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Merseyside Maritime Museum

Merseyside Maritime Museum is a museum in Liverpool. Around 945K people visit each year. 63 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Tate Liverpool (100 m).

Photo: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Rodhullandemu (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Liverpool

inside the built-up area

Visitors a year

945K

Wikidata

How well known

Top 4%

#262 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum in Liverpool

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#262 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (10 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Liverpool

Merseyside Maritime Museum is inside Liverpool’s built-up area, with 41 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Seasons in Liverpool

Warmest in Liverpool are June to September, at 18–21°C.

Jan8° / 3°76 mm

Feb8° / 3°61 mm

Mar11° / 4°54 mm

Apr13° / 6°57 mm

May17° / 9°58 mm

Jun19° / 11°67 mm

Jul21° / 13°76 mm

Aug21° / 13°78 mm

Sep18° / 11°81 mm

Oct14° / 8°90 mm

Nov11° / 5°86 mm

Dec8° / 3°87 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Liverpool, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Liverpool. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Liverpool’s full climate →

About

Merseyside Maritime Museum

Its story is told in 10 languages on Wikipedia.

Type: Museum
Visitors: 945K visitors a year
Wikipedias: Covered in 10 languages
Town: in Liverpool
Official site: liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime-museum

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

When it is open

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Where Merseyside Maritime Museum is

The map centres on Merseyside Maritime Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Bases near Merseyside Maritime Museum

Liverpool tops the 8 for size, at 506,564 people. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Liverpool

506,564 people · 61 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km southwest of it

Birkenhead

109,854 people · 49 places to visit

3 · 1.4 km west of it

Wallasey

85,619 people · 43 places to visit

4 · 3.7 km south of it

Bebington

57,607 people · 49 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Merseyside Maritime Museum is	People	Places to visit
Liverpool	It’s in town	506,564	61
Birkenhead	1.1 km southwest of it	109,854	49
Wallasey	1.4 km west of it	85,619	43
Bebington	3.7 km south of it	57,607	49
Bootle	4.2 km north of it	53,722	39
Barnston	8 km southwest of it	661	6
Litherland	8 km north of it	18,752	3
Greasby	8.6 km west of it	9,175	2

Make a day of it

After Merseyside Maritime Museum

Our list has 63 more within 15 km, among them 4 museums, 2 art galleries and 2 cathedrals.

Big drawArt galleryTate Liverpool100 m away · 540K visitors a year 2

Art galleryWalker Art Gallery1.3 km away · 338K visitors a year 3

CathedralLiverpool Cathedral1.4 km away 4

CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King1.6 km away 5

Big drawMuseumWorld Museum Liverpool1.2 km away · 606K visitors a year 6

MuseumInternational Slavery Museum100 m away 7

MuseumU-boat Story1.3 km away 8

MuseumThe Beatles Story200 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Good to know about Merseyside Maritime Museum

Where is Merseyside Maritime Museum?

Merseyside Maritime Museum is in Liverpool, Merseyside, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Merseyside Maritime Museum?

Museum in Liverpool.

How many people visit Merseyside Maritime Museum?

About 945K visitors a year.

When is the best time to visit Merseyside Maritime Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Liverpool, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Merseyside Maritime Museum?

Within 15 km: Tate Liverpool (100 m), Walker Art Gallery (1.3 km), Liverpool Cathedral (1.4 km) and Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (1.6 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Merseyside Maritime Museum: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Liverpool: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Walker Art Gallery: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Liverpool Cathedral: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
World Museum Liverpool: User:Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
International Slavery Museum: en:User:Tony Corsini, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
U-boat Story: Paul adams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The Beatles Story: Lipinski, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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