Ulster Museum. The Ulster Museum, located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, has around 8,000 square metres of public display space, featuring material from the collections of fine art and applied art, archaeology, ethnography, treasures from the Spanish Armada, local history, numismatics, industrial archaeology, botany, zoology and geology.
It is the largest museum in Northern Ireland, and one of the components of National Museums Northern Ireland. The Ulster Museum was founded as the Belfast Natural History Society in 1821 and began exhibiting in 1833.
It has included an art gallery since 1890. Originally called the Belfast Municipal Museum and Art Gallery, in 1929, it moved to its present location in Stranmillis.
The new building was designed by James Cumming Wynne. In 1962, courtesy of the Museum Act 1961, it was renamed as the Ulster Museum and was formally recognised as a national museum.
A major extension constructed by McLaughlin & Harvey Ltd to designs by Francis Pym who won the 1964 competition was opened in 1972 and Pym's only completed work. It was published in several magazines and was until alteration the most important example of Brutalism in Northern Ireland. It was praised by David Evans for the almost barbaric power of its great cubic projections and cantilevers brooding over the conifers of the botanic gardens like a mastodon. Since the 1940s the Ulster Museum has built up
It is the largest museum in Northern Ireland, and one of the components of National Museums Northern Ireland. The Ulster Museum was founded as the Belfast Natural History Society in 1821 and began exhibiting in 1833.
It has included an art gallery since 1890. Originally called the Belfast Municipal Museum and Art Gallery, in 1929, it moved to its present location in Stranmillis.
The new building was designed by James Cumming Wynne. In 1962, courtesy of the Museum Act 1961, it was renamed as the Ulster Museum and was formally recognised as a national museum.
A major extension constructed by McLaughlin & Harvey Ltd to designs by Francis Pym who won the 1964 competition was opened in 1972 and Pym's only completed work. It was published in several magazines and was until alteration the most important example of Brutalism in Northern Ireland. It was praised by David Evans for the almost barbaric power of its great cubic projections and cantilevers brooding over the conifers of the botanic gardens like a mastodon. Since the 1940s the Ulster Museum has built up
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