You can now read a new page of the Catalogue of The Native Plants of Ireland by #JohnTempleton (1766-1825), on loan from @rialibrary.bsky.social
Paper Conservator Harriet Gillespie shares with us why she turns the pages of books on display.
#UlsterMuseum #Botany
Ashes to Fashion is on display now → bit.ly/3Mcqqzy
#UlsterMuseum #InternationalWomensDay #Fashion
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
The Bronze Age ‘Corrard Torc’ which was found in a bog in County Fermanagh by a metal detectorist in 2009. Now part of the collections at the Ulster Museum in Belfast. 📸 My own. #Prehistory #Archaeology #UlsterMuseum
A painting of a snowy scene in the Northern Irish countryside. A small row of houses sits, some chimneys lit, while people walk on slushy roads uphill. The sky is grey, with a streak of low sunlight peeking through.
This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is, of course, Christmas!
It looks like we won't be having a white #Christmas this year, so enjoy 'Winter above Ligoniel' by Frederick W. Hull instead.
#UlsterMuseum #Art @artukdotorg.bsky.social
An ink and gouache artwork of a sunrise over the ocean. The ocean is a delightful mix of purples, blues, and yellows, while the sun's golden rays stretch over a morning sky. At the top of the artwork, the purple and black night sky is chased away by the rising sun.
This week's #OnlineArtExchange is 'the natural world' to mark the exhibition 'The Nature of Gothic' at Blackburn Museum 🌅
'Nature Rhythm - Dawn (Sunrise Meditation)' (1930), by Art O'Murnaghan, is an exquiste work of ink & gouache on card.
#UlsterMuseum #Art @artukdotorg.bsky.social
There was widespread international trade in such a luxury item in The Sixteenth Century. Acquired by a Spanish sailor or soldier.
The stamped crowned rose & initials ‘ER’ have been overstamped by ‘IZ’.
Pewter plate. 16th C.
With touch mark of English pewterer, Nicholas Collier - crowned rose & initials 'ER'.
New Spanish owner stamped out the touch marks with their initials ‘IZ’.
Found Spanish Armada shipwreck
- La Trinidad Valencera.
Now #UlsterMuseum #Belfast
Not really #IronworkThursday
A woman has her head thrown back, her mouth open in a cry, her expression fearful. Her dark hair tumbles behind her. She wears beaded necklaces of blue and amber, and a laurel wreath is around her neck. We can see Troy in the background, the red glow of the sun dipped beneath the horizon ominously framing the city.
Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'most dramatic artworks' 🎭
'Cassandra' (c.1863-64) by Frederick Sandys depicts the tragic cries of Cassandra - bestowed with the gift of prophecy, cursed to have no one believe her.
#UlsterMuseum #Art #GreekMythology @artukdotorg.bsky.social
A painting of two workers in a field, bent over to gather from the earth. They hold baskets, while a horse and cart awaits in the near background. The sky looms overhead, grey and white, while a wind blows around the field - birds flocking, a thin green tree bending.
This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'autumn' 🍂
'Field Workers' by William Wells is a painting of workers in a field on a breezy effervescent autumn day, masterly in execution and full of atmosphere.
#UlsterMuseum #Autumn @artukdotorg.bsky.social
🎨: 'Field Workers', William Wells. BELUM.U2038
141.5 by 89.9 cm Through the oversized window
John Lavery - Daylight Raid from my Studio Window., 1917. Donated by Lavery, 1929, #UlsterMuseum
Planes from both sides about to engage in a dogfight. Watched by Hazel, his wife.
The details, scale and the perspective are fascinating.
#SpéirGhorm
In 1921-22, Jellett studied in Paris with Albert Gleizes, an early exponent of Cubism. In 1923, she exhibited two Cubist works in Dublin that were criticised for their modernity by George Russell. By the late 1920s, Jellett had, with, her friend and fellow painter Evie Hone, introduced an appreciation of modern painting to Ireland. This has irregular shapes in browns, orange, and grey ranges.
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) Abstract, 1922. Oil on canvas:
"By the late 1920s, Jellett had, with, her friend and fellow painter Evie Hone, introduced an appreciation of modern painting to Ireland"
#UlsterMuseum
#SpéirGhorm
Under a big skyscape and by the sea, a huddle of people with the priest, mostly all with their backs to the painter while the rower waits in the boat. Slán Leat a Athair (Goodbye, Father) Date 1935 Medium oil on canvas Measurements H 175.9 x W 175 cm Accession number BELUM.U589 Acquisition method gift from the Thomas Haverty Trust, 1941
Seán Keating: Slán Leat, a Athair/Good Bye Father ... depicts a scene of departure on Inisheer, the smallest of the Aran Islands, off the coast of County Galway. A priest is returning to the mainland and his parishioners have gathered on the beach to bid him farewell.
#UlsterMuseum
#SpéirGhorm
Join us and collaborators from Ulster University at the Ulster Museum this October for Dive into Developmental Science! Learn, play, and explore—book your spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dive-into-... #KidsInContext #ChildDevelopment #UlsterMuseum @dauteljocelyn.bsky.social
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
If you missed 'Wild Ireland', you can still watch our curator tour with wildlife painter Julian Friers and Curator of Geology Dr. Mike Simms.
Watch the full video here → bit.ly/48cdVfZ
#UlsterMuseum #WildIreland #WildlifeArt #WildlifePainter #WildlifeArtist #BirdPaintings
"Take a deep breath and choose one painting. And just let it talk to you".
Relax into your Monday and look at some art with Senior Curator of Art, Anne Stewart 🔍 🖼️
#UlsterMuseum #ArtCollection #ItalianPaintings #FlemishPaintings #DutchPaintings #ItalianArt #FlemishArt #DutchArt #ArtHistory
This picture of a little girl wearing a new pair of shoes is decidedly sentimental, in the manner of much Victorian anecdotal painting.
#UlsterMuseum #Art
'My New Shoes!' (c. 1893), William Gibbes Mackenzie. BELUM.U89
Got to visit UM earlier this year, first b time for me since the big revamp years ago. Truly, going up there when I wild, failing schoolgirl did me so much good. I'm an old woman now but the Girona exhibit as was still glitters in memory. So much good came from days mispent at 1970s
#UlsterMuseum
#cuadrodeldía Bajo el cerezo 1884 (antes ‘Charla de verano en el Loing’) John Lavery (1856–1941) #UlsterMuseum Belfast #art Irlandés de retratos y escenas de guerra. Antes, primeros años 80, visitó la colonia artística Grez-sur-Loing, cerca de Fontainebleau, donde pintó esta obra #FelizViernes
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
#cuadrodeldía Lavando patatas en
Connemara (Alicia Boyle 1908–97) #UlsterMuseum Belfast #art Este óleo de la artista irlandesa se basa en dibujos hechos que hizo al visitar zonas rurales. La ropa brillante de las mujeres mientras realizan labores manuales enfatiza su dignidad austera #FelizLunes
A circular ceramic, split in half. One half has text reading “here comes the shame”; the other reads “all he cares about it love”. On the left, the out rim reads “be careful”, with the right reading “they’re watching you”. The disc is decorated in plaid patterns.
An orange circular ceramic with the words “fear eats the soul”.
A circular ceramic with a pin triangle decorating the middle. In the triangle are the words “but we bring the fun!” The triangle hides text, which we can just discern reads “those…chaps”.
The three ceramics mounted on a wall together.
Happy #Pride, Belfast!
To celebrate, we want to share 'Fear', 'The Shame' and 'Chaps' from the series 'The Glamour Boys' (2024) by Simon Dredge.
'The Glamour Boys' celebrates #LGBTQHistory and those who helped pave the way for equal rights.
#UlsterMuseum #BelfastPride #Art © Simon Dredge
While working on the #NIPrisonServiceCollection, Rebecca Laverty, Curator of Modern History, discovers a fire extinguisher with "IRA" scratched into the side.
Watch our videos on this documentation project here → bit.ly/43Y4Cwq
#UlsterMuseum #BehindTheScenes #TroublesAndBeyond
New Exhibition | Akihiko Okamura: The Memories of Others
An exhibition of rarely seen artworks by internationally important Japanese war photographer #AkihikoOkamura, documenting his relationship with Ireland during the Troubles.
Now on display in Art Gallery 4.
#UlsterMuseum #NorthernIreland
#ArtofthePossible celebrates 10 years of collecting contemporary applied art at the #UlsterMuseum
This exhibition looks at how artists in mediums like glass, ceramics, metals and wood have pushed their art in ways that could never have been predicted a mere century ago.
On display in Art Gallery 3
👋 Hey BlueSky! We’re here to spark wonder and creativity through art, history & nature. Dive into stories like this film on the Prison Service Collection — identity, conflict, legacy.
💬 What objects shape your view of the past?
📍 Belfast
🔗 youtu.be/SwXDpluE6yo
#UlsterMuseum #SharedHistory
Loved seeing this display in Discover History at the #UlsterMuseum today, especially the tiny washboard and the Palmolive doll sent to Chichester, my grandparents’ home town 😊 Pupils step back in time with their own toy museum www.bbc.com/news/article...
Pages from John Templeton's Hibernian Flora manuscript describing and depicting Orobanche alba (native Broomrape plant).
Please share: funded 4 yr PhD with #UlsterMuseum and @qmul.ac.uk funded by @ukri.org from Oct 2025. Would suit someone with interests in natural history and Ireland in c18-c19. Potential focus on #DigitalHistory #HistSTM #EnvHums. Apply by 23 May @ 5pm.
www.qmul.ac.uk/sed/english/...
A sweeping driveway, with a large building surrounded by trees.
Yesterday shopping, today culture. A visit to the #UlsterMuseum, where the 9 year old wanted to see the mummy.
She took great pleasure in explaining the mummification process - especially the removal of the brain via the nostrils...
#Belfast #museum #NorthernIreland #Ireland
2/2 often 300+ miles apart, travelling back n forth across the Irish Sea to be together. If anyone saw this ring beside a sink in the ladies, in #ulstermuseum in #Belfast pls do reply, or hand it to lost property, I will be eternally grateful. I'm so sad to have lost it. Pic attached. Thank you 💓
