Exhibition – Page 2 – Good Relations Week

Museum of Innovation – Innovator in Focus

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

The Troubles and Beyond

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.

Talk and Workshop on Second World War in Enniskillen Library by Michael Fryer

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.

Talk and workshop on Second World War by Michael Fryer in Irvinestown Library

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.

Reminiscence session with NI War Memorial Museum in Warrenpoint Library

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.

Lord Wallace Hamilton Browne, The Right Honorable, The Lord Mayor of Belfast (2005) in Belfast City Hall

Palestinian Paintings

The Palestinian Paintings is a travelling exhibition in Ulster by ex-Israeli artist and Holocaust survivor Zohar, who is of Jewish heritage.

We are delighted that Ulster has welcomed this unique peace-building, cross-border, cross-community, interfaith, ecumenical, bilingual art exhibition promoting reconciliation and dialogue, over the last two years. It opens in Belfast on the first day of Good Relations Week 2023, the 18th September 2023, at 11 am at the Conway Mill Centre ( 5-7 Conway St, Belfast BT13 2DE, United Kingdom).

The exhibition is unique, as it is by an ex-Israeli artist Zohar reaching out and extending the hand of friendship to the Palestinian people. Zohar is a renowned artist who has previously painted the Belfast Lord Mayor, Lord Browne (DUP), and the late Lady Diana. This exhibition has a message of peace and reconciliation for the peoples of Northern Ireland.

THE PALESTINIAN PAINTINGS

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.