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Conservator working on a portrait of an old lady

Conserving 'Viscountess Folkestone'

Our conservators have revealed a radical change to the composition of this remarkable portrait by Gainsborough.

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woman looking at paintings on a gallery wall

Coming soon

Our next exhibition 'Best of Merseyside' features work from the 2008 borough open exhibitions.

Yellow lamb sculpture with a banana shaped tail wearing a lab coat

Be a Super-lab-banana!

Our working laboratory is just one of the hand-on highlights of the Reveal gallery.

Visitor information

Open daily 10am-5pm.
Free entry!

About the museum

Eros sculpture and a motorbike

Conservators based in this unique venue look after National Museums Liverpool's diverse collections. Find out how everything from Egyptian mummies to motorbikes are preserved and restored in the interactive Reveal gallery, with its working laboratory.

Collection spotlight

Club flyer with picture of a girl in a party dress standing on a speaker