There's no better place to explore the wonders of the natural world than World Museum Liverpool, where you can see everything from live colonies of insects to historic zoological and botanical exhibits.

Visitors can examine the collections up close in the award winning Clore Natural History Centre, which boasts a range of hands-on activities suitable for the whole family.

There’s more interactive fun in the new Bug House and Aquarium, where you can also see live exhibits. Why not discover the FREE planetarium - a theatre of the Universe! At World Museum Liverpool you can blast off on a spectacular journey through space and time, learning about the Universe around you as you go.

The ethnology collection at World Museum Liverpool, ranks among the top six collections in the country, the four main areas represented are: Africa, the Americas, Oceania and Asia. The exhibition includes interactive displays to transport you around the world.

In the Weston Discovery Centre you can touch, explore and learn about the past and present human worlds in a new hands-on centre.

Visit www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml for information on tours, family shows and special events at this venue.

Top floor cafe ppen daily from 11am-4pm. Offering hot and cold meals, snacks and drinks. Children’s lunchboxes, menu and highchairs available. Hot food available between 11.30 to 3.30pm. Ground Floor coffee shop open daily from 10am-4pm. Offering hot and cold drinks, snacks and cakes. Highchairs available. Picnic area open daily from 10am-4.30pm. Indoor picnic area with drinks machine.

Fair Trade Shop selling jewellery, crafts, chocolate and international gifts. Toyshop selling small souvenirs, toys and books.

Disabled toilet facilities and baby changing area available.

Follow the brown and white road signs for central Liverpool attractions and Walker Art Gallery Look out for signs for St John's or Queen Square car parks. These are between the main shopping area bus stops and St John's Gardens (behind St George's Hall). World Museum Liverpool is on the other side of St John's Gardens. All details of public transport can be found here: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/visit/directions.asp

All tickets for the planetarium shows are FREE and are available from the information desk from 10am and up to five minutes before each performance.

If you've had fun on your family day out to World Museum Liverpool, tell us about it your visit, so other people will know it's a great place to go as well.

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/