Welcome to the University of Liverpool's Digital Heritage Lab

 

The University is home to a huge range of unique heritage collections held across our libraries, museums, and galleries.

Our Digital Heritage Lab aims to showcase our collections and presents an opportunity for links to be drawn across them, examine collections at scale, and tell new stories.

We are excited to be bringing them together in one place, with some becoming digitally accessible for the first time. 

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University Guild Gazette

Digital archive of the University's student newspaper, including issues from 1937-1994.

Student Life in the Archive

A curated selection of material from the Archive, including photographs, diaries and ephemera, illustrating University life from 1881 until the 20th century.

Olaf Stapledon Archive

Highlights from the archive of Olaf Stapledon, a lecturer in Philosophy for the University and a pioneering figure in science fiction. Our digitised collections include Stapledon's lecture notes and illustrations used to plan his novels.

Cunard Archive

The archive of the Cunard Steamship Company, held at the University, contains most of the surviving business records produced by Cunard since it became a limited company in 1878. View a selection of ephemera relating to Cunard's iconic ships and experience the thrill of onboard life.

Medieval Manuscripts

Our medieval and renaissance manuscripts are a witness to the cultural and educational life of Liverpool from the late 19th century onwards. Those digitised here contain full descriptions to aid research in book history and the spread of knowledge.

Garstang Collections

Pioneering documentary images from the excavations of John Garstang, founder of the University's Archaeological Museum, in Egypt, Sudan, and the Near East.

Audubon Collection

Drawings and watercolours by John James Audubon gifted to the University by the Rathbone family, who hosted him on a visit to Liverpool to raise funds for his famous Birds of America.

Exploration • Collaboration • Co-curation