Where is Ulster Museum?

Ulster Museum is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT9 5AB).

How do I get to Ulster Museum?

The nearest railway station is Botanic, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode BT9 5AB.

Is Ulster Museum free to visit?

Yes, Ulster Museum is free to enter.

How do I get to Ulster Museum?

The nearest railway station is Botanic, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BT9 5AB.

How busy is Ulster Museum?

Ulster Museum draws around 485,808 visitors a year.

Museums · Northern Ireland

Ulster Museum

Also known as: Iarsmalann Uladh

In or near Belfast.

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Ulster Museum — part of the National Museum of Northern Ireland.

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Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h
Best time of year: Year-round
Nearest railway station: Botanic · 0.7 km

Free entry
Family-friendly
Wheelchair accessible

Getting there & planning your visit

The Ulster Museum is located in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with the postcode BT9 5AB. The nearest railway station is Botanic, which is 0.7 km away. Entry to the museum is free, and it is wheelchair accessible.

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Ulster Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1929. Part of National Museums Northern Ireland. Address: BT9 5AB. Wikidata describes it as: "part of the National Museum of Northern Ireland". Coordinates: 54.5820°, -5.9350°.

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Official information

The Ulster Museum is a cultural institution in Northern Ireland that houses a diverse collection of art, natural science, and history. Visitors can explore exhibitions that connect the past, present, and future through various artifacts and displays.

From the Wikipedia article

The Ulster Museum, located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, has around 8,000 square metres (90,000 sq. ft.) of public display space, featuring material from the collections of fine art and applied art, archaeology, ethnography, treasures from the Spanish Armada, local history, numismatics, industrial archaeology, botany, zoology and geology. It is the largest museum in Northern Ireland, and one of the components of National Museums Northern Ireland.

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Background

History

The Ulster Museum was founded as the Belfast Natural History Society in 1821 and began exhibiting in 1833. It has included an art gallery since 1890. Originally called the Belfast Municipal Museum and Art Gallery, in 1929, it moved to its present location in Stranmillis. The new building was designed by James Cumming Wynne. In 1962, courtesy of the Museum Act (Northern Ireland) 1961, it was renamed as the Ulster Museum and was formally recognised as a national museum. A major extension constructed by McLaughlin & Harvey Ltd to designs by Francis Pym who won the 1964 competition was opened in 1972 and Pym's only completed work. It was published in several magazines and was until alteration…

Description

The herbarium in the Ulster Museum (BEL), is based on specimens from Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society (founded in 1821); the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club (founded in 1863); the Belfast Museum and Art Gallery (formed 1905) and the herbarium (BFT) of the Botany Department of The Queen's University, Belfast acquired in 1968. In total the number of specimens is more than 100,000. Although specimens from Northern Ireland are well represented, specimens from elsewhere in the world have been acquired by donation, exchange and purchase. All branches of the world's flora are represented: algae, lichens, fungi, mosses and pteridophytes (ferns), conifers and angiosperms. Little…

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Coordinates: 54.5820, -5.9350
District: Belfast
Postcode: BT9 5AB
Parliamentary constituency: Belfast South and Mid Down
Phone: +44 845 608 0000
Established: 1929
Annual visitors: ~485,808/year
Nearest railway station: Botanic — 0.7 km
Opening: Tu-Su 10:00-17:00
Official site: www.nationalmuseumsni.org

Sources

wikidata: Q3547979 (CC0)
wikipedia: Ulster Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
commons: Ulster Museum 4.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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