The story of Atalanta and Meleager is told by the Roman poet Ovid in Metamorphoses. Meleager was the son of Ares and Althaea. The Fates had predicted that Meleager would die if a log, burning on the ...

An entrancing performance from multi-disciplinary artist and classically trained harpist Mia Mai in World Museum.

This collection is not currently on display. There are nearly 2000 items from ancient Rome and earlier pre-Roman Italy in our collection. The range of object types includes sculpture, pottery, ...

We're refreshing some of our gallery displays ahead of Walker Art Gallery's 150th anniversary celebrations in 2027. We're refreshing some of our gallery displays ahead of Walker Art Gallery's 150th ...

The bombing of Merseyside during the Second World War reached its peak in the seven night Blitz of 1-7 May 1941. This 'May Blitz' was the most concentrated series of air attacks on any British city ...

'The Kingston Brooch' is the largest known Anglo-Saxon composite brooch. With its fine zoomorphic filigree, narrow bead and twisted-wire rim decoration, inlaid with blue glass, white shell and ...

From the Maritime Archives Guide to Collections, volume 1: The Ocean Steam Ship Co. (better known as the Blue Funnel Line) was established in 1865 by Alfred and Philip Holt to run steamers equipped ...

Doré made his name in France in the 1850s and 1860s as an illustrator of books and poems. His paintings were admired more in Britain, which he first visited in 1868, returning each summer thereafter.

The Huxley Hoard is a collection of Viking silver that was buried for safekeeping, but was never retrieved. The 21 bracelets and one ingot were discovered near Huxley in Cheshire in 2004. The hoard is ...

Statuette of the god Serapis in a throne with Cerberus, his three-headed dog. He is similar to many other statues, derived from the cult statue of Serapis from Alexandria, and attributed to 3rd ...

This was the first major painting Hunt made during his first stay in the Holy Land. He had the idea for it while researching Jewish rituals for another painting, 'The Finding of the Saviour in the ...

A few excavated sites such as Lunt Meadows, Greasby and Irby reveal the hunter-gatherer lifestyles of people living in the region in the mesolithic (middle stone age) period. By the neolithic (new ...