Ulster Folk Museum
Celebrating everyday skills, stories & traditions passed down through generations in Ulster.
🧵 Putting the past in dialogue with the present — to shape the future.
📍 Part of National Museums NI | 🔗 ulsterfolkmuseum.org
- Our lovely Visitor Guide Suzanne is back! This time she's making a four-armed St. Brigid's Cross 😍 Read more about St. Brigid's Day and watch our longer tutorial video → bit.ly/49Pv3ZF #StBrigidsDay #StBrigidsCross #StBrigid
- 💥🔨 Spend some time in the forge with our #HeritageBlacksmith Matthew Walton, as he shows us how to make a copper bowl and steel bottle opener. Watch the full video → bit.ly/4r9BwnY #Blacksmithing #HeritageSkills
- Feeling the effects of Blue Monday? Worry not - spring is close enough to touch 🫴🌱 Longer days, warmer nights, flowers blooming, and roosters crowing. (Although, the roosters do that throughout winter, too.) #BlueMonday
- How many doors does your kitchen have? 🤔 This map from 1961 illustrates places in Ulster where people had one door into their kitchen, or two. We can't quite figure out the meaning of semicircle in the key - do any of you have one and a half doors into your kitchen? #UlsterDialect #Maps
- 🔥 Looking for a slow-paced #craft to keep you occupied by the fire this winter? Join our talented Education Assistant Hannah Ferguson and learn about the art of making a #RagRug, and how to keep this tradition alive → bit.ly/HowTo-RagRug
- Samhain Stories from the Sound Archive | EPISODE 4 Our fourth episode of spooky stories from the archives is all about the banshee, whose wails warned that death was near 😱 Have you heard the banshee's lonely cry? #Halloween #Samhain #Folklore
- Samhain Stories from the Sound Archive | EPISODE 3 Introducing the third episode of spooky stories from the archives - we're making a return to GHOST STORIES 👻 We've taken a deep dive into hours of oral history recordings to hear from voices past about the ghosts of Ulster. #Halloween #Samhain
- Samhain Stories from the Sound Archive | EPISODE 2 Introducing our second episode of #spooky stories from the Sound Archive, all about THE DEVIL 😈 We've taken a deep dive into hours of oral history recordings to hear from voices past, sharing their stories about the Devil... #Halloween #Samhain
- Samhain Stories from the Sound Archive | EPISODE 1 Introducing our new series on spooky stories from the archives, and our first episode is on GHOSTS 👻 We've taken a deep dive into hours of oral history recordings to hear from voices past about the ghosts of Ulster. #Halloween #Samhain
- This past month has seen a flourishing of #fungi at the Folk Museum - including a sighting of Dead Man's Fingers, the most fiendishly-named fungi 🍄 Explore some of the fungi to keep your eyes peeled for on a hair-raising Hallowe'en walk → bit.ly/Fiendishfungi #UlsterFolkMuseum #Halloween
- Sparks flying, fire roaring, bells ringing - are we describing love or a day in the forge? 💥🔨 When it comes to Matthew's work as a blacksmith, it's both. #HeritageSkills #Blacksmithing #HandForged
- The Lace Collection 🤩 Hear more from Curator of Textiles @valeriewilson.bsky.social, at the Folk Museum's Textile Takeover this Saturday, 11th October → bit.ly/46I3U9u #TextileTakeover #IrishLace #BobbinLace #CrotchetLace #CarrickmacrossLace #LimerickLace
- Watch as our visitor guide Suzanne makes a harvest knot, also known as a compass weave plait, or our favourite - a love knot. ❤️ Watch the full video → bit.ly/4pxe6Jm #UlsterFolkMuseum #Harvest #HarvestSeason #HarvestKnots #LoveKnot #History #IrishHistory
- "Bringing home the taties" 📷 Photographed near Newcastle, Co. Down. Photo by William Green. 🍂 Explore the #HarvestSeason and book tickets to our harvest experience on Saturday 20 September → bit.ly/3VeB3mI #UlsterFolkMuseum #Harvest #LammasDay #IrishHistory
- If you missed Saturday's 'Home in Focus' with Senior Curator of History, Victoria Millar, you can still explore the 18th century farmhouse Coshkib Hill Farm, and learn about the family long associated with it, the Hyndmans, on our website → bit.ly/Coshkib_Hill...
- Go behind the loom with our weaver Roisin as she shares about the craft of linen weaving and her journey of learning how to use a loom → bit.ly/4fCrDe8 #HeritageSkills
- Go behind the scenes in our Heritage Carpenter's workshop. Learn about the craft of carpentry, and why #HeritageCarpenter Peter Sloan loves his job. Watch the full film here → bit.ly/4m2TiHn #UlsterFolkMuseum #Carpentry #HeritageSkills #Woodworking
- Lammas Day, or #Lughnasadh, is a traditional harvest festival celebrated on 1st August. It marked the beginning of the harvest season, and the first potatoes were often harvested and enjoyed. Follow along with our Heritage Farmers Robert and Pamela as they harvest the first crop → bit.ly/3Hawvdw
- As the 12th approaches, we reflect on how history, identity & tradition shape life here. At Ulster Folk Museum, we’re reinterpreting the Orange Hall with the Museum of Orange Heritage. Discover the story of the Hand & Pen banner: bit.ly/3Iex8Tv #UlsterFolkMuseum #Reawakening #OrangeHall #Identity
- Too fragile to display, the original Orange Hall banner has been replicated using modern tech so it can be shown in the hall. The original stays safe while its story stays visible. #UlsterFolkMuseum #KeepingHistoryAlive #Reawakening
- What stories live within the walls of the Orange Hall at Ulster Folk Museum?We’re exploring its history, meaning & evolving role in NI’s culture as part of our Reawakening project with the Museum of Orange Heritage. ulsterfolkmuseum.org/stories/hand-and-pen-orange-hall #UlsterFolkMuseum #Reawakening
- On the 21st June, we marked the longest day of the year with a Midsummer celebration - a celebration of fire, rituals and the sun. Watch the full video here → bit.ly/3Tol5VZ #UlsterFolkMuseum #Midsummer #SummerSolistice
- How do you say the number 'one'? Across Ulster, there's more than one (pun intended) way to say it! Our archives hold treasures like this map, which shows the different number of ways that people across 'Ulster' said the number 'one'. #UlsterDialectArchive
- We've been working with the Woodland Trust to restore our woodlands. This #WorldEnvironmentDay, go behind-the-scenes at the #UlsterFolkMuseum and learn about the work we're doing to save our heritage landscapes 🌳 bit.ly/Woodland-Restoration #WoodlandRestoration #Sustainability #AncientWoodland
- 👋 Welcome to Ulster Folk Museum! Discover skills & stories passed down through generations. Check out our BTS film on the Lace Collection — history woven in every thread. 💬 What tradition connects you to your roots? 📍 Ulster 🔗 youtu.be/nKZPJXd0OkA #UlsterFolkMuseum #LivingHistory #LaceCollection
