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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

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons & Kathryn Thomson, Chief Executive of National Museums NI

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Communities Minister commends engineering heritage at museum visits

15.11.2024

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has visited the Ulster Folk Museum and the Ulster Transport Museum. As part of the visits, Minister Lyons viewed the latest exhibit in the impressive transport collection.

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Voices of '74: Ulster Museum unveils powerful oral history project

24.10.2024

The online project draws on the importance of oral history to document the memories and experiences of the past, in order to encourage conversations about the future

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Discover Caravaggio at the Ulster Museum

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Leading UK museums collaborate in £1million cultural innovation supporting young children and families

18.09.2024

Ulster Museum is one of eight UK museums and galleries, all leaders in early-years engagement in the cultural sector, selected to receive part of £1million funding from Art Fund and Nesta to help develop and deliver new programme for families with young children.

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