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NMGM's
award-winning Conservation Centre is the first national conservation
centre in the UK, and the only one of its kind open to the public. Housed
in the former Midland Railway Goods Depot (built in the 1870s) on Queen
Square in the heart of Liverpool's main business and shopping district,
the Centre and was opened by HRH The Prince of Wales in 1996.
The
World of Glass is specially designed to celebrate the world's oldest
artificial material. With the aid of archaeology, interactive
exhibits, live demonstrations and a state-of-the-art cinema experience;
you're going to find out more about the magic, mystery and history of this
everyday miracle. Where it comes from. How it's made and why
we simply can't live without it. Travel through time to the source
of the 'stone that flows'. Four thousand years from the ancient
Egyptians to the Pilkington glassmaking revolution.
Since
it opened in 1998, the Blue Planet aquarium has become one of the North West's
top tourist attractions. A visit to the Blue Planet is a voyage of
underwater discovery through stream, pond, lake, river, sea and
ocean. There are many presentations and shows including feeding time
and chances to meet the animals close up. Boasting the longest
underwater safari tunnel in the world, the Blue Planet is an ideal
day out - especially when the weather is bad outside.
One
of the best ways to see Liverpool's historic waterfront and docklands is
with Duck Tours. Original 1940's amphibious vehicles have been
rebuilt and updated and now offer one hour tours around the docks,
waterfront and city. After departing from the Albert Dock, you
follow a route around the city centre taking in many of the sights of
Liverpool before plunging into the dock to enjoy the sights of the
waterfront.
This
daily two hour tour starts from the Beatles Story and finishes at the
world famous Cavern Club. The tour will introduce you to the lives
of The Beatles, their homes, schools, birthplaces, Penny Lane, Strawberry
Fields and many other landmarks. Tours depart from Queen's Square
Tourist Information Centre and the Albert Dock daily with additional tours
at weekends.
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Forthlin Road is one of the most important houses in the history of
popular music. This ordinary terraced house was the family home of
Sir Paul and Michael McCartney right through the early Beatles
years. This is where the Beatles composed and rehearsed their
earliest songs, and it was from here that The Scaffold was formed. Inside
the house, the period is vividly recalled with original photographs from
Michael McCartney. 
As one of the nations most secret defence sites,Hack Green has played a central role in the defence of Britain for almost sixty years. Declassified in 1993, the 35,000 square ft underground bunker would have been the centre of regional government had nuclear war broken out.