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George Cross to recognise Covid efforts goes on display in Belfast

The George Cross is being put on public display in Belfast to recognise the contribution of all health service staff, past and present. The award was presented to the four National Health Services of the UK at a ceremony at Windsor Castle in July ...

03 Mar 2023 at 19:41

Northern Ireland

Christmas gift for the nation as Peruzzi’s The Nativity saved from export

A painting of the Nativity dating to the early 1500s has been saved from leaving the UK after it was acquired by National Museums NI. The work, painted around 1515 in Rome by the Italian artist Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi, will go on public ...

24 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Distinctive sculpture removed from Belfast junction after 60 years

A unique artwork that has adorned a wall at a busy Belfast junction for almost 60 years has been donated to a museum. Known locally as “credit and debit” due to its location at a former Ulster Bank property, the aluminium sculptures of ...

28 Jun 2023 at 17:46

Northern Ireland

Renoir painting a first for public collection in Northern Ireland

A Northern Ireland museum has secured the first French impressionist painting in a public collection in the region. The rare landscape by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), L’Allee Au Bois, has been acquired by National Museums NI and ...

12 Jun 2023 at 18:02

Northern Ireland

Giant’s Causeway formation event may have taken just days – museum curator

The formation event behind Northern Ireland’s world-famous Giant’s Causeway may have taken just a few days rather than thousands of years, according to a new theory. The origin of the striking stones, which have attracted visitors ...

06 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Northern Ireland

Glass from Guildhall and Bloody Sunday belt go on display to mark new initiative

A piece of stained glass from the IRA’s bombing of Londonderry’s historic Guildhall and a belt worn by one of those killed by soldiers in Derry on Bloody Sunday have been united in a new display to mark the start of a new ...

29 Jun 2025 at 11:00

Northern Ireland

Funding boost for museum announced by minister during US visit

The Ulster American Folk Park in Co Tyrone is to receive a £750,000 funding boost as part of a drive to increase cultural and heritage links with the US. The announcement was made by Communities Minister Gordon Lyons ...

11 Mar 2025 at 17:13

Northern Ireland

Mandelson can be ‘champion’ for NI in US, Little-Pengelly says

The appointment of Peter Mandelson as the UK Ambassador to the US is a “huge opportunity for Northern Ireland”, the deputy First Minister has said. DUP deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly met Lord Mandelson ...

11 Mar 2025 at 19:07

Local News

Glass from Guildhall and Bloody Sunday belt go on display to mark new initiative

A piece of stained glass from the IRA’s bombing of Derry’s historic Guildhall and a belt worn by one of those killed by soldiers in Derry on Bloody Sunday have been united in a new display to mark the start of a ...

29 Jun 2025 at 13:30

Northern Ireland

One of Ireland’s best-loved children’s stories brought to life at Tyrone museum

One of Ireland’s best-loved children’s stories has been brought to life in a new immersive exhibition at a Co Tyrone museum. Children have been reading Marita Conlon-McKenna’s Under The Hawthorn Tree, set amid ...

05 Apr 2026 at 07:00

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