The library and museum was originally the Derby Museum comprising the 13th Earl of Derby's natural history collection when it opened in 1851. When the museum proved extremely popular and a new, purpose-built building was required. Land for the new building opposite St George's Hall, was donated by local MP and merchant William Brown, along with much of the funding for the building which became known as the William Brown Library and Museum (now known as the World Museum) in William Brown Street, Liverpool city centre.

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