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UK Border Force National Museum is managed by National Museums Liverpool
National Museums Liverpool is an Art UK Founder Partner
UK Border Force National Museum
Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside L3 4AQ England
0151 4784499
Please remember to double-check the opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit
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31 May 2020
Artist Norman Wilkinson died #OTD in 1970. Wilkinson invented dazzle painting to protect ships during the First World War. Find out more about these dazzle ships from our Archives Centre and how our Edmund Gardner pilot ship was painted in tribute here: https://t.co/2FNgM39Tsv https://t.co/A2PLKADfFV
Artworks
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Sea View of a Customs Cutter J. Bourne (active 1890s–1914) (attributed to) -
The Custom House, Liverpool, Looking North David N. Chesters -
Cutter in a Rough Sea Fitzgerald Moor -
Revenue Cutter 'Stag' Chasing a Smuggler, off Cowes Watts (attributed to) -
Unloading Barrels at a Rocky Cave Entrance Thomas Luny (1759–1837) (circle of) -
David Pearson (1767–1830), Assistant Secretary of Excise for Scotland unknown artist -
A Fishing Lugger and Customs Boat off a Coastal Town Charles Martin Powell (1775–1824) - 2 more
UK Border Force National Museum is part of
National Museums Liverpool
National Museums Liverpool artworks can also be found at these venues
More information-
International Slavery MuseumLiverpool
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Lady Lever Art GalleryWirral
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Merseyside Maritime MuseumLiverpool
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Museum of LiverpoolLiverpool
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Sudley HouseLiverpool
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UK Border Force National MuseumLiverpool
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Walker Art GalleryLiverpool
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World Museum LiverpoolLiverpool
