Ulster Museum Review

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Ulster Museum

  • Address: Stranmillis Rd., University Area, Belfast
  • Phone: 028/9042-8428
  • www.nmni.com

Fodor's Review:

Set in a grandly impressive marble edifice at the southwest corner of the Botanic Gardens, the Ulster Museum is currently undergoing a major renovation and is due for reopening in summer 2009 following a £15 million redevelopment project. The museum's forte is the history and prehistory of Ireland, in particular Northern Ireland, including the Nationalist movement. It has exhibitions colorfully tracing the rise of Belfast's crafts, trade, and industry; a large natural history section, with its famed skeleton of the extinct Irish giant deer; a trove of jewelry and gold ornaments—as well as a cannon and other armaments—recovered from the Spanish Armada vessel Girona and two sister galleons sunk off the Antrim coast in 1588; and a considerable collection of 19th- and 20th-century art. The rejuvenated museum includes a new Hall of Wonders, rooftop gallery, café, and restaurant.

  • Open: Closed for renovations fall 2006-summer09
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