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Liverpool
Excursion
Liverpool
HalfDay
Excursion
All groups are escortedbythePLUS staff
World Museum
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The World Museum is the oldest
museum and galleries operated
by National Museums of
Liverpool. It was first opened i
n 1853 in Ropeworks district.
The Museum has expanded to
be one of the great museums
of the British regions, with
collections and displays of
life sciences, earth sciences
and human cultures around
the world. In the Museum
you can see millions of years
of the Earth’s history, the
World Cultures gallery shows
the customs, objects and
achievements that have
shaped the civilization, discover
the wonders of the natural
world in the Natural History
Centre, travel through space
in the Planetarium.
Central Library
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The Liverpool Central Library
was originally opened in 1860,
and it is one of the largest
public libraries in the UK with
large collections that have
been built up over the last 150
years. During World War II
the Library was hit by a bomb
and thousands of books and
archives were lost in addition
to the interior being destroyed.
The facade, however, remained
intact. In 2013 the Library was
fully restored and modernised.
The library has three million
items in the archive and
one million items on display.
Altogether the Library
has 36km of shelves.
Town Hall
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Liverpool Town Hall is a
prestigiousWorld Heritage Site
and the current building was
completed between 1795 and
1820.The Town Hall is the home
of The Lord Mayor of Liverpool.
The Town Hall can accommodate
up to 270 guests in its various
rooms. It offers a unique venue
for conferences, exhibitions,
dinners and meetings.The
decorations on the front of the
Town Hall represent the British
international trade in Africa,
including the trade in slave where
Liverpool gained much of its
wealth.The five statues on top
of the Town Hall looking over
Liverpool were washed for the
first time in 200 years in 2014.
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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