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Liverpool
Excursion
Liverpool
HalfDay
Excursion
All groups are escortedbythePLUS staff
International Slavery
Museum
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The International Slavery
Museumwas opened on
23 August 2007, which is
the date of the annual Slavery
Remembrance Day and the year
2007 was the bicentenary of
the abolition of the British slave
trade. The Museum is located
in the Albert Dock only yards
away from the dry docks where
the 18
th
century slave trading
ships were repaired and fitted
out. The Museum it the only
national museum in the world
dedicated to the history of the
transatlantic slave trade and its
legacy. The Museum addresses
such issues as freedom,
identity, human rights,
racial discrimination
and cultural change.
Albert Dock
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Albert Dock was originally
opened in 1846 and was used
as a fullyworking dock for 126
years.When the dock was closed
it underwent a big restoration
and was opened again as a
visitor attraction in 1988.The
Dock is situated on the banks
of River Mersey and it is listed
as a UNESCOWorld Heritage
site.Today the Dock is the most
visited free UK attraction outside
London.The site is 1.25 million
square feet and when it was built
to be a working dock it took five
years to built it.The creation
of the dock is a testament to
innovation and engineering feats.
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Excursions PickupTime
Pickupatthecentre:
Outside the College-time: 14,30
Dropoffatthecentre:
Outside the College-time: 18,30
Campus:
Liverpool
Trasportation:
Travel Card