Ulster Folk Museum
@ulsterfolkmuseum.org
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
🧵 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
Read more about St. Brigid's Day and watch our longer tutorial video → bit.ly/49Pv3ZF
#StBrigidsDay #StBrigidsCross #StBrigid
January 31, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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
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
Watch the full video → bit.ly/4r9BwnY
#Blacksmithing #HeritageSkills
January 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM
💥🔨 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
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
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
January 19, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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
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
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
January 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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
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
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
December 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🔥 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
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
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
October 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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
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
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
October 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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
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
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
October 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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
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
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
October 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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
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
Explore some of the fungi to keep your eyes peeled for on a hair-raising Hallowe'en walk → bit.ly/Fiendishfungi
#UlsterFolkMuseum #Halloween
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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
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
When it comes to Matthew's work as a blacksmith, it's both.
#HeritageSkills #Blacksmithing #HandForged
October 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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
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
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
October 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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
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
Watch the full video → bit.ly/4pxe6Jm
#UlsterFolkMuseum #Harvest #HarvestSeason #HarvestKnots #LoveKnot #History #IrishHistory
September 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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
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
📷 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
September 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"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
📷 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...
September 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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...
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Join us on the 5th of September at 2pm outside Ballycultra Tearoom at @ulsterfolkmuseum.org to learn about local wildlife and how to record it!
Get tickets: www.ulsterfolkmuseum.org/whats-on/wil...
#biologicalrecording #NorthernIreland #belfast #museum
Get tickets: www.ulsterfolkmuseum.org/whats-on/wil...
#biologicalrecording #NorthernIreland #belfast #museum
September 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Join us on the 5th of September at 2pm outside Ballycultra Tearoom at @ulsterfolkmuseum.org to learn about local wildlife and how to record it!
Get tickets: www.ulsterfolkmuseum.org/whats-on/wil...
#biologicalrecording #NorthernIreland #belfast #museum
Get tickets: www.ulsterfolkmuseum.org/whats-on/wil...
#biologicalrecording #NorthernIreland #belfast #museum
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Join me on Saturday 6th September at 11.30am for a Homes in Focus talk at Coshkib Hill Farm @ulsterfolkmuseum.org - last couple of tickets remaining! Visit: www.ulsterfolkmuseum.org/whats-on/hom...
August 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Join me on Saturday 6th September at 11.30am for a Homes in Focus talk at Coshkib Hill Farm @ulsterfolkmuseum.org - last couple of tickets remaining! Visit: www.ulsterfolkmuseum.org/whats-on/hom...
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
August 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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
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
August 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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
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
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
August 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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
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
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Lovely to meet the two newest recruits @ulsterfolkmuseum.org today 🐈⬛ 🐈⬛
July 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Lovely to meet the two newest recruits @ulsterfolkmuseum.org today 🐈⬛ 🐈⬛
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
bit.ly/3Iex8Tv
#UlsterFolkMuseum #Reawakening #OrangeHall #Identity
July 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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
bit.ly/3Iex8Tv
#UlsterFolkMuseum #Reawakening #OrangeHall #Identity
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Loving the beautiful native orchids growing wild outside our offices @ulsterfolkmuseum.org @cedar-ni.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Loving the beautiful native orchids growing wild outside our offices @ulsterfolkmuseum.org @cedar-ni.bsky.social
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
July 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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
ulsterfolkmuseum.org/stories/hand-and-pen-orange-hall
#UlsterFolkMuseum #Reawakening
July 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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
ulsterfolkmuseum.org/stories/hand-and-pen-orange-hall
#UlsterFolkMuseum #Reawakening