Prescot Museum Prescot Museum, The Prescot Centre, Aspinall St, Prescot L34 5GA, UK

Prescot Museum combines a contemporary space with a traditional museum. Following relocation from Georgian premises to an indoor shopping centre, the museum has retained and enhanced many of its most popular and historically significant displays, giving them a new lease of life and bringing them to a wider audience.

The museum reflects the historical significance of Prescot and the cultural identity of its community. The colourful displays of images and artefacts tell the story of Knowsley and its people – how they lived and where they worked.

Prescot Museum’s collection focuses on local people, businesses and industries such as watchmaking, pottery manufacture, cable making and coal mining. There are almost 14,000 objects, a large percentage of which is ephemera and photographs. “Three dimensional” items include tools, costume, domestic items, coins, badges, trophies, architectural fragments, and militaria.

Prescot Museum welcomes donations to the collection relating to the history of the whole of Knowsley.

Museum

• Exhibits cannot be audio described.
• Tactile signage for exhibits is not available.
• Braille signage for exhibits is not available.
• Touch tours are not available.
• Video tours are not available.
• There is a hearing assistance system.
• The hearing system is a fixed loop.
• Staff are trained to use the the hearing system.
• A deposit is not required for the hearing system.
• There is not a wheelchair to borrow.

Accessible Toilet

• There are accessible toilet facilities within this venue.
• The toilet is for the sole use of disabled people.
• There is pictorial signage on or near the toilet door.
• This accessible toilet is approximately 11m (12yd 1in) from the first floor car park entrance.
• This accessible toilet is located on the first floor, to the rear of the library.
• There is level access to this accessible toilet.
• This is by lift.