- HM Customs & Excise National Museum
The HM Customs & Excise National Museum is a
museum inLiverpool ,England that holds the national collection of theDepartment of Customs and Excise , one of the most important collections of its type held anywhere in the world. It is located inAlbert Dock on the ground floor of theMerseyside Maritime Museum .The museum tells the story of
smuggling andcontraband from the 1700s to the present day. It includes an extensive display of tools of the job, prints, paintings and photographs relating to the work of the Department of Customs and Excise. Other items look at the ingenious and often dangerous world of smuggling, prohibited goods and concealment.The Museum is part of
National Museums Liverpool .External links
* [http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/customs/ Museum website]
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