LONDON, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Merseyside Maritime Museum, part of the National Museums Liverpool (NML), will open a new gallery on March 28 to explore stories of seafarers and passengers sailing from Liverpool, the NML announced Thursday.
Entitled The Life on Board, the gallery "will reveal the dangers, joys, cultures and community at the heart of seafaring, from the 1700s to the present day," said a NML spokeswoman, adding that an Archives Center featuring collection of maritime and slavery records will also be included.
"Life on Board will provide us with the opportunity to display more than 250 fascinating objects. From ship models and figureheads, to examples of fine tableware and clothing, they help to tell new and important stories about our great seafaring past and present," said Ian Murphy, head of Merseyside Maritime Museum.
The gallery will also explore the style and comfort of passenger travel, looking at the "floating palaces" of the early 20th century.
Between 1830 and 1930 about 40 million people left Europe in search of a new and better life. About 9 million of them sailed from Liverpool, mostly travelling to North America, Australia and New Zealand. Early links with the Far East also made Liverpool home to Europe's oldest Chinatown.
