The parsonage, where the Reverend Patrick Brontë and his family lived, still contains the memorabilia of a family of exceptional talent. Furniture, books and drawings remind visitors that Charlotte (1818-1855), Emily (1818-1848) and Anne (1820-1849), all famous novelists, once lived here. Their brother, Branwell, painted a portrait of his sisters here which now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in London.

This cavern has a pure form of fluorite known as Blue John. This semi-precious stone is worked for jewellery and larger pieces for a long time; the ruins of Pompeii contain vases made from this material. During your visit through these caves, you can admire the very high caverns with superb mineral colourings and chalk formations - stalactites, stalagmites and columns.

The Town Hall was built in 1862 by Charles Barry and has a 51m spire, making it one of the finest great 19C buildings in Halifax.

Through paintings and ship models, Liverpool's marine past is presented via a series of exhibitions on shipbuilding, navigation, the development of its port and the rise in maritime confidence. Another section retraces the history of various methods used to counteract smuggling.
the most moving part of the exhibition is the section devoted to living conditions in the 19C and to the 9 million souls who were emigrating to the New World who stopped at Liverpool between 1830 and 1930.