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Museum Collections
Wirral Museums Service has a large and varied collection of items from around the world and from all periods of history. The principal strengths, however, are mostly local but the wider collections provide the context for them. Efforts have been made to have pictures, documents and artefacts that reflect as well as possible the history and character of Wirral. There is a Collection Management Policy that details the existing collections and provides a guide to the direction of the development of those collections.
The collections are assets of Wirral Borough Council that are available for the public benefit in perpetuity. Museum collections are held in trust and are not in normal circumstances sold or traded. In the event of a very exceptional change in policy or collecting direction, museum collections could be transferred to another public museum where they would continue to be of benefit to the community.