Through The Eye of a Needle
The textiles collection at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum includes fine examples of costume, lace, patchwork and embroidery dating from 1750 to the present day. The exhibition ‘Through The Eye of a Needle’ highlights the importance of sewing needles, dressmaking, and embroidery skills in everyday life over the last 200 years using examples of costume and textiles from the museum’s collection.

Maheragallan Byre Dwelling
The Magheragallan byre dwelling is one of a pair of traditional, thatched and stone built houses. Both houses were originally located on the machaire or coastal plain in Gweedore, northwest, Co. Donegal.

Duncrun Cottier's house
The Duncrun Cottier’s house from the secluded district of Magilligan in north west, Co. Derry.

William Conor, 1881 – 1968
The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum has more than 2,000 works by the artist William Conor, who was best known for his portrayals of working class life in Belfast in the early 1900's.

Watercolours by Samson Towgood Roch (1757-1847)
The watercolours of Sampson Towgood Roch (1757-1847) give us an insight into the lives of ordinary people in the 1820s with particular emphasis on Waterford and Dungarvan. Click on the images below to be taken on a tour of this collection.