This oil painting is being shown in the Museum at the time of writing. The picture is a portrait of the five children of Thomas Bateson, painted in the drawing-room at their family home of Orangefield located in modern-day east…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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