Liverpool FC Museum — Attraction in Liverpool

I’ve visited the LFC Museum too many times to remember. I’ve also done the stadium tour a number of times because, deep down, I am a 44 year old man who still loves the game as much as a 10 year old boy. So, with this in mind, my review may be a little biased towards the club.

The museum has evolved over the past 15 years or so that I have been making visits. It’s still located in the same part of the ground but there has been a bit more space made and better lighting and decor installed. The photos I have shared are from my most recent visit in December 2019 just before COVID hit.

You have a few ways to enter the museum. You can pay for a one off visit, enter after a stadium tour or take in a quick look if you are there for a match with a hospitality sticker in the immediate vicinity.

Once inside, you will head down memory lane with some beautiful memorabilia donated by players, supporters, former managers, media people and the club itself. Having grown up in an era when the FA Cup still meant something, there are a good number of items from these times on show. There is also a great deal of items remembering the early European adventures under Shanks and Bob.

But, it’s not just the expected stuff you will find on show. There is the a special cup called “The Floodlights Challenge Cup” which, from memory, was played for over a few years beginning in the late 50s between Liverpool and Everton. Wonderful stuff!

On one museum/stadium tour visit I took in 2008, Museum curator, Stephen Dome took us and it was like doing the rounds with the worlds best LFC Historian. He came into the museum with us after the tour and explained, in great detail, things that not many people would know about the club and players.

Something that baffles me when I visit the LFC museum is why people rush through without really stopping to take the time to read the notes and explore the museum properly. The club is what it is because of the history so always make sure you allow plenty of time for your visit.

There are many fantastic club museums around Europe and the UK but for me, the LFC museum is one of the more niche collections in a boutique setting. It feels much more a personal experience and, if your lucky, you may just get a special tour with...

I did the tour almost 20 years ago and it was better back then. No technology on the self guided headsets can replace a real tour by a local scouser. If it continues to be self guided more work is needed to reflect the stages of the tour with the audio by having better and more markings placed around to inform people of when to play the suggested audio. (Like most museums)

Because of the lack of synchronization between the places and the audio, me and my son gave up on the audio completely and I noticed others give up on it along the way too.

Get rid of the self guided would be my advice and replace it with real scousers, the experience is far better. One of the best thing about Liverpool is the authentic people, you should use that.

However...the guides along the way were very mixed... one heavy set gentleman who was at the boom room was quite rude to people making statenents like 'we haven't got all day', this was not in jest he was genuinely rude and we felt like herded cattle. The ladies on the photo printing were understaffed and the older lady there struggled to hide her frustration with customers.

In contrast...the lady in the press room taking the photos was amazing and cheerful and she could not do more for the people.

I am sorry to say the museum part of the tour was not good. Having recently been to FC Porto museum the Liverpool one is tiny and pretty poor.

Some of the customers thought the 'boot room' was part of the tour and it was easy to make that mistake, then to be met at the door by a staff member who shouted at us 'this is a staff canteen...move down that way'.

Overall poor. Better 20 years ago. Lost authenticity, is not keeping up with other stadiums quality. And ...please be nicer to paying customers who sometimes travel a long way to be there.

As a reds fan I really wish you...

We visited Tuesday 13th February 2024 for the 10am tour.

We are a family of 2ad & 2 Ch (15&11)

Our boys had been looking forward to this 2night stay in Liverpool, centred around the stadium tour as part of their Christmas gift.

It did not disappoint!

The self guided tour is perfect for anyone who wants to go at their own pace. You can stop and start at your leisure and we weren’t hurried through any of the areas, despite it being busy as it was half term break.

Staff in all areas were happy to interact with us, answering questions or just having a general chat.

Kids were invited to have a little play around with some football drills on the main concourse and they were soon joined by the mascot “Mighty” this was a great wee break in the tour and have us an opportunity to purchase some snacks and drinks too.

One of the tour guides, Tor, was really great with our youngest son. He was wearing an unusual LFC football shirt with spider webs and she really made a fuss of him! He felt amazing!

We met her again in the Carlsberg lounge and she gave us even more insight into what Anfield is like on a game day! Fabulous staff member who left us with a really positive view of the club.

The lady taking photos on the press room was also really lovely!

There wasn’t any member of staff who wasn’t willing to answer our questions or interact with us.

Andy in the dressing room was a really lovely man too and handled the crowd really well.

We took our time around the tour and museum and finished in 2.5hrs, we then spent 30mins (and a fair chunk of cash) in the on-site superstore.

A great experience and I would recommend to anyone. I can definitely see us...