In My Liverpool Home...

As I begin to write this BBC6 music are reviewing the very thing I am going to write about.

I didn't feel like going all the way to London today, long journey and not feeling to good I decided against it. Instead I thought I would take a look around the newly opened Liverpool Museum. it only opened a couple of days ago so at least when I got there to look around it would all be new and hopefully everything working and nothing missing, like alot of museums after they have been visited my numerous groups of tourists and school children. The Billy Fury statue is to the side of the building and seems to guide you in the right direction. Billy was a pop star before the Beatles made Liverpool famous. The Mersey river was strangely calm today, but the crowds not.. That was the only thing that let it down today the amount of people. It has opened just in time for the start of the school holidays. The cafe and shop was packed with people. There wasn't a spare table to sit and eat cafe purchases because people saved the table for themselves which really isn't fair at such busy times. so people who had queued and paid for food had no where to sit. The shop was also busy. It is small and stuffed with tacky items to purchase.

The building was designed by a Danish designer. It has replaced a much smaller building that stood in the very place that the new muesum stands. The shape is very modern, but in a strange way it fits in with the existing buildings the three graces and the waterfront in general. It is very noticeable but not in an out of place way.

Inside there is a spiral very wide staircase, which I did not even attempt to climb. Instead I took the lift to the 2nd floor. The first floor gallery space does not open until later in the year.

My favourite part was the Wondrous place gallery. Covering the creative minds of Liverpool. For example, writer, poets, and musicians. I was glad to see they have the balance right only a small part about the Beatles (if you need Beatles there is the place a few yards away for that). It was far too crowded today to take in all the exhibits today.

I think it is very important for the next generations to see all that makes Liverpool great. It's a multi media experience, full of film archive and music. Of course alot of the pieces are behind glass but with little hands about it is only right.

There is a lovely view of the Liver building through one of the windows. It is framed and looks like a clear stained glass window. The only colour the blue sky and fluffy white clouds.

I really enjoyed my brief look around today, but I didn't stay too long as it was so busy. I guess I will just have to go back and see it in a few months. By the sound of it there is alot more to see that I missed. The building is amazing inside very bright and airy and it supposed to be the biggest museum built outside of London for 100 years. Opened just in time to celebrate the anniversary of the Liver birds. They have seen a lot of people come and go over the years.