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Not To Be Missed (2)
TITANICa: The People's Story at the Folk Museum
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
Explore the ultimate living history experience of Titanic by walking and talking with the people who knew her best. Dress in period costumes and take away your own copy of the Titanic launch ticket.
Events (3)
Making Connections
12:00 - 16:00, Wednesday 12 October - Wednesday 14 March
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
Making Connections is a programme of monthly open afternoons for the over-50s taking place on the second Wednesday of every month at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.
Mothers Day Lunch at Cultra Manor
12:30 - 15:30, Sunday 18 March
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
Treat Mum this Mothers Day with a visit to the beautiful Cultra Manor at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
Making Connections: Health and Well-being Afternoon
12:00 - 16:30, Wednesday 18 April
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
To mark the EU Year of Active Ageing, Live and Learn are hosting an afternoon promoting health and well-being for anyone aged 50+. Alongside free entry to the Museum there will be a range of free activities to get involved in.
Talks & Lectures (2)
Spirit of The Titanic - Meet the Author
Friday 2 December - Friday 9 March
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
This Autumn schools are invited to meet Nicola Pierce, author of the compelling new novel ‘Spirit of the Titanic’.
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Titanic Lecture Series
19:30 - 21:30, Thursday 23 February
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
The final event in our Titanic Lecture Series with William Blair, Head of Human History, National Museums Northern Ireland and The Harlandic Male Voice Choir.
Permanent Displays (7)
Wheels of Business: Transport at Work
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
People have invented vehicles for different working purposes over hundreds of years. Without vehicles, the potential of any business is limited. This exhibition recognises and appreciates the contribution of transport to our economy - past, present and future.
TITANICa: The People's Story at the Folk Museum
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
Explore the ultimate living history experience of Titanic by walking and talking with the people who knew her best. Dress in period costumes and take away your own copy of the Titanic launch ticket.
Rail Gallery
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
The railway collection is housed in the largest single museum gallery space in Ireland.
Folk Galleries
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
***Please note that from Monday 4 April 2011 until Tuesday 19 April 2011 the Folk Galleries will be closed for refurbishment.***
Driven: Achieving through Transport
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
This exhibition recognises how transport provides opportunities for people to perform above and beyond their physical limitations.
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.
Coming Soon (1)
Past Exhibitions (4)
Through the Eye Of A Needle
Monday 27 July - Friday 22 January
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
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 quilts to sleep under. This is an exhibition
in praise of the sewing needle and all its creations, whether for pleasure or for profit. The exhibition includes embroidered pictures and needlework samplers from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, fine examples of Irish lace, and some more recent examples of ‘make do and mend’ stitching. A full programme of talks and workshops will accompany the exhibition.
The Art of History
Friday 30 April - Monday 2 May
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
***Please note that from Monday 4 April 2011 to Tuesday 19 April 2011 the exhibition will be closed for refurbishment.*** Watercolours of Irish Town Life in the 1820s by Sampson Towgood Roch (1757-1847)
Joey Dunlop: King of the Roads
Friday 7 May - Sunday 26 September
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
Ballymoney born Joey Dunlop (1952-2000) is universally acknowledged as the greatest motorcycle road racer of all time. Amongst countless victories he holds the record of 26 wins at the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy races.
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