Port Sunlight Museum

Port Sunlight was the subject of a 1912 West End musical comedy, The Sunshine Girl, and, more recently, the television series Peaky Blinders was filmed here.

The Port Sunlight Museum has exhibits showing how the village came into being and it includes interesting displays about Unilever and the Beatles.

What to see at the Port Sunlight Museum

The museum has a series of exhibits about Lord Leverhulme and his vision for the village. There are displays showing how the village was developed and what life was like in Port Sunlight during its heyday.

There are displays showing the early days of Lever Brothers in Port Sunlight and how the company grew to become a large multinational corporation that has famous brands including Ben and Jerry’s, Dove, Elizabeth Arden, Kraft, Lipton, Lynx, Magnum, Maille, Marmite, Omo, PG Tips, Rexona, Sunsilk, Surf, Vaseline and, of course, Sunlight.

The museum also has exhibits about famous events that have taken place in the village, including Ringo Starr’s first gig with the Beatles, which took place at Hulme Hall in Port Sunlight in 1962.

Your entry ticket also lets you see inside one of the worker’s cottages, which has been restored to show how workers would have lived in the 19th century.

Visiting the Port Sunlight Museum

The Port Sunlight Museum is a seven-minute walk from Bebington railway station and the journey from central Liverpool is only 14 minutes. Trains run every 15 minutes.

It is across the road from the Lady Lever Art Gallery and many people come to Port Sunlight to see both museums.

Admission to the museum costs £4.50, which some people find a tad overpriced although it is worth a visit if you have an interest in town planning.

The museum has a nice tea room and there is also another cafe across the road in the Lady Lever Art Gallery.

You can spend a couple of hours at Port Sunlight Museum and a visit to Port Sunlight, including the Lady Lever Art Gallery, can easily take up half a day.