Archaeology Family Day
Saturday 12 June 12:00 - 16:00
Armagh County Museum
A fun way to explore the past for 5-11 year olds.
Vintage Bus Rally
Saturday 17 April 10:00 - 17:00
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
The Irish Transport Trust will host their annual rally at the museum, giving visitors the opportunity to see these fabulously presented vintage buses in the grounds of the T...
Horse Drawn Vehicle Day
Saturday 22 May 10:00 - 17:00
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
See the horses being prepared and harnessed before members of the Northern Ireland Driving Club demonstrate their driving skills around the museum.
Drawing Day
Saturday 22 May
Armagh County Museum
Drawing workshops led by Newry based artist Jim Russell.
Easter Celebrations
Sunday 4 April - Tuesday 6 April
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
Opening hours 10.00 to 17.00 each day.
If you’re looking for a place where the whole family can work off those chocolate Easter eggs, then our range of traditional East...
Copeland Bird Observatory Lecture
Tuesday 23 March 19:30 - 22:00
Ulster Museum
Annual General Meeting followed by a pictorial review of the progress made on Copeland Bird Observatory in 2009 by Neville McKee
Matthew Fort Northern Bank Lecture
Monday 29 March 19:30 - 21:00
Ulster Museum
Matthew Fort’s food writing career was founded in 1986 when he began a column about food in the Financial Times Saturday Review. In 1989 he became Food & Drink Editor of The...
Spring into Easter
Saturday 3 April 12:00 - 16:00
Armagh County Museum
A funfilled afternoon for all the family!
Wendy Houvenaghel Northern Bank Lecture
Thursday 15 April 19:30 - 21:00
Ulster Museum
Hailing from Upperlands near Maghera in Co Londonderry, racing cyclist Wendy Houvenaghel has put Northern Ireland on the cycling map.
Bettany Hughes Northern Bank Lecture
Thursday 29 April 19:30 - 21:00
Ulster Museum
Bettany grew up in West London with her brother the cricketer Simon Hughes. Her parents were in the theatre: she learnt early the importance and delight of sharing thoughts ...
The American Wake
Wednesday 17 March 10:00 - 17:00
Ulster American Folk Park
Join us this St Patrick's day to celebrate the "American Wake". Countless thousands of people left Ireland in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
Easter Celebrations
Saturday 3 April 10:00 - Tuesday 6 April 17:00
Ulster American Folk Park
Stroll down Shipbuoy Street this Easter and experience the sights, smells and sounds of a typical Spring Fair Day of the late 19th century.
St Patrick's Day Celebrations
Wednesday 17 March 10:00 - 17:00
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
This unique festival of music and crafts guarantees a truly traditional St. Patrick’s Day.
The Art of History
Friday 30 April 2010 - Tuesday 30 November 2010
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
Watercolours of Irish Town Life in the 1820s by Sampson Towgood Roch (1757-1847)
Photographic Competition and Exhibition
Thursday 22 April 2010 - Wednesday 16 June 2010
Armagh County Museum
This annual exhibition attracts entries from all over Ireland. Categories include: Over 18s: black and white, colour and historic Armagh, under 18s and under 12s.
Creativity in the Classroom
Friday 22 January 2010 - Saturday 10 April 2010
Armagh County Museum
Creativity in the Classroom is an Exhibition of Children’s Art from County Antrim and Armagh.
Through The Eye of a Needle
Friday 26 February 2010 - Sunday 9 January 2011
Ulster American Folk Park
The sewing needle has been an essential tool in everyday life for over 10,000 years. It has given us sails to carry ships around the world, clothes to keep us warm, and quil...
Rites of Passage
Thursday 22 October 2009 - Sunday 31 October 2010
Ulster Museum
Customs, past and present, from many parts of the world, and from Northern Ireland, connected with the major Rites of Passage; Birth, Marriage and Death.
Flights of Fancy
Thursday 22 October 2009 - Friday 22 October 2010
Ulster Museum
Flights of Fancy features over two hundred of the Ulster Museum’s finest mounted birds.
Armagh Art Club Summer Exhibition
Saturday 26 June 2010 - Friday 3 September 2010
Armagh County Museum
Armagh Art Club has been exhibiting paintings in the museum for over 40 years. Their summer exhibition remains one of the most popular events in the museum’s calendar and in...
Picture That!
Friday 20 November 2009 - Sunday 28 March 2010
Ulster Museum
Paintings of their memories by the cross-community women’s group from St Matthew’s Primary School, Short Strand and Avoniel Primary School, inspired by and exhibited alongsi...
Major Art Exhibition
Friday 26 March 18:01 2010 - Tuesday 26 October 2010
Ulster Museum
A spectacular exhibition of Irish and international art covering four centuries is to go on display at the transformed Ulster Museum from late March.
Air Transport
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
Northern Ireland has long been associated with aircraft production. The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum's aviation collection includes a dozen aircraft.
Titanic Exhibition
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
This exhibition illustrates the ship's construction, loss and legend, using original Titanic material along with vintage photographs, recordings, newsreels and music.
Rail Gallery
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
The railway collection is housed in the largest single museum gallery space in Ireland.