List of museums in Northern Ireland

This list of museums in Northern Ireland contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries, university art galleries and interpretive centres linked to sites of interest. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Many other small historical displays are located in the country's stately homes, including those run by the National Trust.

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Name  | Image  | Town/City  | County  | Type  | Summary

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Belfast City
Belfast Exposed |  | Belfast | Antrim | Art | Contemporary photography
Crumlin Road Gaol |  | Belfast | Antrim | Prison | Victorian-era prison under restoration as a museum
Engine Room Gallery |  | Belfast | Antrim | Art | website, contemporary art
Golden Thread Gallery |  | Belfast | Antrim | Art | Contemporary art
Irish Republican History Museum |  | Belfast | Antrim | History | History and artefacts of the Provisional Irish Republican Army
Linen Hall Library |  | Belfast | Antrim | History | Exhibits of art, history and culture from its collections
Metropolitan Arts Centre |  | Belfast | Antrim | Art | Known as the MAC: Art centre and performance venue in the Cathedral quarter of Belfast; opened in 2012, the building has received several architectural awards
Naughton Gallery at Queen's |  | Belfast | Antrim | Art | Contemporary art, part of Queen's University
Northern Ireland War Memorial |  | Belfast | Antrim | Military | Commemorates the fallen of World War I and World War II, life during the 1941 Belfast Blitz
Ormeau Baths Gallery |  | Belfast | Antrim | Art | Contemporary art
Red Barn Gallery |  | Belfast | Antrim | Art | Photography gallery, also known as RBG Belfast
Royal Ulster Rifles Museum |  | Belfast | Antrim | Regimental | Regimental uniforms, badges, medals, memorabilia
Titanic's Dock and Pumphouse |  | Belfast | Antrim | Industry, Maritime | website, Edwardian-era pump house & dry-dock with exhibits on shipbuilding in Belfast, Harland & Wolff, launch of the RMS Titanic
Titanic Belfast |  | Belfast | Antrim | Maritime | a visitor attraction and monument to Belfast's maritime heritage; it tells the stories of the ill-fated Titanic and her sister ships.
Ulster Museum |  | Belfast | Antrim | Art, History, Industry, Natural history | Fine art, decorative arts, natural history, archaeology, Ancient Egypt, world cultures, geology, history
W5 |  | Belfast | Antrim | Science | website, science-based exhibits with an emphasis on ""play""
County Antrim
Andrew Jackson Cottage |  | Carrickfergus | Antrim | Historic house | Open by appointment, restored 18th-century home of President Andrew Jackson's parents.
Arthur Cottage |  | Cullybackey | Antrim | Historic house | Restored late-18th-century-period ancestral home of Chester A. Arthur, the 21st President of the United States
Ballance House |  | Glenavy | Antrim | Historic house | website, birthplace of John Ballance, Premier of New Zealand from 1891–1893
Ballycastle Museum |  | Ballycastle | Antrim | Local | website, NIarchive local history, culture
Ballymoney Museum |  | Ballymoney | Antrim | Local | NIarchive, local history, culture, art, motorcycling - Joey Dunlop and the Armoy Armada
The Braid |  | Ballymena | Antrim | Local | website, history, arts and culture, includes the Mid-Antrim Museum and Braid Arts Centre
Brookhall Historical Farm |  | Lisburn | Antrim | Rural | website, information, open by appointment, farm artefacts
Carrickfergus Castle |  | Carrickfergus | Antrim | Historic house | Operated by the NIEA, Norman castle with military uses until the 1920s, exhibits about it history and use
Carrickfergus Museum |  | Carrickfergus | Antrim | Local | website, local history, art, archaeology
Causeway School Museum |  | Bushmills | Antrim | Historic house | information, 1920s period school, structure designed by Clough Williams-Ellis
Coastal Zone at Portrush |  | Portrush | Antrim | Natural history | Operated by the NIEA, marine and natural history, environment and local history
Flame The Gasworks Museum of Ireland |  | Carrickfergus | Antrim | Industry | website, restored coal gasworks and appliances
Giant's Causeway |  | Bushmills | Antrim | Natural history | Operated by the National Trust, new visitor centre to open in 2011 with exhibits about the geology and natural history of the basalt columns and coast
Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum |  | Lisburn | Antrim | Industry | website, Irish linen industry and city history and culture
Larne Museum and Arts Centre |  | Larne | Antrim | Local | Local history, culture, art
Patterson's Spade Mill |  | Templepatrick | Antrim | Industry | website, operated by the National Trust, historic spade mill
Railway Preservation Society of Ireland |  | Whitehead | Antrim | Railway | Heritage railway and museum at the Whitehead Excursion Station
Rathlin Boathouse Visitor Centre |  | Rathlin Island | Antrim | Local | information, documents island life and the history & geography of the island
Sentry Hill |  | Carnmoney | Antrim | Historic house | website, 19th-century farmhouse: Victorian costume and artefacts
Ulster Aviation Collection and Hangar |  | Sprucefield | Antrim | Aviation | website, open for groups by pre-arrangement, aircraft and articles relating to Northern Ireland's aviation heritage, located in a hangar of RAF Long Kesh
White House, Newtownabbey |  | Newtownabbey | Antrim | Historic house | website, restored house dating back to the 16th century
County Armagh
Ardress House |  | Annaghmore | Armagh | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust, 17th-century farmhouse with 18th-century interior, working farmyard with animals
Argory |  | Moy | Armagh | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust, early-19th-century Irish gentry house with late-19th-century interior
Armagh County Museum |  | Armagh | Armagh | Local | Local history, natural history, culture, archaeology, costumes
Armagh Gaol |  | Armagh | Armagh | Prison | Constructed in 1780 and closed in 1986; due to be refurbished as an hotel; public tours available
Armagh Observatory |  | Armagh | Armagh | Science | Collection of large telescopes used for observations since the 18th century; other astronomical instruments and artefacts
Armagh Planetarium |  | Armagh | Armagh | Science | Planetarium and science museum featuring physics, space and astronomical exhibits inside the museum and on the grounds
Craigavon Museum |  | Craigavon | Armagh | Local | website, local history, agriculture, linen industry, culture
Dan Winter’s Cottage |  | Loughgall | Armagh | Historic house | website, website, 18th-century thatched cottage, home of Dan Winter, one of the founders of the Orange Order
Derrymore House |  | Bessbrook | Armagh | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, late-18th-century thatched house
Keady Heritage Centre |  | Keady | Armagh | Local | website, local history, culture, linen industry, singer Tommy Makem
Lough Neagh Discovery Centre |  | Craigavon | Armagh | Natural history | website, website, natural history and environment of Lough Neagh and the Oxford Island National Nature Reserve
Market Place - Armagh Theatre and Arts Centre |  | Armagh | Armagh | Art | website
Moneypenny's Lock House |  | Craigavon | Armagh | Transport | information, lockkeeper's cottage for the Newry Canal
Milford House Museum |  | Milford | Armagh | Biographical | website, history of the home of William McCrum, wealthy Irish linen manufacturer and sportsman, includes family costumes, furniture and silver
Millennium Court Arts Centre |  | Portadown | Armagh | Art | website, arts centre with two galleries
Mullaghbawn Folk Museum |  | Mullaghbawn | Armagh | Historic house | information, traditional two-roomed thatched farm house and out buildings
Newry and Mourne Museum |  | Newry | Armagh | Local | website, located in Bagenal's Castle, local history, trades, fishing, industry, culture
Navan Centre, Fort and King Stables |  | Armagh | Armagh | Archaeology, History | Includes Iron Age circular earthwork, replica Iron Age dwelling, exhibits and living history interpretations
Northern Ireland's Secret Bunker |  | Portadown | Armagh | Military | website, Cold War-era monitoring bunker, open on select days
Ó Fíaich Heritage Centre |  | Cullyhana | Armagh | Biographical | website, life and artefacts of Tomás Ó Fiaich, Archbishop of Armagh and the Primate of All Ireland from 1978 until his death
Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum |  | Armagh | Armagh | Regimental | Regimental artefacts and memorabilia
Saint Patrick Trian Visitor Complex |  | Armagh | Armagh | Local | website, exhibits about Armagh's historic pagan monuments and history, St Patrick and the Book of Armagh, and author Jonathan Swift’s book Gulliver’s Travels and the fictional nation of Lilliput.
Tannaghmore Animal Farm |  | Craigavon | Armagh | Rural | website, heritage animal breeds, farm tools and equipment
County Down
Ballycopeland Windmill |  | Millisle | Down | Industry | Restored windmill and miller's house, operated by the NIEA
Bann Valley Museum |  | Banbridge | Down | Local | website, planned museum of local history and culture
Brontë Interpretive Centre |  | Rathfriland | Down | Biographical | information, exhibits about Patrick Brontë, the father of the Brontë sisters (Charlotte, Emily and Anne), who taught in the church and school
Burren Heritage Centre |  | Warrenpoint | Down | Local | information, local history, culture
Castle Ward |  | Strangford | Down | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 18th-century eccentric house with two distinctly different styles, classical and Gothic
Cockle Row Cottages |  | Groomsport | Down | Historic house | website, information, 1910 period typical fisherman's dwelling
Down County Museum |  | Downpatrick | Down | Prison, Local | website, located in an 18th-century gaol, local history, culture
Downpatrick Railway Museum |  | Downpatrick | Down | Railway | Heritage railway and museum
F.E. McWilliam Gallery and Studio |  | Banbridge | Down | Art | website, information, works of surrealist sculptor F. E. McWilliam
Grey Point Fort |  | Helen's Bay | Down | Military | website, located in Crawfordsburn Country Park, one of a pair of artillery batteries guarding Belfast Lough during both 20th-century World Wars; its twin is near the Salt Mines at Kilroot
Kilclief Castle |  | Strangford | Down | Historic house | Medieval tower-house castle
Mount Stewart House, Garden and Temple of the Winds |  | Strangford | Down | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust
Nendrum Monastic Site |  | Strangford Lough | Down | Archaeology, Religious | Operated by the NIEA, ruins of medieval monastery and visitor centre museum with exhibits
North Down Museum |  | Bangor | Down | Local | website, information, local history, culture
Saint Patrick Visitor Centre |  | Downpatrick | Down | Religious | Displays on the life and story of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland
Scarva Visitor Centre |  | Scarva | Down | Local | information, local history, Newry Canal and the linen industry
Somme Heritage Centre |  | Conlig | Down | Military | Ireland's military history in World War I
Ulster Folk Museum |  | Cultra | Down | Rural | Open air village with crafts demonstrations from the early 20th century
Ulster Transport Museum |  | Cultra | Down | Transport | Transport Museum with horse-drawn carriages, electric trams, motorbikes, fire engines and vintage cars, permanent RMS Titanic exhibit
County Fermanagh
Belleek Pottery Visitor Centre |  | Belleek | Fermanagh | Art, Industry | Belleek fine porcelain pieces
Castle Archdale |  | Irvinestown | Fermanagh | Military | Country park with museum about the role of RAF Castle Archdale and coastal command based at Castle Archdale during World War II
Castle Coole |  | Enniskillen | Fermanagh | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, late-18th-century mansion and estate
Fermanagh County Museum |  | Enniskillen | Fermanagh | Biographical, Local | County history, culture and natural history; the Maguire family
Inniskillings Museum |  | Enniskillen | Fermanagh | Regimental | Regimental history and artefacts of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
Florence Court |  | Enniskillen | Fermanagh | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 18th-century mansion and estate
Headhunters Barbers Shop & Railway Museum |  | Enniskillen | Fermanagh | Railway | website, includes reconstructed railway booking office and railroad memorabilia of the Great Northern Railway (Ireland), the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway and the Clogher Valley Railway
Sheelin Antique Irish Lace Museum |  | Bellanaleck | Fermanagh | Industry | website, Irish lace dating from 1890–1920
County Londonderry
Amelia Earhart Centre |  | Derry | Londonderry | Aviation | website, located in Ballyarnett Country Park, open by appointment, local aviation history and story of local landing of Amelia Earhart
Apprentice Boys Museum and Exhibition |  | Derry | Londonderry | History | History of the organization, story of the Siege of Derry and the Relief of Derry
Bellaghy Bawn |  | Bellaghy | Londonderry | Biographical, History, Local | website, operated by the NIEA, 17th-century fortified house and bawn with exhibits on local and natural history, the history of the Ulster Plantation and the poetry of Seamus Heaney
Coleraine Regional Museum |  | Coleraine | Londonderry | Local | website, NIarchive changing exhibits of local history, culture
Flowerfield Arts Centre |  | Portstewart | Londonderry | Art | website, includes exhibits of visual art and crafts
Foyle Valley Railway Museum |  | Derry | Londonderry | Railway | website
Garvagh Museum |  | Garvagh | Londonderry | Rural | website, rural and domestic life in the 19th & early 20th centuries
Green Lane Museum |  | Limavady | Londonderry | Local | NIarchive Local history, linen and agricultural industry, rural life
Harbour Museum |  | Derry | Londonderry | Maritime | website, city's maritime history
Hezlett House |  | Castlerock | Londonderry | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 17th-century thatched cottage
Museum of Free Derry |  | Derry | Londonderry | History | 1960s civil rights campaign and the Free Derry/early Troubles period of the early 1970s
Nerve Centre |  | Derry | Londonderry | Art | Multimedia arts centre for music, film, video, animation and interactive multimedia
Riverwatch Centre |  | Derry | Londonderry | Natural history | website, operated by the Loughs Agency, natural history and ecology of the River Foyle and Carlingford Lough waterways
Springhill House |  | Moneymore | Londonderry | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 17th-century plantation home, features costume collection
Tower Museum |  | Derry | Londonderry | Local | City's history, culture
Workhouse Museum |  | Derry | Londonderry | Local | website, historic workhouse, used for changing exhibits of city history and culture

County Tyrone
Abingdon Collection |  | Omagh | Tyrone | Transport | website, classic cars, World War II military memorabilia
Grant Ancestral Homestead |  | Ballygawley | Tyrone | Historic house | information, ancestral homestead of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States on his mother's side
Gray's Printing Press |  | Strabane | Tyrone | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust, 18th-century print shop in which John Dunlap learned the printing trade
Hill of The O’Neill and Ranfurly House |  | Dungannon | Tyrone | Biographical, History | website NIarchive multi-media exhibition narrating the Hill’s importance in Irish and European history, its links to the O’Neills and the subsequent Flight of the Earls and Plantation of Ulster. Also arts and performance space
Lissan House |  | Cookstown | Tyrone | Historic house | Currently under restoration
Nally Heritage Centre |  | Carrickmore | Tyrone | Biographical | information, history of sports marketer Patrick Nally, the Carrickmore GAA club and local history
Strule Arts Centre |  | Omagh | Tyrone | Art | Arts centre with gallery
Ulster American Folk Park |  | Castletown | Tyrone | Rural | Open-air museum; Irish rural life, lifestyle and experiences of those immigrants who sailed from Ulster to America in the 18th and 19th centuries
Wellbrooke Beetling Mill |  | Cookstown | Tyrone | Industry | website, operated by the National Trust, working water-powered mill used in the processing of flax to make linen thread
Wilson Ancestral Home |  | Strabane | Tyrone | Historic house | information, 18th-century home of James Wilson, grandfather of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson

## Defunct museums

* Palace Stables Heritage Centre, now council offices,[1] Armagh
* Ulster History Park, Gortin

## References

* Northern Ireland Museum Council
* Irish Museums Association

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120307125111/http://www.armagh.co.uk/Visitor-Information/Attractions/Place-Stables-Heritage-and-Palace-Demesne.aspx

## See also

* Category:Tourist attractions in Northern Ireland
* Related lists for Northern Ireland
* List of National Trust properties in Northern Ireland
* List of nature reserves in Northern Ireland
* List of parks in Northern Ireland
* List of Ramsar sites in Northern Ireland
* List of Areas of Special Scientific Interest in Northern Ireland
* List of museums
* Museums in the Republic of Ireland
* Museums in England
* Museums in Wales
* Museums in Scotland

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