As Liverpool has been given the number 3 spot by Rough Guides in the Top 10 World Cities I thought maybe somewhere to visit ( Free ) if you pass this way.
The Victoria Gallery and Museum isn't well advertised. But it's full of amazing stuff to catch your interest. It's part of Liverpool University.
http://vgm.liverpool.ac.uk/about-us/gallery/
It has 2 American connections.
In the Art Gallery you will find the largest collection of paintings (outside the US) by the Wildlife Artist - John James Audubon. Beautiful works and he captures the early years of America.
The second connection is the Museum of Dentistry.
Dentures had been produced using Human Teeth from the 1800's and demand outstripped supply. So they were very expensive.
That changed in the 1860's as barrels of human teeth were exported from the US to Liverpool.
It's a cruel world !
If you read the Life Story of John James Audubon (1785 - 1851) its a fascinating tale of a man born to a French father and a Spanish creole mother in Haiti.
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