National Museums Liverpool is an exceptional group of seven world-leading museums and galleries, located across Liverpool City Region.
We were established more than 170 years ago as a complement and counterbalance to the museums in London and brought together in 1986 as a nationally-funded group. This was in recognition of the global importance of our collections but also as a symbol of hope and regeneration for the city.
Our museums and galleries are wonderful and host an encyclopaedic collection of more than four million objects, ranging from some of the world’s best Pre-Raphaelite artworks to an awe-inspiring Ancient Egypt collection, and more recently the UK’s only museum modern slavery collection.
National Museums Liverpool is internationally known but locally loved and respected. We’re Curious & Imaginative, Brave, Approachable, Responsible and Essential. As an organisation we pride ourselves on being Welcoming, Honest and Educational, and as a team we are Trustworthy, Respectful and Inclusive.
Our Mission
CREATING MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES FOR EVERYONE – CHALLENGING EXPECTATIONS.
Our Vision
We’ve got our sights firmly on the future, and by 2030…
• we will have the most representative audience and colleague profiles in the UK’s museums sector.
• we will engage with more than ten million people each year, welcoming more than four million visitors to our museums and galleries and a further six million through digital engagement, touring exhibitions and outreach.
• we will be a place where people want to work, are happy to work and proud to work.
• together we will generate more than £50,000 a day – more than half of our turnover – through commercial business, grants, individual giving and gifts.
• we will provide great sustainable facilities for the care of our valuable collections and colleagues, with accommodation fit for the next 30 years.
• ensure all schools in Liverpool City Region visit at least one of our museums and galleries each year.
• our museums and galleries will celebrate their unique identities and collections, play to their strengths, delight their different audiences and continue to make us proud.
• people will recognise us as a valued leader of cultural and economic growth for Liverpool, the city region and the north of England, and as one of the world’s finest museum groups.
Our Aims
BE MORE REPRESENTATIVE
BE MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT
BE MORE SUSTAINABLE
PROVIDE MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES
PARTNER AND INFLUENCE
ENGAGE AND EMPOWER
Why National Museums Liverpool is supporting Boardroom Apprentice
We want more diversity on Boards, enabling more voices and thoughts in the room.
Location of Board and Committee Meetings
Liverpool, usually one of our venues
Frequency and timing of board/committee meetings
Board meetings generally take place four times per year and are generally during the day from about 11am until 4pm.
Date of Board Meetings (January – December 2025)
13 March 2025, 19 June 2025, 16 October 2025, 11 December 2025
Committee of the Boards and meeting dates (January - December 2025)
Commercial Committee, 3 March, 9 June, 22 September
Audit & Risk Committee, 26 February, 5 June, 2 October
Finance & Resources Committee, 6 March, 12 June, 8 October
Security checks
No
Payment of travel expenses
