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Museums long ago ceased to be stuffy
rooms full of glass cases containing bits of old pottery
and fossilised bones.
Today even most conventional
museums including displays which change but over recent
years there has been a growth in industrial and "living"
museums.
Here you can learn about local heritage, get a feel for
how people lived and worked, the hardships they endured.
Galleries listed include not just civic
galleries displaying publicly owned artworks, but also
privately owned galleries with items for sale.
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Not all the
museums and galleries in the County Antrim area are listed.
Please provide details of any we have missed here.
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BALLYCASTLE MUSEUM
59 Castle Street, Ballycastle, County Antrim,
BT54 6AS
Tel: 028 2076 2942
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Located in a
18th Century courthouse, Ballycastle
museum tells the Folk & Social history of
the Glens.
Exhibits include the Glentaise banner of
the first Feis na nGlaenn from 1904.
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Admission to the museum is free. Open daily from
July to August between 12pm - 6pm or by
arrangement. Please telephone for further details.
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ROYAL ULSTER RIFLES
REGIMENTAL MUSEUM
War Memorial Building, 5 Waring Street,
Belfast, BT1 2EW
Tel: 028 9023 2086
Web:
www.geocities.com/rurmuseum
Usually Open: Mon
- Thurs; 10am-12.30pm and 2pm-4pm. Friday;
10am-12.30pm & 2pm-3pm. Appointments preferred.
Closed on Bank/Public
Holidays.
Admission £1. Concessions
for children, students, Senior Citizens and
Service Personnel.
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Causeway School Museum
Environmental Resource Centre, 7 Priestland
Road, Bushmills, County Antrim, BT57 8QP
Tel: 028 2073 1777 Fax:
028 2073 2142
Take your desk in a 1920's classroom with
inkwells and splodgy pens. Whip "peeries", play
with yo-yos, marbles and skipping ropes.
Originally a National School, designed by Clough
Williams-Ellis of Portmerion fame. Wheelchair
access. Open July to August only to general
public. 7 days a week 11am - 5pm.
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MID ANTRIM MUSEUM SERVICE
Web:
www.mid-antrimmuseums.org
The Mid-Antrim Museums Service is a regional
service comprising of four local museums -
Ballymena, Larne, Carrickfergus and
Newtownabbey's Sentry Hill House - dedicated to
presenting and preserving art and history of
Mid-Antrim through diverse media and programmes,
including community-based exhibitions, museums,
schools programmes and an EU Peace II funded
Community History Programme.
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Flame The Gasworks Museum
Of Ireland
44 Irish Quarter West, Carrickfergus, County
Antrim, BT38 8AT
Tel: 028 9336 9575
The site contains the only surviving coal-gas
manufacturing plant in Ireland along with other
features of production and a collection of
domestic appliances. Gas was produced here from
1855 until 1987.
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Larne Museum
Carnegie Arts Centre, 2 Victoria Road, Larne,
County Antrim, BT40 1RN
Tel: 028 2827 9482
Local historical centre with mixed local history
collections. Exhibits include a country kitchen
from the early 1900's, blacksmiths forge,
agricultural equipment, photographs and
newspapers. Wheelchair access. Group and out of
hours visits by arrangement. Closed public hols.
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Ormeau Baths Gallery
18a Ormeau Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim, BT2
8HS
Tel: 028 9032 1402
Ormeau Baths Gallery, opened in June 1995, and
is the most significant independent centre for
the visual arts in Northern Ireland. There are
four main galleries with a total exhibition
space of 10,000 square feet. Located on the site
of a Victorian Bath House, originally opened to
the public in 1988, its conversion to an art
galley once again restored the venue to the
public realm. Free entrance. Coffee Bar.
Postcards and periodicals for sale.
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The Engine Room Gallery
The Portview Trade Centre, 310 Newtownards Rd,
Belfast, County Antrim, BT4 1HE
Tel: 028 9045 5184
The Gallery's main focus is to promote
contemporary art within East Belfast and to
bring the works of local artists to a wider
audience.
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The Royal Irish Regiment
Museum
St. Patrick's Barracks, Demesne Avenue,
Ballymena, County Antrim, BT43 7BH
Tel: 028 2566 1355
The museum traces the history of our antecedent
Regiments - The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers,
The Royal Ulster Rifles, The Royal Irish
Fusiliers, The Royal Irish Rangers, and The
Ulster Defence Regiment. The special exhibits in
this modern museum interpret the history from
the raising of the INNISKILLINGS in 1689,
through the various campaigns and wars up to the
present day. The small shop has a large range of
present and antecedent Regimental items -
badges. hackles. Postcards - ideal presentation
gifts such as ice buckets, prints and ties, and
for the children, pens, pencils and 'Brian Brou'
rubbers. No cafe but there are many in the
nearby town.
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The Village Gallery
4 Bendooragh Road, Bendooragh, Ballymoney,
County Antrim
Tel: 028 2766 5528
E-mail:
info@thevillagegallery.co.uk
The Village Gallery contains oils and
watercolours by top Irish artists. Also stocked
is a wide range of artists' materials and a full
framing service is available for paintings,
prints, photographs, tapestries, decoupage.
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Ulster Museum
12 Malone Rd, Belfast, County Antrim, BT9 5BN
Tel: 028 9038 3000
The Ulster Museum is currently closed for major
redevelopment and will re-open in 2009. Check
the website
www.ulstermuseum.org.uk for information on
the redevelopment, the collections and the
Museum's outreach events, and to find out how to
contact staff.
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