Address:
   Liverpool Medical Institution
   114 Mount Pleasant
   Liverpool
   L3 5SR

   Tel: 0151 709 9125
      Ext 1 for Library & Archives
      Ext 2 for Membership & Conferences

   Fax: 0151 707 2810

   Contact Us

Upcoming events - Olympic Torch Tribute and Summer Ball - for more information please see the News section below... 

 Welcome to the Liverpool Medical Institution

About the LMI

Liverpool Medical Institution is one of the oldest medical societies in the world, tracing its origins to the founding of the Liverpool Medical Library in 1779. For 50 years the Liverpool Medical Library was situated variously at the Liverpool Infirmary on Shaw's Brow, and the Liverpool Dispensary in Church Street. In the 1830s a campaign masterminded by Dr John Rutter, whose portrait is above, led to the raising of sufficient funds to erect the present building, which was opened in May 1837.

The building, designed by Clark Rampling, has many unique architectural features made possible by its position on the corner of Hope Street and Mount Pleasant, including the Victorian Lecture Theatre and the curved  Gallery with its glass roof domes. The building was extended in 1966 and underwent a major refurbishment in 1998 with the aid of Heritage Lottery funding.

The Institution continues to serve the purposes for which it was founded, adapting itself to meet the various challenges of the times. For nearly two centuries the beautiful Grade II* listed building has been a focus of medical life and a meeting place for the medical community of Merseyside, its primary role being that of a medical library. The LMI is a Registered Charity and now exists to foster an environment for furthering medical education and knowledge - undergraduate, postgraduate and across all specialties.

Homepage photograph courtesy of Geoff Roberts Photography.

LMI News - check below for the latest news and events at the LMI...
 

Latest 17.05.2012: 10.20am - An Olympic Tribute

Friday 1st June 2012, from 3.30pm onwards, Main Hall and Colonnade, LMI
Fancy dress theme - white coats, scrubs and stethoscopes.

The Olympic Torch will travel through Liverpool on the 1st June 2012, passing the LMI on its way to the River Mersey. There will be a gathering of LMI members and friends at the LMI in honour of LMI member Professor Tom Solomon, who will be bearing the Torch along Hope Street at around 5.15pm.

Afternoon tea including hot drinks, cakes and scones will be available for purchase in the foyer. 

Please click here for more information.

Latest 17.05.2012: 10.10am - Access to LMI via Arrad Street and Mount Pleasant

Would members and visitors please be aware that due to a lane closure Arrad Street is now one way towards Hope Street. Access to and from the LMI car park is not affected. The one way system is estimated to continue until May or June 2012.

Access to Mount Pleasant from the direction of Brownlow Hill is restricted to buses and taxis only. Traffic cameras along Mount Pleasant are in operation and the Council will impose fines on anyone driving along the bus lane. The University of Liverpool visitor car park on Mount Pleasant is still accessible from Mount Pleasant/Oxford Street.

Latest 17.05.2012: 09.55am - LMI Summer Ball

Tickets now available for the LMI Summer Ball, to be on Wednesday 13th June 2012, 7.45pm for 8.30.

This year we are taking the Ball to the River Mersey aboard the Mersey Ferry - please click on the link below for further details and book your tickets today!

LMI Summer Ball

 
NEW: Videoconferencing Coming Soon!

Please ask for further details.