The Troubles and Beyond – An in-depth look at Northern Ireland’s history from 1960 to the present day.
This exhibition looks at the impact and legacy of the period referred to as ‘the Troubles’ through objects from the collections and first-hand accounts.
It is designed to be a dynamic space and continues to evolve in response to public feedback, social change, working life, arts and culture and the ever-changing world around us. Recent additions to the exhibition include the George Cross medal awarded to Health and Social Care staff in Northern Ireland and ‘Petals of Hope’, a publication based on the artwork created from the floral tributes left in the aftermath of the Omagh bomb.
In addition, a new co-curated display within the exhibition explores our understanding of identity, where it comes from and the agency we all have as authors of our own stories. Working with a group of eight participants in Northern Ireland from different ethnic, political, social-economic and religious backgrounds, we invited them to share a personal object and story with us and we explored their meaning together and looked at them again with new possibilities.
National Museums NI is continuing to develop our contemporary collection and recently, we acquired MEMENTO – AGREEMENT by Amanda Dunsmore and other artworks linked to the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement as well as larger social history collections and more personal objects and stories.
A highlight of the exhibition is ‘Voices of ’68’. This interactive exhibition features testimonials from 30 political activists, historians and civilians who experienced a pivotal year in Northern Ireland in 1968 when the civil rights movement and political tension came to the fore across the province.
Michael Fryer from the Northern Ireland War Memorial Museum in Belfast will be bringing along objects and photographs from the museum relating to the Second World War to Enniskillen Library.
Topics covered include the Belfast Blitz, the American presence, gas masks and rationing and participants will be encouraged to share their wartime memories and stories. Everyone welcome.
Please note, this is also a dementia friendly event.
Michael Fryer from the Northern Ireland War Memorial Museum in Belfast will be bringing along objects and photographs from the museum relating to the Second World War.
Topics covered include the Belfast Blitz, the American presence, gas masks and rationing and participants will be encouraged to share their wartime memories and stories. Everyone welcome!
Please note, this is also a dementia friendly event.
Come along to Warrenpoint Library where you can view objects and photographs from the museum relating to the Second World War.
This lead reminiscence event will cover topics including the Belfast Blitz, the American presence, gas masks and rationing.
Participants will be encouraged to share their wartime memories and stories. Everyone welcome!
Please note: This is a dementia friendly event.
Aonach Mhacha is pleased to announce that internationally renowned Jewish-Israeli artist Zohar’s touring exhibition, The Palestinian Paintings, will be open to the public from Tuesday 20 September.
This peace-building, cross-border, cross-community, interfaith, bilingual exhibition will travel to each of Ireland’s 32 counties, promoting good relations among our diverse populations.
The Palestinian Paintings, a series of works started in 2017 to address the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. Growing up in Israel, Zohar had a familiar position to witness the Six Day War of 1967 and the subsequent occupation of the territories and the ongoing and increasing displacement of Palestinian citizens.
A Literary Workshop and an Into the Light wall display. The Literary workshop will examine the power of reading in our everyday life through an exploration of the literature read, during the Pandemic, by the group in their Library Reading Room.
The group will choose words that illustrate how reading together has inspired, comforted, supported and enlightened them. The words and inspirational quotes will then be placed inside the sun’s rays of the wall display which will be supported,on either side of the image, by a bridge of books representing their partnership with Libraries NI.
During library hours.
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council recently completed an audit of Good Relations across the Borough, and through community and stakeholder engagement have developed a Good Relations Strategy for 2020-2025.
A copy of the Good Relations Audit and Strategy 2020-25 can be found at www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk or by contacting the Good Relations Team via goodrelations@antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk
Early Childhood settings reflect Brighter Days Ahead. Early years settings with a diverse range of practitioners, children and family backgrounds, were invited and encouraged to consider what ‘Brighter Days Ahead’ means to them.
We have captured their creative interpretation of this through the voice of the child and those who care for them, based on the Good Relations Week theme.
Early Years Quality Mentor, Aoife Lacey explains the importance of using story books with young children and how these can be used effectively to support diversity in the early years setting.
Early Childhood settings reflect Brighter Days Ahead. Early years settings with a diverse range of practitioners, children and family backgrounds, were invited and encouraged to consider what ‘Brighter Days Ahead’ means to them. We have captured their creative interpretation of this through the voice of the child and those who care for them, based on the Good Relations Week theme.
