The Ulster Museum is a museum in Belfast, displaying an incredible collection spread over 8,000m². Like all museums in Ireland and Northern Ireland, it is free to enter, and offers thousands of exhibits, from art to history…etc.
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The Ulster Museum opened its doors to the public in 1833, after several years of construction (work began in 1821). The project is brilliantly led by the Belfast Natural History Society, whose ambition is to set up a reference museum in the city itself, exhibiting artistic, cultural and historical objects.
The museum finally moved in 1929 to a new building designed by James Cumming Wynne. The building was subsequently extended between 1969 and 1964.
Since its opening, the museum has established itself as the largest in Belfast. It houses works by modern artists, and its art gallery is constantly renewed, while the public also throngs to the historical and archaeological collections.
1998 was an important turning point for the museum: at this time, the Museum, which already included the Armagh County Museum, merged with the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum and the Ulster-American Folk Park to form the “National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland”.
From October 2006 to October 2009, the museum was closed for restoration (a project costing over £12 million!). Since then, the establishment has reopened its doors, to the great satisfaction of the Northern Irish public and tourists alike!
The museum has several wings, allowing visitors to admire an artistic, archaeological and historical collection. She also specializes in natural history, zoology and botany. Enough to convince even the most fussy!
Don’t miss his collection of Viking and medieval artefacts. And don’t miss its extensive collection of birds, insects and particularly rare plant species. Finally, if you love painting, don’t miss the exceptional paintings by Francis Bacon and Jean Dubuffet.
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