NewsCrowds Gather at Ulster Folk Museum for new Making Festival 21.08.2023The two-day Making Festival celebrated Northern Ireland’s cherished crafts
NewsNorthern Ireland's past still present as Folk Museum festival celebrates heritage traditions11.08.23Ulster Folk Museum’s new Making Festival on August 19th and 20th will honour traditional craft skills
InformationCollaborative Doctoral Partnerships10.07.23Each year, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) awards fully-funded PhD studentships to museums and heritage organisations to support collaborative research projects.
NewsUlster Bank gifts Belfast’s ‘flying figures’ to Ulster Museum28.06.23Ulster Bank has gifted an internationally significant piece of public art in Belfast to the national collection.
NewsMuseums and heritage organisations join forces to address legacy and conflict issues 28.26.23The Conflict and Legacy Interpretive Network has been established involving Bloody Sunday Trust/Museum of Free Derry, Ulster Museum and Healing Through Remembering.
NewsAnnouncing the second cohort of artists to the 20/20 project08.06.23Twelve emerging and mid-career artists with an extensive range of practices have been selected as the second cohort of 20/20 and Ulster Museum is one of the host partner museums.
NewsRenoir masterpiece, L’allée au bois, acquired by National Museums NI06.06.23This is a highly important acquisition for the Ulster Museum as it is the first Impressionist painting to enter a public collection in Northern Ireland.
NewsFashion Icons Past and Present 16.05.23Fashion Photography from the National Portrait Gallery Collection, including portraits of Maisie Williams, Stormzy and Audrey Hepburn, go on display at Ulster Museum.
NewsUlster Museum and Belfast Photo Festival host new exhibition to coincide with 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement07.04.23This new co-curated exhibition between Ulster Museum and Belfast Photo Festival captures the often untold stories of the women who were influential to peace building in NI.
NewsBSBI: Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland 2020 Plant Atlas, Northern Ireland launch15.03.23Our Natural Sciences team hosted the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) to launch the 2020 Plant Atlas.
NewsUlster Folk Museum development plans set to be unveiled13.03.23National Museums NI submits Proposal of Application Notice for major development project at Ulster Folk Museum.
NewsTurner Prize-winning artwork opens at Ulster Museum 24.02.23Belfast-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.
NewsOur Place in Space touches down at the Ulster Transport Museum24.02.23Our 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.
NewsUlster Museum to be gifted Peruzzi’s The Nativity24.12.2022The incredibly rare sixteenth century work has been acquired by National Museums NI, in Christmas gift to the nation.
NewsHuman Rights Day: Conflict textiles pieces acquired by National Museums NI09.12.2022Transnational textiles representing the personal experiences of those affected by conflict, including within Northern Ireland, taken into Ulster Museum's collection.
NewsArt Unwrapped is back for its fifth consecutive year09.12.22The annual ‘gift to the city’ will be on display at Ulster University’s new Belfast Campus.
NewsAnything Goes: 1920s fashion goes on display at Ulster Museum06.12.22Exhibition celebrates local talent alongside the roaring 20s’ contribution to design.
NewsNew theory for the Giant's Causeway's formations revealed06.10.22A new theory for the Giant's Causeway's formations, the first since 1940, has been put forward by Curator of Natural Sciences, Dr Mike Simms.
NewsSurfing exhibition makes waves at Ulster Transport Museum16.08.22Explore the history of surfing in Ireland through our Celtic Wave exhibition at Ulster Transport Museum.
NewsExhibition dedicated to The Bloomsbury Group opens at Ulster Museum11.07.22Ulster Museum and The Courtauld in London have collaborated on a new exhibition showcasing pieces from the Bloomsbury Group.
NewsExhibition at Ulster Museum celebrates young voices24.06.22Power to the Young People has been co-curated by a group of 16 to 25-year-olds from across Northern Ireland as part of the Reimagine Remake Replay project.
News A Collector's Story exhibition showcases former Lord Mayor's contribution17.06.22An exhibition showcasing the contribution made to Ulster Museum's collections by Former Lord Mayor Tom Hartley, who has donated more than 2,000 objects over the last two decades.
NewsBluegrass Omagh celebrates 30th anniversary01.06.22Ulster American Folk Park welcomed fans back to the legendary Bluegrass Omagh music festival to mark its 30th anniversary.
NewsNational Museums NI celebrates Volunteers' Week with special event01.06.22We celebrate our some 170 volunteers for the invaluable contribution they make to our museums at a special event at Ulster Museum during Volunteers' Week.
NewsNational Museums NI acquires Turner Prize winner30.05.22National Museums NI acquires 2021 Turner Prize winner for the national collection and will go on display in the Ulster Museum in early 2023.
News National Museums NI repatriates Hawaiian ancestral human remains and sacred objects09.05.22National Museums NI repatriates Hawaiian ancestral human remains and sacred objects at an official ceremony held in the Ulster Museum.
NewsBluegrass Omagh Music Festival returns for 30th year29.04.22The Ulster American Folk Park will host the iconic music festival for its 30th anniversary on 28th and 29th May after a two year break due to the pandemic.
News Ulster American Folk Park introduces first new exhibition in four years15.04.22‘Bad Bridget’ highlights the adversities many women and girls faced when they migrated to North America from Ireland in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
NewsNew exhibition embraces Decolonisation 08.04.22'Inclusive Global Histories' represents a commitment to decolonisation, diversity and inclusion at Ulster Museum.
NewsMuseum of Innovation celebrates STEM innovator, Professor Andriana Margariti08.03.22The 'Museum of Innovation' exhibition at Ulster Transport Museum, Cultra, has announced its first living ‘Innovator in Focus’ as Professor Andriana Margariti.
NewsNew trail launched at Ulster Folk Museum as part of Languages of Ulster project24.02.22Cúl Trá-il launched as part of Languages of Ulster, which will explore language traditions associated with Irish-English, Irish and Ulster Scots.
NewsLandmark Exhibition about Northern Ireland Launches on Valentine’s Day14.02.22The exciting new partnership will see the Little Museum of Dublin host an exhibition of artefacts from the collections of National Museums NI.
NewsGoddard's Blue Sky Thinking at Ulster Museum explores migration and climate change27.01.22Patrick Goddard’s sculpture forms part of the Museum’s 'Blue Sky Thinking: New Art, New Themes, New Acquisitions' exhibition, addressing themes of migration, identity and the climate.
NewsUlster Museum marks 50 years since Bloody Sunday with new display in collaboration with Museum of Free Derry27.01.22Ulster Museum unveils a new display within its ‘The Troubles and Beyond’ Gallery to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
News New project to celebrate diverse cultures in NI’s Museums17.01.22National Museums NI, in partnership with ACSONI and NIMC are among 10 UK museum applicants successful in a grant from the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund.
NewsMuseum of Innovation opens at Ulster Transport Museum07.07.21Museum of Innovation showcases local pioneers and their feats of engineering and invention that have had a lasting impact across the world.
NewsNational Museums NI and Nerve Centre Announce Major Exhibition Exploring Centenary18.05.21From Borders to Brexit and Beyond. New Exhibition Marks Partition of Ireland and Formation of Northern Ireland.
News National Museums NI comes to aid of shipwreck operation in Canada01.02.21National Museums NI’s collections staff supply crucial information to stem oil leak from ship built in Belfast.
NewsIreland’s Only Dinosaurs Discovered in Antrim24.11.20Scientists laud 200-million-year-old fossil find led by National Museums NI and confirmed by University of Portsmouth and Queen’s University Belfast.
News CultureLab Launch21.02.20A new exhibition at the Ulster Museum looks at challenging stereotypes and building positive relationships.
NewsFirst official museum visit for new Minister15.01.20New Minister for Communities Deirdre Hargey embraces community outreach project in first official museum visit.
NewsUlster Museum acquires six etchings by Rembrandt19.12.19The Ulster Museum has acquired six etchings by celebrated artist Rembrandt. Two of the etchings will go on display at the Ulster Museum from December 2019.
