WEST KIRBY MUSEUM The Charles Dawson Brown Museum

Special Exhibition: West Kirby & Hoylake in WWII

·West Kirby Museum

Focused on the contribution of local people during the Second World War.

Special Exhibition: West Kirby & Hoylake in WWII
Photo: Mark D. Baxter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running each year from October to December, this special exhibition focuses on the contribution of local people from West Kirby and Hoylake during the Second World War — drawing on the museum's collection of wartime photographs, documents and objects.

WWII exhibition photograph

For more on the wartime history behind the exhibition, including RAF West Kirby and the Grange Hill War Memorial, see West Kirby at War in the museum's Research section.

Plan ahead

Bringing a group, or tracing local history?

Group visits

Bring a group to the museum

Clubs, schools, historical societies and social groups are welcome by arrangement — £2 per head, up to 20 people, with two weeks' notice.

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Research Group

Researching West Kirby's past?

Our Research Group holds decades of local material — including records of who lived and worked in individual houses and shops across the village. Genuine enquiries are welcome.

Contact the Research Group