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Adwoa Aboah and Cara Delevingne by Paul Wetherell

Take a closer look at our newest exhibition with National Museums NI curator Charlotte McReynolds

A Century of Style: Curator Tour

a wicker dragon and three young girls staring at it

This spooky season, follow the clues and see what you can find around the Ulster Museum... 

Halloween Trail 

Scissors, thread and sewing materials on a windowsill

Learn about linen in this talk with creative professionals, Laura Wilson and Amy Anderson

Linen, A Material Inheritance 

Two women, one is singing and the other playing a guitar

Celebrate Black History Month with dance, music, storytelling and museum tours. 

Elsewhere is Here

Movie Screenings in our Lecture Theatre, in partnership with Cinemagic

Cinemagic 

A series of ten lectures with Amanda Croft on the development of printmaking and photography 

Crossovers - Paint, Print, Photo: Amanda Croft Lecture Series

Three children sat at a table with paper and colouring pens and pencils scattered as they draw the bird objects on the table. Bright, open space with natural light coming through windows

The Ulster Museum interactive discovery centres, Discover Art, History and Nature offer unique and exciting learning experiences to people of all ages

Discovery Centres

A century of style: Fashion Photography from the National Portrait Gallery Collection 

Fashion Photography from the National Portrait Gallery Collection.

A Century of Style: 

Black and white image of film director Brian Desmond Hurst, dressed in a dark suit, leaning on a side table with a vase of flowers on top, framed mirror on the wall and large gramaphone level with Hurst's head

Celebrate the life and work of a man who is often hailed as one of Northern Ireland’s best film directors, Brian Desmond Hurst (1895-1986).

Film as Art: Brian Desmond Hurst, Film Director exhibition

A fashion exhibition inspired by the 1920s.

Anything Goes! Fashion in the 1920s 

Our journey towards decolonisation, diversity and inclusion.  

Inclusive Global Histories

The history of Northern Ireland from the late 1960s to the present day.

The Troubles and Beyond

The finest pre-1900 Irish, British and European paintings in the Ulster Museum collection.

Renaissance to Romanticism

five paintings from the shock of the new exhibition

A look at the early years of modern art as part of our collections, from the 1920s to 1970s.

Shock of the New

Objects in the Elements exhibition display cases at Ulster Museum

Journey to the most distant and ancient reaches of the universe with our 'Elements' exhibition.

Elements

An exhibition featuring paintings and drawings spanning six decades by artist, Colin Middleton. 

Colin Middleton: Among this Peace and Noise

The 141st Royal Ulster Academy of Art exhibition at Ulster Museum 

The 142nd Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition of Art is taking place at Ulster Museum.

RUA Annual Exhibition

A trip to the Ulster Museum wouldn’t be complete without a visit to one of our Discovery Centres. Find out what's on in Discover Art, Discover History and Discover Nature today.

Slow Art Sundays

Practise the art of Chi Me, followed by a mindful look at Ulster Museum's collections

Wellbeing Wednesdays

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