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    Prescot Museum - Picture from http://www.prescotmuseum.org.uk

    Prescot Museum

    3.5(4 reviews)
    2.8 mi

    George's Marvellous Medicine or Knowsley's Marvellous Medicine? I would have to go with the former…read morebut then I am just such a kid and love the theatre/film. Both are ideal for young kids, the Knowsley's Marvellous Medicine is an exhibition of medicine and healthcare through the ages at Prescot Museum in Prescot. Objects on display are drawn from a number of museums including Leeds Thackray Medical Musuem, Liverpool's Victoria Gallery & Museum, and local private collections. You get to see antique surgical and dentistry tools, medicines and curious cures, with a few artificial body parts too! Attractions for kids include the giant Operation game and Doctor Ted's area. If you are looking for somewhere to take the kids over the summer holiday, then this might just be the place, with events supporting the exhibition throughout this period. On till 5th September so give it a go!

    Prescot Museum does a great job with its exhibitions, making the best of a relatively small space…read more The ground floor typically houses temporary exhibitions, such as the recent retrospective of kids' TV through the decades. Life-size daleks and cybermen were among the artefacts on display. On the first floor is a permanent exhibition about Prescot's historic watch- and clock-making industry. I'd hope to see this expanded in the future to include some often-overlooked features of Prescot's history, such as literary connections with poet Edward Lear and the Bard himself, William Shakespeare.

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    Sudley House

    4.2(10 reviews)
    8.8 mi

    Sudley house on Mossley Hill Road dates back to the 19th Century and is so beautiful. I love the…read morelayout, and wish I could live there. The staircase is awesome and leads up to the top of the house and an amazing white round ceiling. The carved marble fireplace in the dining room is another amazing feature of the house. I spent a while in the costume room which is currently exhibiting Emily Tinne, and her six children between about 1910 and 1940. Check out the coat of antelope fur lined with figured brown rayon silk. The history of the house is pretty interesting. Nicholas Robinson, a rich corn merchant, bought the land for £4,500 upon which the house is now built. Bargain! The house was finished by 1824 and Nicholas was living in it until 1854. In 1883 the house was sold to George Holt who made alterations to the property including the creation of a garden veranda. Claims to fame for the house include: one of the few period homes decorated in a Victorian style that still has many of its original features. It is also the only surviving Victorian merchant art collection in Britain still hanging in its original location. The house is free to visit and well worth the effort to get there.

    At Sudley House, you can experience the charmed life of a wealthy Victorian merchant family - home…read moreof the magnificent art collection of ship owner George Holt. Works on show include paintings by Landseer and Turner to name but a few. There are contemporary videos and an introductory display to tell how members of family and household lived. Upstairs, the childhood rooms explore how Victorian children learned and played and a costume room features changing displays of period clothing and a temporary exhibition gallery. Sudley House contains the only surviving Victorian merchant art collection in Britain still hanging in its original location. Best of all, entry is free for all and it is open daily from 10am-5pm.

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