List of museums in Merseyside

This list of museums in Merseyside, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Defunct museums

 * Bootle Free Library and Museum, collections now part of The Atkinson
 * Cavern Mecca, closed in 1984
 * Botanic Gardens Museum, collections now part of The Atkinson
 * HM Customs & Excise National Museum, Liverpool, collections now a gallery in the Merseyside Maritime Museum
 * King's Regiment (Liverpool) Museum, Liverpool, formerly part of the Museum of Liverpool Life, closed in 2006, will reopen as a gallery in the Museum of Liverpool
 * Liverpool Scottish Regimental Museum, Liverpool, artifacts now in storage
 * Museum of Liverpool Life, Liverpool, closed in 2006, collections moved to the Museum of Liverpool
 * National Conservation Centre, Liverpool, closed to the public in 2010
 * Shore Road Pumping Station, Birkenhead
 * Steamport Southport, Southport, also known as Southport Railway Museum, closed in 1999, collections now part of the Ribble Steam Railway
 * Warship Preservation Trust, Birkenhead, closed in 2006
 * Wirral Museum, Birkenhead