Looking through trees to a manor building and on to a Lough, against blue sky
Lamp on a windowsill with a net curtain and sunlight flooding through
Indoors and outdoors views on a lunchtime. walk @ulsterfolkmuseum.org today
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Join ICOM UK as a Trustee for Northern Ireland 🌍
It’s an exciting time to join, our membership is growing and our reach is expanding.
Help shape our work in the UK + internationally to support the sector.🏛️
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🌍 Session 4: From Conflict to Recovery
How can museums support reconciliation and resilience?
#ICOMUK2026 #Museums #Peacebuilding
Panelists:
🕊️ Mikaël Mohamed
🏛️ Roshan Mishra
🌍 Yuliia Hnat
💬 Moderated by Hannah Crowdy
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Tabby and white cat lying down and stretching out her toes
Happy #Caturday from a relaxed and comfy Queenie 👑
1️⃣ month to go until ICOM UK 2026: Museum Diplomacy in Action!
Join us in Oxford or online 🏛💻 for talks, workshops & global conversations.
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Shelves with wheels of cheese in storage
Shelves with wheels of cheese
Woman in coat and protective hair cover and shoes between rows of shelves with wheels of cheese
Leaflet advertising ‘High Weald Dairy’
Surprisingly enlightening ‘cheese tour’ of High Weald Dairy yesterday, with a welcome tasting session at the end 🧀. Especially appreciated given my cheesy surname (albeit spelt wrong) ☺️
A cloud inversion at Devils Dyke, with vivid green hills rising above the mist under a cloudy blue sky.
Will a cloud inversion ever not look magical?
These occur when the air near the ground is cooler than the air above it.
📍Devil's Dyke
📸May Cheung
Happy to share info on a funded AHRC CDP4 PhD Opportunity:
🌱 Reawakening the Living Landscape: Integrating Heritage & Sustainability at the Ulster Folk Museum.
With 4 supervisors from Newcastle Uni & National Museums NI
If interested, please see link: www.ncl.ac.uk/hca/study/hi...
Throughout Ashes to Fashion and Discover Fashion, the artistry, creativity, skills and vision of women are on display.
This International Women’s Day, take a closer look at the female designers behind some of our most stunning pieces 🧵:
ASHES TO FASHION | NOW OPEN 👗
Enjoy this sneak peek of the sewing together of the exhibition 🧵
Book your tickets to Ashes to Fashion now → www.ulstermuseum.org/temporary-ex...
#UlsterMuseum #AshesToFashion
Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'renewal' for Ashes to Fashion at Ulster Museum
Celebrate and commemorate fifty years of collecting fashion at the Ulster Museum, exhibition opens tomorrow 👉 www.ulstermuseum.org/temporary-exhibition/ash...
📷 Ulster Museum
A stylised painting of a couple in their drawing room. The scene is bright and sunny, with yellow furniture, floral carpets, and plants and flowers. Outside, the garden is verdant. The couple are dressed in fancy clothes.
Today’s #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘renewal’ to celebrate our very own exhibition opening tomorrow, ‘Ashes to Fashion’ 💃
Just next door to ‘Ashes to Fashion’ you’ll find ‘Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Joscelyne: The Second Marriage’ (1972) by Anthony Green.
@artukdotorg.bsky.social
We’re delighted that Hannah Crowdy, head of curatorial at National Museums NI, has been elected as Northern Ireland trustee on our Board.
An AMA mentor and previously a member of the MA’s Ethics Committee, Hannah is invested in our campaigns and work, spearheading and advocating for them.
Presenting CEDaR's Year-End Record Count for 2025!
Almost 14,000 records were submitted to CEDaR Online Recording in 2025, a big increase from just over 11,000 in 2024. Thank you to our recorders for all of your great work throughout the year!
A photograph of a display showing books and documents relating to the botanist John Templeton.
An open catalogue of Irish plants showing handwritten pags in cursive.
🌼 New display alert 🌼
John Templeton (1766–1825) was a Belfast-born and based pioneer of Irish botany. He advanced our understanding of plant biodiversity at a time when Irish flora was not well-known, methodically observing, recording, and illustrating the plants of this place.
Opinion | Ancestors’ dignity cannot wait for repatriation 💬
The Horniman's Heba Abd el Gawad on the ethics of storing human remains.
An blue hoodie and blue jeans on a mannequin. Black trim around the hoodie, and different coloured squares on the jeans, give the illusion of pixelation
An blue hoodie on a mannequin. Black trim around the hoodie gives the illusion of pixelation.
Blue jeans on a mannequin with different shaded squares, give the illusion of pixelation.
A label on blue jeans reading LOEWE.
Congratulations to Jonathan Anderson for winning Designer of the Year at the #FashionAwards!
Born in Magherafelt, NI, Anderson has gained an international reputation for his highly innovative designs. He was appointed creative director of Loewe in 2013 & the sole creative director of Dior in 2025.
Our earthworms have been getting some attention over on BBC News NI.
Read more about our earthworm sampling day at the article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Don't forget to record your earthworm sightings at CEDaR Online Recording, or iRecord.📲
🤝 During the lead-up and aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, ICOM UK has reached out to colleagues in Jamaica and across the Caribbean to offer support. Our thoughts are with those impacted. Please read our full statement and find out what you can do to support humanitarian aid.#icomuk
🌿 Call for Papers | Oxford 2026 Conference Theme: Museums as Spaces of Healing Museums can emotionally, culturally, and socially heal. How do they achieve this?
🗪 Join us at #Oxford 2026 Conference #callforpapers #icomuk #conference #museum
Submit papers here👉https://buff.ly/BiERQcK
The Ulster Folk Museum in Co Down has used its archive of history gathered from local people to bring the old Samhain traditions to life.
Excellent! Hope you will both be very happy there 😺
Don't forget to buy tickets for our conference! Find out more about how DNA is shaping recording with National Museums NI and the NI Moth Records Committee! 🦋🧬
Book tickets at: nationalmuseumsni.digitickets.co.uk/event-ticket...
I rent out a small house in Sussex and I always say yes to pets. Having rented myself with cats, and knowing how many animals are in rescue because landlords won’t let their owners keep them, I think this is very very important. Hope you find somewhere!
A woman in fancy 18th century clothing cradles a white dog in her arm. He appears to be snoozing.
A young boy poses for a portrait in clothes that indicate he is intended to portray a poor beggar. He stands with one arm around his dog, holding his paw in his other hand as if making his dog wave to the viewer.
A family in 19th century clothing pose for a portrait in their study. A young child reaches for a small black and white dog to give him a pat on the head.
🐶 Taking a photo with your pet? Not a modern concept!
🐾 Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'animals', so here's a selection of three paintings from our collection with the most adorable dogs!
#UlsterMuseum #Art #Portraiture #Dogs #Puppies @artukdotorg.bsky.social
We are Hiring! ❗️
We are looking for a full-time Data Validation Officer 🐌🌼🐞
For more information and to apply, please visit:
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Closing Date: 14th of September, 2025
#natureconservation #conservationjobs #wearehiring #NIJobs #jobsearch
It is 10 years since we launched our searchable online Conflict Textiles archive. This helps us in promoting the collection, building our networks and connecting to our communities. Thanks to CAiN @ulsteruni.bsky.social for developing and maintaining the site. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
Go behind the loom with our weaver Roisin as she shares about the craft of linen weaving and her journey of learning how to use a loom → bit.ly/4fCrDe8 #HeritageSkills
Collage map showing lots of different buildings
Close up of a collage brick house
Close up of a collage sheep
Note not to use the map for directions
Called into the fun and fabulous ‘Build a Miniature Museum’ summer craft activity @ulsterfolkmuseum.org today - loved spotting familiar buildings and animals. Next week is your last chance to get involved!
A drawing with an ink wash of a cat. The cat is upright, staring intensely off the page.
🐱This week’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘Welsh art and artists’ to celebrate the exhibition ‘From the Collection’ opening at Oriel Môn this weekend.
What better artwork to share than ‘Cat’ by Pembrokeshire-born Gwen John!
#UlsterMuseum #Cat #Cath
