Putting the port in Port Sunlight!
THE Port Sunlight Museum will launch
'Soap & Water' its latest special exhibition on Sunday, 22 March
2015, that is also 'International Water Day'.
Water has played an important role in the Port Sunlight story for the last 125
years. From the founding of the Port Sunlight site in 1888 and the subsequent
growth of the waterways that served the factory, through to the development of
the new:- 'Port Sunlight River Park', in 2014 and the on going
management of water in the village through tree planting schemes.
Stuart Irwin, collections and exhibitions officer for Port Sunlight Village
Trust said:- "This exhibition tells the story of how village Founder
William Hesketh Lever turned a small piece of marshland into a global business
and thriving community for his workforce. For the first time we will explore the
civil engineering that stopped water flowing through the site and the extensive
network of drains underneath the village. The exhibition will also showcase
Bromborough Dock, Lever's last great legacy and at one time the largest private
dock in the world."
The exhibition ties in with the 175th Anniversary of Cunard and Transatlantic
passage which is being celebrated across the Liverpool City Region in 2015.
Katherine Lynch, Heritage Manager for Port Sunlight Village Trust said:-
"Lever travelled extensively throughout his lifetime, both for business and for
pleasure. There is no question that his international travels inspired the
design and development of Port Sunlight particularly the Diamond area with its
classical architecture and wide boulevards, which Port Sunlight Museum is set
within. Port Sunlight continues to benefit from water tourism and is a popular
destination for the many cruise ship passengers arriving in Liverpool today."
The exhibition will run until March 2016 and will be accompanied by a children's
trail and a series of adult talks and tours by local historians. For more
information visit:-
PortSunlightVillage.Com.
