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Explore the Ulster Museum and make sense of the past, the present and the future through collections of art, natural science and history.

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Discover how reconnecting with traditions, skills and customs from the past can help us grow and thrive in the world today.

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Be inspired by the story of transport and social change in this part of the world since the birth of the modern era.

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Horse Carriage at Ulster American Folk Park

Walk in the footsteps of our bold ancestors who emigrated from Ulster to North America in the 18th and 19th Centuries.

Visit the Ulster American Folk Park

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Ulster Museum is one of eight UK museums and galleries, all leaders in early-years engagement in the cultural sector, selected to receive part of £1million funding from Art Fund and Nesta to help develop and deliver new programme for families with young children.

Leading UK museums collaborate in £1million cultural innovation supporting young children and families

Four people standing in front of a black tractor which is displayed behind glass railings. The wall and part of the floor is painted a dark navy which joins another section of floor painted bright green.

The prototype to modern tractor engineering is now on display at the Ulster Transport Museum and highlights Harry Ferguson’s legacy as one of Northern Ireland’s leading innovators.

Ferguson Black Returns: Ulster Transport Museum plays host to the tractor that revolutionised farming

Costumed makers who work the Ulster Folk Museum, showing traditional heritage skills of printing and weaving pictured inside the authentic basket maker's workshop with willow creations on display. Representatives from the museum and CITB NI are standing in the middle with the costumed guides either side. 

Ulster Folk Museum's annual celebration of heritage and craft skills takes place on 17 and 18 August.

Folk Museum Making Festival returns to honour Northern Ireland's heritage skills

National Museums NI looks after four distinct museums in Northern Ireland and serves as custodians to 1.4 million objects in a collection spanning art, history and natural sciences.

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