaimed screenwriter and children’s fiction novelist
• Sally Dynevor MBE – Known for her long-running role as Sally Metcalfe in Coronation Street
• Professor Sam Wass – Leading child psychologist and neuroscientist specializing in child concentration and stress
This special event is part of the wider programme for the International Festival of Neuroscience – the flagship conference of the British Neuroscience Association. It’s also connected to a month-long public programme of interactive neuroscience installations taking place across Liverpool venues, bringing scientific discovery to our community.
All proceeds will be shared equally between the British Neuroscience Association and Queen’s Reading Room as a donation to their charitable activities.
Sir Chris Hoy is one of Britain’s greatest Olympians. A six-time Olympic gold medallist and 11-time world champion, his career was built on mastering the split-second moments that define victory. Yet last year, he faced another life-changing moment, as he found out he had Stage 4 cancer.
Now, in celebration of his new book All That Matters, hear Chris’ story live as he shares the next phase of his extraordinary life with exceptional bravery. Join him as he reflects on the mindset, resilience and determination that have shaped him on and off the bike – and the lessons that have helped him through sport’s biggest challenges and life’s greatest tests.
Steve dishes the dirt beneath the gold dust with broadcaster and pop music superfan Katie Puckrik, as they discuss the big hits, bad behaviour, and behind-the-velvet-rope studio moments throughout his career. And when those moments include The Clash, Boy George & Culture Club, The Beach Boys, Stevie Wonder and Motörhead — you know you’re in for a night of Control Room Confessions.
Join Colonel Chris Hadfield – acclaimed astronaut, test pilot, spacewalker, spaceship commander, and best-selling author – for a captivating journey into the majesty of our planet and the vast universe beyond. In this visually stunning event, Chris will present never-before-seen space imagery of Earth, the Moon, Mars, and more, in an awe-inspiring exploration of discovery.
Age Guidance: 12+
Buckle up and fasten your seatbelts for a hugely entertaining all-areas-access conversation spanning a decade inside Formula 1, with former Haas F1 team principal Guenther Steiner, star of Netflix’s smash hit docuseries Drive to Survive.
Uncompromising, brutally funny and searingly honest, this is Guenther at his very best, telling his story as only he can. Not an event any fan of Formula 1 can afford to miss.
Waterstones Liverpool welcomes Jonn Elledge who joins us to discuss A History of the World in 47 Borders – The Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps. Eye-opening and entertaining in equal measure, Elledge’s geo-political history of the world is filled with fascinating narratives about our ever-abiding pre-occupation with drawing lines and upholding ideas of nationhood.
People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of a handful of tired Europeans had gone a different way. By telling the stories of these borders, we can learn a lot about how political identities are shaped, why the world looks the way it does – and about the scale of human folly.
From the Roman attempts to define the boundaries of civilisation, to the secret British-French agreement to carve up the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, to the reason why landlocked Bolivia still maintains a navy, this is a fascinating, witty and surprising look at the history of the world told through its borders.
John will be in conversation with Neil Atkinson. The discussion wil be followed by an audeince Q&A and then a book signing.
Jonn Elledge is a New Statesman columnist and a contributor to the Big Issue, the Guardian, the Evening Standard and a number of other newspapers. He was previously an assistant editor at the New Statesman, where he created and ran its urbanism-focused CityMetric site, spending six happy years writing about cities, maps and borders and hosting the Skylines podcast. He has written three books, as well as over a hundred editions of the Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything. He lives in London.
Neil Atkinson is a broadcaster and author and is one of the hosts and founding members of The Anfield Wrap.
Before Oasis: In Conversation with Marcus Russell is a rare opportunity to hear the story of how one of the UK’s most successful artist managers came to work with Oasis, the definitive act of Britpop.
Along with the Department of Music’s Dr Mike Jones, a lifelong friend, Russell will reflect on memories of his formative music industry experiences as a young gig promoter in his hometown of Ebbw Vale in South Wales, eventually leading to his management of Jones’s band Latin Quarter, which became a springboard to a 40-year career.
Promoted by the Department of Music, University of Liverpool through the generous support of Mark Astaire, in memory of his brother, Peter Astaire.
