Additionally the museum discusses slavery in the modern day as well as topics on racism and discrimination.

[2] Originally part of the Merseyside Maritime Museum, which opened in 1980, the history of the slave trade was originally discussed as part of the city's maritime history shortly before a dedicated Transatlantic Slavery gallery was created in 1994 to better explore Liverpool's historic role in the slave trade.

The East Gallery features approximately 400 annotated songs pertaining to the experience of slavery and the music of Africa and the slave-descended African diaspora.

The painting dates from around 1800 and is based upon a design commissioned by the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

[7] In 2024 it was announced that extensive renovations were to take place, incorporating the former Dock Traffic Office, now the Dr Martin Luther King Jr building.