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Looking for the perfect way to relax, get creative or just have fun?
Near Heswall, Wirral
The Potting Shed offers a huge selection of ceramics just waiting to be hand-painted by you.
It’s a great place for parties – but it’s also the perfect venue for friends to meet, for families to enjoy time together and for everyone to get creative!
0151 336 3000
jeanette@thepottingshed.eu
www.thepottingshed.eu

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Conservation Centre

Liverpool
See crafts people conserving art and sculpture. Exhibits inc. mummified Egyptian crocodile &  Peter Pan's People's Gallery.
0151 207 0001
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/conservation

HM Customs & Excise National Museum

Liverpool
The story of smuggling from 1700s to today. Downloadable kids activity sheets on website.
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/customs

Lady Lever Art Gallery

Port Sunlight 
Art gallery displaying world famous masterpieces inc. sculptures and paintings by Turner and Constable. Self-guiding kids' quiz tours.
0151 478 4136
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever

Merseyside Maritime Museum

Liverpool
Located in a former warehouse, it tells the story of Liverpool's maritime history, emigration and slavery.
0151 478 4499
maritime@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime

Museum of Liverpool Life

Liverpool
Celebrates the people and culture of Liverpool: faiths, industry politics and music. "Wartime house" with 1940s children's bedroom.
0151 478 4080
liverpoollife@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/liverpoollife

The Potting Shed

Near Heswall, Wirral
A paint-your-own-pottery studio. Craft and coffee shop. Based at Newhall Garden Centre.
0151 336 3000
jeanette@thepottingshed.eu
www.thepottingshed.eu

Seacombe Aquarium 

Seacombe
Aquarium based at Seacombe ferry terminal. Can combine visit with Mersey ferry crossing and visit to Pirates Paradise soft play area.
www.merseyferries.co.uk

Shore Road Pumping Station

Birkenhead
Display about building the Mersey Railway Tunnel and a working giant steam pump "the Giant Grasshopper".
0151 650 1182
www.wirral.gov.uk

Speke Hall

Liverpool
Mansion with priest hole, Victorian kitchen, servants' quarters. Wooded gardens, walk along the Bund. Kids' play area. Children's activity sheets.
0151 427 7231
spekehall@nationaltrust.org.uk
www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Tate

Liverpool
Collection of modern art. Located in Albert Dock. Contact for special events.
0151 702 7400
www.tate.org.uk/liverpool

Liverpool, Switch Island
Indoor bowling centre.
0871 873 3150  
www.tenpin.co.uk

The Walker 

Liverpool 
Paintings and sculptures 1350-today. Arts & Crafts exhibition.
0151 478 4199
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker

World of Glass

St Helens
Galleries and interactive exhibits. Victorian furnace and labyrinth of tunnels, mirror maze, interactive play area, glass blowing demonstration.
08700 114466
www.worldofglass.com 

World Museum Liverpool
(Formerly Liverpool Museum)

Liverpool
Egyptian and Asian artefacts. Natural history inc. fossils and dinosaurs. Planetarium with free public shows inc. sunshine show for the under-5s
0151 478 4399
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/

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