Ulster Museum
| County: | Co. Antrim |
| Tel: | +44(0)28 9044 0000 |
| Fax: | +44(0)28 9044 0001 |
| Email: | info@nmni.com |
Come face to face with dinosaurs, meet an Ancient Egyptian Mummy and see modern masterpieces with a visit to the Ulster Museum. As Northern Ireland's treasure house of the past and present, the museum is home to a rich collection of art, history and natural sciences and is free to all visitors. From Ireland to the South Pacific, ancient relics to hands on activities, the museum offers something for everyone, from the simply curious to the enthusiast.
The Ulster Museum offers a changing programme of events and exhibitions. Log on th nmni.com to access the full programme of events and exhibitions running at the musuem throughout the year.
General Information
| Address: | Botanic Gardens, Belfast, Co. Antrim, BT9 5AB |
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| Telephone; | +44(0)28 9044 0000 |
| Fax: | +44(0)28 9044 0001 |
| Email: | info@nmni.com |
| Website: | http://www.nmni.com/um |
| Location: | Belfast |
| Season: | All Year |
| Open Times: | Tuesday to Sunday 10am - 5pm Closed Mondays (exept for Northern Ireland bank holidays) |
| Tours: | Free welcome tours start at 2.30pm Tuesday-Friday and at 1.30pm on Sunday. Max 12 people. |
| Booking Contact: | joanne.gallagher@nmni.com |
| Manager: | Les McLean, Head of Operations |
| Average Visit Length: | 2 hours |
| Entrance Fees: | Free Admission |
| Exhibition: | The Ulster Museum offers a changing programme of events and exhibitions. Log on to www.nmni.com to access the full programme |
| Restaurant: | Girona Café and Restaurant on ground floor with views over the Botanic Gardens |
| Picnic Area: | No |
| Shop: | Yes |
| Information Guide: | English |
| Coach Parking: | No |
| Group Booking Necessary: | Yes |
| Car Parking: | No |
| Disabled Access/Parking: | Yes |
Your 'What's On' Guide until June 2012
To check out what's happening at the Ulster Museum over the coming months, CLICK HERE!
My Generation: Art of the 60’s
Friday 6 April – Sunday 23 September
The 1960s is best-known as a decade of revolt and innovation and this exhibition will showcase some of the most exciting artistic developments of the era. The Ulster Museum holds one of the most important collections of 1960s art outside London and the display will also include works that influenced to 60s artists and consider their impact on the next generation.
Permanent Displays
The Sea Around Us
This gallery consists of a series of dioramas with a sound commentary taking the visitor on a journey into the sea around Ireland.
Origins: The early Solar System
The Solar System was formed more than 4,560 million years ago from a swirling cloud of hot gas, dust and ice orbiting the Sun. Earth was one of just eight large planets to form but many other much smaller planets also formed and have remained virtually unchanged since that time.
Living World
We share planet Earth with a vast diversity of living things – perhaps tens of millions of different species. Life, in some form, exists everywhere on the Earth’s surface.
Fossils and Evolution
Evolution is the natural process that makes sense of seemingly strange fossils that are found in ancient rocks, of the living things all around us and, indeed, of ourselves. Evolution explains how, and why, all life today shares so many similarities, originating in a distant common ancestor, and how immense complexity and huge diversity have arisen from tiny and simple beginnings more than three billion years ago.
Earth's Treasures
The objects on view in Earth’s Treasures are the finest mineral specimens from the Ulster Museum’s collections and they have been selected for display because of their form and beauty.
Deep Time: Episodes from our geological past
Planet Earth was formed more than 4,500 million years ago. Its journey through geological time is recorded in the rocks, minerals and fossils of the Earth’s crust. The rocks that now make up Ireland are part of that story. This gallery tells the story of Ireland’s geological odyssey in eleven episodes.
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