People worldwide have communicated their experiences of violence and conflict, human rights violations, poverty, oppression and environmental issues through the form of textile narrative.
The result is a visual record and a form of artistic expression based on personal, and often very poignant testimonies.
This collaborative exhibition at the Ulster Museum will explore the strengths and highlights of the Conflict Textiles collection – its history, international diversity and the important themes it addresses.
Learn more about the Conflict Textiles collection and associated activities through this link.
What to know
- This exhibition will take place in Art Gallery 3 at the Ulster Museum
- It’s free to visit and no booking is necessary.
- Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00 until Sunday 27 April 2025
The tradition of political mural painting here began in 1908, making it the longest, continuous example in the world.
Murals can be found all over Northern Ireland, in both cities and small towns. They have been part of the Ulster Museum collection for over two decades. Like murals do, this exhibition explores themes of identity, cultural expression and conflict legacy.
Bill Rolston has been photographing political murals in Northern Ireland since 1981 and has become a leading authority on the subject. This exhibition will be based on his photographs, many of which have been published through five volumes entitled Drawing Support between 1991 and 2022 and on his website.
What to know
- This Ulster Museum exhibition will be open from Saturday 13th April 2024 and run until December 2024.
- We recommend this exhibition for ages 14+.
- It’s free to visit the Ulster Museum and no booking is needed.
- The Ulster Museum is a shared space, and at times, private events take place in the room where this exhibition is on display, which means there will be days when the exhibition will not be accessible to the public. If you are coming to the museum specifically to see this exhibition, we advise contacting the museum in advance to check if the exhibition is going to be open.
The Bad Bridget exhibition at Ulster American Folk Park (on display until April 2024) tells the stories of the thousands of women who left Ireland for North America between 1838 and 1918. Many of whom found themselves facing troubles and struggling to survive.
Through a sensory experience of the lives of these women, visitors are taken on a journey beginning with their lives in Ireland, their experiences of life alone at sea to seeking jobs once they landed in America; as well as the real life experiences of living in poverty within the tenement housing of the period.
Bad Bridget is a continuing collaboration between the museum, Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University and is based on significant research carried out by Dr Elaine Farrell and Dr Leanne McCormick.
Antrim Library is welcoming an art exhibition from artist Razieh, a local artist from Afghanistan and has settled in Antrim. The exhibition will be open to the public from 2nd September onwards.
Come along to the exhibition and enjoy all of the colourful and inspirational work that will be exhibited during the month of September. This event is a partnership between Libraries NI and Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council.
Over a period of 14 weeks, a group of 8 women from Cookstown of all ages and from various diverse backgrounds, came together to learn photography. The project was about much more than merely taking photographs, it involved empowerment, sharing experiences, storytelling, building confidence, writing
journals and learning through art. Connections were made and friendships were formed.
This was an individual project as well as a group project.
On Wednesday 2oth September 2023 (6-9pm) the book will be exhibited and launched in the Hub, Cookstown.
The event will be compered by Tim McGarry.
Film as Art: Brian Desmond Hurst – An exhibition exploring the life and works of one of Northern Ireland’s best directors.
Throughout his life, Hurst championed film as an art form. Born into a shipyard working-class family in east Belfast, Hurst went on to become a product of Hollywood’s Golden Age of film. The exhibition in the Ulster Museum’s Belfast Room includes film posters, invitations, and press clippings from Hurst’s own scrapbooks, film footage and photographs all on loan from the estate of Brian Desmond Hurst.
Ulster Museum Discovery Centres – The Ulster Museum’s interactive centres, Discover Art, Discover History and Discover Nature, offer unique and exciting learning experiences to people of all ages.
As part of Good Relations Week, our centres will extend the ‘Objects Tell Stories’ project to host a series of object-handling sessions focusing on the areas of Art, History and Nature to explore the stories behind the objects in our collections. These sessions are drop-in and open to everyone and all abilities with the aim of making connections to the objects on display in the museum.
Discover the wonders of our natural world through our natural science specimens on Tuesday 19th September from 2pm -2:30pm in Discover Nature.
Ulster Museum Discovery Centres – The Ulster Museum’s interactive centres, Discover Art, Discover History and Discover Nature, offer unique and exciting learning experiences to people of all ages.
As part of Good Relations Week, our centres will extend the ‘Objects Tell Stories’ project to host a series of object-handling sessions focusing on the areas of Art, History and Nature to explore the stories behind the objects in our collections. These sessions are drop-in and open to everyone and all abilities with the aim of making connections to the objects on display in the museum.
Connect with people from the past through artefacts from a range of historical periods on Wednesday 20th September from 2pm -2:30 pm in Discover History.
Ulster Museum Discovery Centres – The Ulster Museum’s interactive centres, Discover Art, Discover History and Discover Nature, offer unique and exciting learning experiences to people of all ages.
As part of Good Relations Week, our centres will extend the ‘Objects Tell Stories’ project to host a series of object-handling sessions focusing on the areas of Art, History and Nature to explore the stories behind the objects in our collections. These sessions are drop-in and open to everyone and all abilities with the aim of making connections to the objects on display in the museum.
Explore your creativity and imagination in a relaxed and enjoyable way on Friday 22nd September from 2pm – 2:30pm in Discover Art.
The Museum of Innovation is where we tell the story of Irish and Northern Irish ingenuity and innovation. These individuals pushed the boundaries of what was thought achievable in pursuit of their dreams.
This season’s ‘Innovator in Focus’, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, born in Lurgan Co. Armagh, epitomises the theme of togetherness as we contemplate our position within the universe. As the first scientist to discover pulsars in 1967, which earned her the Nobel Prize for Physicas dedicated to inspiring others within the scientific community and enabled many others to pursue a career in this field of research.
You can learn more about Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell and more of our Innovator in Focus series at the Ulster Transport Museum throughout Good Relations Week.
The Museum of Innovation is located at the Ulster Transport Museum
