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TopStop#15 – Crumlin Meteorite cabinet

This display tells the story of the Crumlin Meteorite that fell to earth on 13 September 1902 near Crumlin, about 20km west of Belfast. John Adams, an employee of farmer Mr Walker was picking apples on the edge of a…

TopStop#17 – Costumes: La Belle Epoche

This exhibition showcases examples of female fashion from the 1870s to 1914, an period of history that has become known as the La Belle Epoche or ‘the beautiful era’. Over this time, ladies’ fashion changed at a faster rate than…

TopStop#18 – The Kildare Toilet Service

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…

TopStop#19 – Belleek China display

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…