Plans are gathering pace that could help create a new ‘gateway’ to Liverpool’s iconic Albert Dock.
National Museums Liverpool (NML) are planning to carry out a £57m redevelopment of the International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum. Earlier this week the NML announced the winning architects, Adjaye Associates and Ralph Appelbaum Associates, who will lead on the major reimagining on Liverpool’s waterfront.
Currently the two museums are entered via Hartley Quay, which leads towards Tate Liverpool, Museum of Liverpool and Mann Island. But plans would see the orientation of the museums focussed with a new “statement” entrance to the International Slavery Museum via the Dr Martin Luther King Jr Building, according to Director of NML Laura Pye. Under the plans the building would be linked to the existing museum space behind.
