On Tuesday 19th July 2011 the Liver Building celebrated its one hundredth anniversary.

What was once the tallest building in the United Kingdom, the Liver Building and its Liver Birds have been synonymous with the city of Liverpool for the last hundred years. To mark the day of the anniversary the new Museum of Liverpool opened its doors to the public; sitting on the waterfront, it’s a brilliant piece of modern architecture that lies just a hundred metres or so from the Liver Building.

Although building work started in 2007 the museum is not yet fully complete, with some parts and other exhibitions due to open throughout the year. This does not detract from the overall experience too much though; I visited the museum the Saturday evening following its opening, during a weekend of celebration in the city, it’s an impressive and truly modern museum; technology is used to tell the tale of the city and its people in an imaginative way – this is good news, as I would hate to visit a museum, well… inside a museum. The exhibitions that I saw were great, and I’ll definitely be going back to see them all again in more detail soon, as there were just too many people around at the time to take everything in.

The celebrations in the city on the Saturday evening were fantastic, and I’ve rarely seen the whole city look more beautiful. Looking out of the panoramic window within the museum provided a spectacular view of a sunset over the River Mersey, the Liver Buildings and the thousands of people sprawled along the waterfront taking in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra playing some great tunes. It was just perfect.

The night was signed off by thousands of people singing along and dancing on the waterfront to a few famous Beatles songs, before a 3D projection show ’3D Son et Lumiere’ by Czech company The Macula was performed. Projected onto the Liver Buildings and the museum, I’m just going to say that the show was indescribable and that I’ll just leave you with a video…