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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.

Our Museums

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Visit the Ulster Museum

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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Visit the Ulster Folk Museum

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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Visit the Ulster Transport Museum

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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Our places and spaces

Did you know you can hire our venues? Find out how they can offer an unique setting for your event.

Latest News

Reawakening Industry Zone Architect Drawing

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Ulster Folk Museum development plans set to be unveiled

13.03.23

National Museums NI submits Proposal of Application Notice for major development project at Ulster Folk Museum.

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People standing inside Irish sibin containing objects, artwork, furnishings and a bar that is the 2021 Turner Prize and it's installed inside the Ulster Museum

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Turner Prize-winning artwork opens at Ulster Museum

24.02.23

Belfast-based Array Collective’s 'The Druthaib's Ball' was awarded the Turner Prize in 2021 and now it has a new home at the Ulster Museum.

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Young child dressed up as an astronaut emerging from a rocket ship at dusk on the grounds of Ulster Transport Museum to launch Our Place in Space trail landing

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Our Place in Space touches down at the Ulster Transport Museum

24.02.23

Our Place in Space, a recreation of our solar system as a 11.8km sculpture trail, makes its homecoming to Northern Ireland following acclaimed UK tour travelling to four cities.

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