This Toilet Service was owned by the Fitzgerald family. A toilet service was items designed to help wealthy people prepare themselves for social and public occasions. The word toilette comes from French for ‘little cloth’; it did not have reference…

The Ulster Museum is fortunate to have an extensive collection of ceramics made by the Belleek Pottery, located in Fermanagh. The pottery was founded by landowner John Calderwell Bloomfield in 1849 after a geological survey he commissioned showed that showed…

Three wicker dragons made from willow are suspended in flight above the main atrium of the Ulster Museum. The dragons were made by master basket weaver Bob Johnson for an event to celebrate the end of filming for the HBO…

This cabinet outlines important events during the Troubles period that occurred in the 1980s; the 1981 hunger strikes and the 1985 Anglo-Irish agreement. It features posters or propaganda, depending on your point of view, relating to both events. The Troubles…

This is a glass sconce made by internationally renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly. A sconce is a type of light fixture and Chihuly made this in co-operation with the Waterford Crystal Factory in the Republic of Ireland before it closed…

The Ulster Museum building was opened to the public at its current site in the Queen’s Quarter of Belfast in 1929. The Museum can trace its history back to 1821 when it was founded as the Belfast Natural History Society.…

Ulster Museum is the home of Northern Ireland’s treasures – past and present. It has rich collections of art, history and natural sciences that take you on a journey across the globe and to the far reaches of space. The next…