Liverpool, Capital Of Culture for 2008

The Magical History Tour - The Story of Liverpool

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The Magical History Tour is an exhibition being staged at the Merseyside Maritime Museum. The exhibition has already been running for many months and will continue until 27 September 2009. The Merseyside Maritime Museum is open every day from 10am until 5pm and entry to all exhibitions is free.

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Magical History Tour takes visitors on a fast paced, dynamic journey of discovery, with help from a time travelling taxi driver.

Told through the lives of Liverpool people through the ages, the exhibition charts the city’s growth from a tiny fishing village to a busy port. It traces the evolution of the settlement from its earliest pre-historic roots and examines life in the medieval and early modern town before the port’s emergence rpool Art anas a Victorian metropolis of global significance.

The story is brought up to date with the challenges faced by those living in the city during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, before finally considering the evolving perceptions of Liverpool and Liverpudlians in the recent past.

Iconic objects on display include the Liverpool charters and a reconstruction of the long-lost Liverpool Castle.

Discover:

• the origins of the Pool - a muddy river inlet that was to give the city its name
• why King John first established a town in this location in 1207
• how political turbulence engulfed the medieval town
• what effect the English Civil War had on the city in 1644
• how Liverpool became ‘the second city of the British Empire’
• why life expectancy in the city dropped drastically in the 19th century
• how war has affected the people and city in the last century

Please note that the Huxley hoard of Viking silver, which was on display in the exhibition until early February 2008, is no longer on display and will be touring to other venues. However, visitors to Magical History Tour can see a selection of items from the Cuerdale hoard in its place. Discovered in 1840 on the banks of the River Ribble in Lancashire, the Cuerdale hoard is the largest Viking hoard ever found.

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Turner Prize Pulled in Record Breaking Visitors to Tate Liverpool

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HOLDING last year’s Turner Prize in Liverpool gave the competition a new lease of life and helped to put Liverpool on the international map, according to the Tate.

New figures show that it was the best attended exhibition ever held at the gallery, attract-ing some 72,000 visitors from all over the world during its four-month run.

The exhibition, which featured the work of the four finalists Nathan Coley, Zarina Bhimji, Mike Nelson and eventual winner Mark Wallinger, ran from October 2007 to January 2008.

Source : Liverpool Daily Post
Author : Vicky Anderson
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Exhibition: Art of Portraits and Their Sitters on Show

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PORTRAIT sitters will take centre stage in a major new exhibition to celebrate Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture.

The exhibition – Characters: The People Behind the Portraits – at the Atkinson Gallery, Southport, will be one of Sefton’s contributions towards the celebrations.

The show is based on portraits in the Atkinson’s own collection and others from collections around the country.

Source : Liverpool Daily Post
Author : Philip Key
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Successful Opening Of Metrospective

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Metrospective are proud to announce their first public exhibition, showing at The Liverpool Academy of Art, Seel Street, Liverpool, opened on Tuesday 18th March. The Exhibition will be open until Friday 28th March 2008. (Photo: An installation, on display at the exhibition.)

Metrospective is an exhibition of contemporary artwork produced by the second year Fine Art BA (Hons) students from Wirral Metropolitan College working within a wide rangeof disciplines.

Source : Wirral Metropolitan College
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