The world according to Liverpool: Charlotte Crow visits the new World Museum Liverpool, which has been newly refurbished in time for the city's big year, 2008, when it will wear the mantle of European City of Culture.

'STEP INSIDE AND EXPAND YOUR MIND/ these continents' great civilizations/ The collections you will see are a legacy/ Of Liverpool's wealth and its maritime connections.... '

With these words local poet Levi Tafari introduces in a video performance visitors to the new World Cultures Gallery at Liverpool Museum, now re-christened World Museum Liverpool.

This new gallery is just one part of a more than 35 million [pounds sterling] overhaul of the old museum. Most of which-32 million [pounds sterling]--has come from the Heritage Lottery Fund (which has awarded a total figure ...

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