Kiállítást szentel az 1900-as években élt úttörő Lilian Blandnek a belfasti Ulster Múzeum. A sajtófotósként dolgozó, dohányzó, nadrágot és kezeslábast viselő, kerékpározó Bland volt az első nő, aki maga tervezte és építette repülőgépet vezetett.
New book explores Indigenous Australian collections in museums across the UK for first time
Emu feather skirt, from Port Phillip District. This is the earliest known emu feather skirt from the state of Victoria. The feathers of such skirts are typically tied on with vegetable fibre string but this one uses wire. Acquired in 1836 by pastoralist John von Stieglitz (180968). Donated by Von Stieglitz to Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society in 1856; gifted in 1910 to Belfast Museum. Ulster Museum, Belfast. L. 84 cm W. 21 cm. Photograph reproduced courtesy the Trustees of National Museums Northern Ireland.
LONDON
.- Museums across Great Britain and Ireland hold Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage of exceptional value. Until now these collections have been largely unknown, rarely seen and sometimes misunderstood.
Community Happenings Archives - Waldo County Village Soup villagesoup.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from villagesoup.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Thu, 06/03/2021 - 2:15pm
(Photo courtesy Belfast Museum)
The featured exhibit this summer is “Becoming Belfast, Maine 1770 -1820.”
Other exhibits include maritime history, Capt. Albert W. Stevens, Perry’s Nut House, the William O. Poor apothecary bench, notable Belfast Women, and the 1864 Civil War flag quilt. In the barn are the old two-cell jail from City Hall, a horse-drawn funeral carriage, and old Belfast business signs.
The website, www.belfastmuseum.org, has been refreshed for the 2021 season with new Belfast history information, online membership, and museum news.
“This season our vaccinated visitors will not be required to wear face coverings,” said the Museum, in a news release.
A new exhibition of railway memorabilia has opened at Fivemiletown Museum in County Tyrone.
With one of the narrowest main streets in Ulster, it was quite a scene to see the steam engine battling its way along the busy and sometimes congested track to the town.
46 years after the railway s closure some traces of the line still remain.
RTÉ News speaks to Jack Johnston about the old station in Fivemiletown who says the railway s closure in 1941 was inevitable given the fact that it never made any money.
Clogher Valley Tramway
The railway was kept going on nostalgia and the hope that the new bus service and alternative methods of road transport wouldn t take off. In an effort to combat this new competition, the railway management introduced a new diesel train in 1932 to compliment the existing steam train service. This railcar is now on display in the Belfast Museum, and Tom McDevitte recalls the history of the engine.