Watch: BBC’s Antiques Roadtrip visits the Museum
BBC’s hugely popular Antiques Roadtrip features antiques experts as they tour the UK searching for treasures, competing with each other …
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BBC’s hugely popular Antiques Roadtrip features antiques experts as they tour the UK searching for treasures, competing with each other …
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We are interested in piecing together the story of McKeown Street, Lisburn. What are your memories of the street? Did …
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Winter Talks Programme 2023 The museum is pleased to announce our Winter Talks programme for 2023. Running from 31st …
Emma with out 160-year old loom! On 1 September 2022 Emma, our Assistant Education Officer, contributed to BBC’s Six Music …
Our contribution to the The BBC Six Music Museum! Read More »
Sir George Rawdon has returned to Lisburn for first time in over 350 years Three portraits of the Rawdon family …
Sir George Rawdon has returned to Lisburn for first time in over 350 years Read More »
In October 2021 the museum hosted a free online talk, titled ‘The killing of Sir Henry Wilson: an Irish Tragedy’, …
The Killing of Sir Henry Wilson: an Irish Tragedy by Prof Fearghal McGarry Read More »
A new guide exploring the history of Hilden War Memorial was recently launched by the Mayor, Alderman Stephen Martin. The …
New guide to Hilden War Memorial published by Lisburn Museum Read More »
A partnership project with the Northern Ireland Museums Council and the Irish Museums Association, funded by the Irish Department of …
Object: a photograph of Bridge Street, 2000 Do you remember the Millennium? What were you doing as we moved from …
Object: Irene MacWilliam’s amazing Irish Linen Wall Hanging LMILC.1997.103 Irene McWilliam is one of the foremost quilters and embroiders. She …
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Call for local veterans: Join Lisburn Museum’s Force for Change Veterans’ Project Lisburn Museum is calling for local veterans to …
Call for local veterans: Join Lisburn Museum’s Force for Change Veterans’ Project Read More »
Photo: Main Street, Hillsborough, 1924 Do you recognise this view? This 1924-postcard from the Alan Coon photography studio. As the …
In 2021 the museum partnered with NI Science Festival to produce a short video on the history of Hilden Mill. …
Photo: McKeown’s Bread Vans, Lisburn Do you remember the James McKeown & Co. Bakery? The bakery opened in Sloan …
Video: Dr Patricia Marsh – “The doctors are being run off their feet”: Spanish Flu in Lisburn Dr Patricia Marsh …
Photo: Preparing Rooms at Stewarts’ Mill Photo of the Preparing Room at Robert Stewart & Sons Ltd, Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
Video: Dr Alan Parkinson – The Northern Troubles 1920-22 In this talk Dr Alan Parkinson, author of Belfast’s Unholy War …
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Photo: The machinery falls quiet at Barbour Threads, Lisburn, 2006
Video: Cormac Moore- The day-to-day effects of Partition in Ireland Dr Cormac Moore is Historian-in-Residence with Dublin City Council, and …
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Advert: Barbour Threads, c.2000 Did you work there? What are your memories? Did you use their products?
Photo: Top Hall Ballroom, Lisburn Share your stories of the Top Hat Ballroom with us! Who did you see? Do …
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum! Credit: James Lyttle, Lisburn
Photo: Christmas time in Market Square, c. 1960s-70s?
Photo: Market Square and the Nicholson Statue in the Snow, c.1963 Photo: Market Square in the Snow, 1963
Photo: A view of the corner of Bow Street and Antrim Street in the snow, 1963.
Video: Christopher Magill – The East Ulster Riots and the Formation of The Special Constabulary 1920 In this talk, Christopher …
Video: Pearse Lawlor: Lisburn – The Burnings, 1920 In this talks Pearse Lawlor examines the murder of RIC DI Swanzy …
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Video: Prof Brian Walker – Centenaries, 1920-23: commemorations, conflict and conciliation In this talk, Prof Brian Walker explores the issue …
Castle Gardens Geophysical Survey, November 2020 In early November 2020 archaeologists from Queen’s University Belfast conducted a geophysical survey of …
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Conservation at Lisburn Museum Behind the scenes in the Museum, staff work to conserve and look after the objects within …
Winter Talks Programme 2020 feat Pearse Lawlor, Chris Magill, Brian Walker, Cormac Moore, Alan Parkinson and Patricia Marsh We are …
Market Square, 1919 David Gould (1871-1952) Born in Scotland, David Gould came to Belfast in 1891 to learn damask designing …
Historic Photo: Quay Street, c1970s This historic photo of Lisburn was taken at Hancock Street, Co. Down, looking across to …
Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council’s Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum is now offering both personal and online visitor experiences …
Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum Re-Opens *Press Release* Read More »
The Museum has been awarded the ‘We’re Good to Go’ industry-standard mark, certifying that we are adhering to the respective …