Heritage
But Does It Speak?
But Does it Speak? is a new season featuring artists and writers who use poetry, fiction, experimental writing and speech to establish and alter visual worlds. Join us for three film screenings in the gallery, workshops, events and more. Stay tuned as we announce the incredible artists we’re working with this season.
Going To The Match Creative Commission by Marge Bradshaw
Following the loan of ‘Going to the Match’ by L S Lowry, The Williamson Art Gallery and Museum have commissioned award-winning photographer Marge Bradshaw to work with Liverpool Trans and Enby FC. Funded by Arts Council England, Marge will produce a short social documentary and portrait photography series in response to Going to the Match....
Philip Wilson Steer: In Conversation
Born in Birkenhead, Philip Wilson Steer was a pioneer of impressionism in Britain during the late nineteenth century. Studying in Paris in the 1880s, he was exposed to this radical way of painting after seeing works by the likes of Degas and Manet. With his loose approach to painting and depictions of scenes that were...
Albert Richards
March 2025 will mark 80 years since the passing of Albert Richards, the youngest official war artist to be killed in action during WWII. The Williamson holds over two hundred of his works, spanning from his days at the Wallasey School of Art to the frontlines of France in 1944. These works show the incredible...
Lights Up on Liverpool Theatre Exhibition
Long before Liverpool dominated pop music, Liverpool’s theatre scene was once the envy of all the world. Current and former theatres spanning 250-years are to be put under the spotlight together for the first time from 8th November 2024 to March 2025, for the exhibition Lights Up on Liverpool, set to open November 2024 in...
Total Stranger
Step inside the beautiful Bridge Cottage in Port Sunlight to discover an eye-catching exhibition of photographs by Francesco Mellina. Each photograph captures the Liverpool music and club scene in the late 1970s & early 1980s, including the early days of Dead or Alive’s Pete Burns who grew up in the quaint village. It is the...
Christmas Crafts at The Beatles Story
Come and get excited for Christmas with us in the Discovery Zone at The Beatles Story. During the lead up to Christmas, you can get prepared by getting involved in a range of our Christmassy activities from creating your own Christmas tree baubles and cards to making your very own snow globe! Workshops will be...
Dadafest Annual Rushton Lecture with Ashok Mistry
Each year DaDa present our Edward Rushton Social Justice Lecture on the United Nations International Day for People with Disabilities, 3 December, to keep alive the passion and fire demonstrated by Rushton, a Liverpool poet, activist, abolitionist and disabled man. This year we are thrilled to announce that we have secured a fantastic and insightful...
Step Into Stories
Step into the Mansion House for a day of festive activities. Visitors will be able to add a decoration to the community Christmas tree, create their own wrapping paper and attend a literary tour of the Mansion House. Thanks to the generosity of publishers Walker Books and Penguin Random House, you can also pick up...
Hidden Heritage: Festive Walk
Open the door to the hidden stories of Calderstones at Christmas time with our one-hour guided walk of the Park’s most significant and surprising landmarks. No walking experience is required, the route can be adapted for access needs but it will take place outside so we recommend you wrap up warm.
