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World Museum is a large museum in Liverpool, England which has extensive collections covering archaeology, ethnology and the natural and physical sciences. Special attractions include the Natural History Centre and a planetarium.
All the museums and galleries in the group have free admission. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and an exempt charity under English law. [1] Until 1974 the institutions were under the auspices of the former Liverpool Corporation.
The museum, which was designed by architects 3XN and engineers Buro Happold and built by Galliford Try [2] at cost of £72 million, provides 8,000 square metres of exhibition space, housing more than 6,000 objects. [3] It has flexible spaces that regularly change to enable National Museums Liverpool to show more of their collections.
The building currently houses part of the World Museum Liverpool and Liverpool Central Library. The William Brown Library and Museum building was conceived as a replacement for the Derby Museum (containing the Earl of Derby's natural history collection) which then shared two rooms on the city's Duke Street with a library.
World Museum Liverpool The Kingston Brooch is the largest known Anglo-Saxon composite brooch , and is considered by scholars to be an outstanding example of the composite disc brooch style. Over time, the Kingston brooch has become widely recognized for its charm, inherent value and detailed workmanship. [ 1 ]
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