On Relaxed Days World Museum’s first two shows of the day are Relaxed – tailored to visitors with sensory sensitivities, along with their friends and families.
They will have reduced capacity, lighting and volume will be lower, you will be free to move around and chat and we will have sensory toys and objects available for visitors to use.
Please note that some lighting may be kept on and sensory toys must be returned at the end of the show. The door will also be closed, but how to leave will be communicated on the day.
Join World Museum for planetarium screenings for audiences with vision loss.
This is an extra show on the schedule from 12.30pm – 1pm on the following days:
Sat 26 Nov 2022 – Access Day, Visual Impairment
Sat 17 Dec 2022 – Access Day, Hard of Hearing
Sat 28 Jan 2023 – Access Day, Mobility
This event is free but ticketed, buy tickets on the link above.
You can also see their full Planetarium Schedule here.
Photo Credit: Pete Carr.
Happiness! is an exhibition filled with fun and humour. Celebrating one of Liverpool’s iconic comedians, the exhibition charts the life and career of the legendary Sir Ken Dodd, and his connection to today’s comedic stars.
This exhibition highlights Ken Dodd the entertainer – comedian, performer, actor, and singer. Ken’s unique blend of whimsical, physical, surreal and theatrical humour transformed the UK’s comedy scene.
Using memorabilia from Ken Dodd’s personal archive, this show will explore Ken’s career and how his comedic approach continues to be used and adopted by some of the UK’s most well-known and emerging comedians.
Fondly remembered for the magical world he created, including Ken Dodd’s Diddymen, his tickling stick and the jam butty mines, his true passion was his natural gift for making people laugh. The exhibition will build on Ken’s passion, looking at the science of comedy, happiness and why laughter is good for our health.
The show will also explore the role Liverpool has played both as an incubator of entertainment for countless comedians, as well as its association with northern humour and identity.
*This exhibition has been extended to run until 7 July 2024*
Meet Snowy, Twinkle, Tinsel and Sue – Chief Nice List Checkers from the North Pole. They have travelled far and wide preparing for Santa’s Nice List ready for the big day; have you been good this year?
From 26th November, you can find them in St Johns Shopping Centre every Saturday & Sunday between 12-4pm where you can snap a selfie with an elfie, add your name to the nice list and receive official elf certification to take away.
Elfie Selfie at St Johns Shopping Centre is a Paperwork Theatre production in partnership with Open Culture. Supported by Liverpool BID Company and St Johns Shopping Centre.
Dates & times
26th & 27th November
3rd & 4th December
10th & 11th December
17th & 18th December
12-4pm every Saturday & Sunday
Join ArtsGroupie at the Liverpool Pier Head, outside the Cunard Building (the River Mersey side), as they explore Liverpool’s historic links to America.
From the city’s darkest history, like its abominable role in the transatlantic slave trade, to its illustrious music & culture exports; Liverpool’s connections to the United States run deep.
Learn hidden histories,and discover what made Liverpool a city to rival London; this and more on American Independence Day weekend.
Artsgroupie also lead other walking tours throughout the year, The Liver Bird Safari, a tour that highlights the over 100 Liver Birds hidden across the city; The Kitty Wilkinson Walking Tour, which takes us back to Victorian Liverpool to celebrate the life of Iconic Liverpool legend, Kitty Wilkinson, who overcame all adversity to become a pioneer of the public washhouse; and William Roscoe Esquire Walking Tour, celebrating the life of a renowned 19th Century Liverpool author, and one of England’s first abolitionists.
Join Liverpool Literary Festival to hear writer and producer Olivia Harrison reading from her book of twenty poems dedicated to her late husband George Harrison, which she has released to mark the twentieth anniversary year of his passing.
Came the Lightening sees Olivia examining the intimacy and emotional connection of their relationship in a memorable series of poems in which she delves into the phenomenon of losing a partner and the passage of time. The poetry is accompanied by a selection of photographs and mementos curated by Olivia, including some never-before-seen images of her and George.
Olivia will be in conversation with Dr Mike Jones from the University’s School of Music and there will be chance to buy a pre-signed book after the event via our festival bookseller, Blackwell’s.
Dr Jones is Programme Director for the University’s MA Music Industry Studies and he lectures on the MA Beatles: Music Industry and Heritage course. He is a well respected figure within the music industry and has written a number of publications about industry figures including George Harrison.
In 2017 he wrote, directed and produced ‘George Harrison and Indian Music’, a concert performed at Liverpool Philharmonic.
Want to help uncover Birkenhead’s working class history? Do you have memories, stories and moments that you want to share about the working class history of birkenhead? Do you want to be a part of shaping the people’s history of the area?
Want your story to be told? Head to Birkenhead Market on Saturday 10th December across the day, drop in and chat to their team, share a story and get involved with their history workshops. They will have a stall set up inside the market alongside the craft fair that will be running on the day.
If you have any and would feel comfortable bringing them along please bring objects, images, articles or other items related to a memory, story of family history.
This is part of Historic England’s Everyday Heritage Grants: Celebrating Working Class Histories.
Want to help uncover Birkenhead’s working class history? Do you have memories, stories and moments that you want to share about the working class history of birkenhead? Do you want to be a part of shaping the people’s history of the area? Want your story to be told?
Head to Christ Church Birkenhead (CH43 5RW) on Tuesday 6th December for a afternoon community history workshop.
This will be a two hour workshop with a range of activities to get involved with.
If you have any and would feel comfortable bringing them along please bring objects, images, articles or other items related to a memory, story of family history.
This is part of Historic England’s Everyday Heritage Grants: Celebrating Working Class Histories.
Want to help uncover Birkenhead’s working class history? Do you have memories, stories and moments that you want to share about the working class history of Birkenhead? Do you want to be a part of shaping the people’s history of the area? Want your story to be told?
Head to the iconic Stork Hotel on Thursday December 1st for a evening uncovering hidden histories and memory from the last 80 years of Birkenhead’s working-class history.
Please feel free to bring along objects and photos to show and tell.
This is part of Historic England’s Everyday Heritage Grants: Celebrating Working Class Histories.
