World Museum Liverpool

Bees: A Story of Survival

★★★★☆

The latest temporary exhibition at World Museum Liverpool sees the museum partner with multi-disciplinary artist Wolfgang Buttress to produce a fascinating insight into the world of bees, how they have adapted to survive since the time of the dinosaur, and how vital they are to the survival of humanity.

The exhibition blends interactive displays, sculptures, lights and media across 8 different rooms.

The first room contained detailed information about bees, with computer displays covering everything from the anatomy of a bee through to the different species of bees around the world. This room is the most traditional museum element of the exhibition before the remaining rooms move more into an art exhibition. Our highlights from this first room included the discovery that bees evolved from wasps (we’d always thought it was the other way round), and that Vulture Bees exist in South America that are carnivores which feed on rotting meat.

Return of the Gods

★★★★★

World Museum Liverpool’s latest temporary exhibition is a family-friendly exploration into the earliest superhero tales; the mythology of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome.

Displaying the extensive collection of 18th Century antiquarian Henry Blundell of Sefton, statues over 2 metres tall have been combined with over 100 sculptures and objects to show how everyday life was influenced by mythology. This is the first time so much of Henry Blundell’s collection has been displayed in one exhibition.