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VE Day 80 – Talks Programme

VE Day celebrations in London, 8 May 1945 (©IWM) We are delighted to announce a programme of three talks in April and May 2025, leading up to the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Victory in Europe or VE Day, 8 May 1945, marked the surrender of Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World […]

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Talks Programme 2025

We are delighted to announce our Talks Programme for 2025. Starting on 25 February and running until 11 March, we have a great line-up of researchers and speakers who will discuss a broad range of topics – from Victorian Belfast to Ulster townlands and Civil War China. Our talks are free and in person, and

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D-Day 80: Talks Programme

British troops storm Sword Beach, Normandy, 6 June 1944 (©IWM) We are delighted to announce a programme of two talks in May 2024, leading up to the 80th anniversary of D-Day. D-Day, or the Normandy landings, was the launch of Operation Overlord – the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France on 6 June 1944. It was

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Winter Talks Programme 2024

We are delighted to announce our Winter Talks Programme for 2024. Starting on 23 February and running until 13 March, we have a great line-up of researchers and speakers who will talk on a broad range of topics, from 1798 to Ancient Egypt, late 16th-century Ireland to Blair Mayne! All talks are free and in

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Winter Talks Programme Lisburn Museum 2023

Winter Talks Programme 2023

Winter Talks Programme 2023   The museum is pleased to announce our Winter Talks programme for 2023. Running from 31st January through to 7th March, this year’s programme brings together noted speakers from our history and heritage sectors including Professor Crawford Gribben, journalist Ronan McGreevy, Dr Laura Patrick,  historian J.A.K. Dean, and Professor Peter Gray. 

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Flaxie Summer Workshops 2018

Flaxie Summer Workshops 2018 Our FREE popular summer workshops will start on Monday 16th July and will run every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (finishing on Wednesday 22nd August). Workshops are one hour long from 10am-11am and 2pm-3pm. Booking is essential, please contact museum reception on 028 9266 3377 or ilc.reception@lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk Workshops will change daily and

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Wallace Bicentenary: Stall Holder Expression of Interest

Wallace Bicentenary Family Event, Wallace Park, Saturday 23 June 2018 11am-2pm Stall Holder Expression of Interest Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council are celebrating Sir Richard Wallace’s Bicentenary with a family friendly event in the Wallace Park on Saturday 23rd June 2018: 11am – 2pm. Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council welcomes stall holders who are interested

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Talk by Eamon Phoenix and Philip Orr on Ethical Remembering March 15th 2016 Lisburn Museum

Talk by Eamon Phoenix and Philip Orr on Ethical Remembering, March 15th 2016, Lisburn Museum

Talk by Eamon Phoenix and Philip Orr on Ethical Remembering Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council’s Good Relations Programme cordially invites you along to a Talk by Eamon Phoenix and Philip Orr on Ethical Remembrance in light of the Decade of Centenaries.  Eamon and Philip will be  examining two of major events which took place between April and July

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History of Irish Linen: Upcoming talk at the Ulster Scots Centre, as part of their season of events for Spring 2016

Irish Linen History at the Ulster Scots Centre This spring 2016 explore the history of Irish Linen at the Ulster Scots Centre. As part of a series of lunchtime talks and demonstrations staff will be on hand on Tuesday 8th March to discuss the history of Ireland’s most important industry. The talk is part of

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Summer Drop In Workshops Lisburn Museum

Summer Workshops At Lisburn Museum

Lisburn Museum’s FREE summer workshops start on Saturday 1st August 2015. They will run Monday – Saturday (until 29th August) morning session 10am – 12pm and afternoon session 2.30 – 4.30pm. For those who prefer to be a guaranteed place, pre-booking is available this year. Drop-in visitors are also welcome but not advisable for large

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Gallipoli Lisburn Museum

Exhibition (April 2015) – The ‘dreaded peninsula’: Lisburn and district men at Gallipoli, 1915

Exhibition (April 2015) – The ‘dreaded peninsula’ April 25th (Anzac Day), marks the centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign, a series of disastrous allied landings in, what is now, modern-day Turkey during the First World War (1914-1918). Turkey’s entry into the war had cut off the supply route between Britain and France and their ally Russia

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R-Space Gallery in collaboration with the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum March 2015

Project Linlon: 21st March – 18th April 2015, a collaboration with R-Space Gallery

Project Linlon with Nora Fok 21st March – 18th April 2015 Opening events Saturday 21 March: Artist talk 1-2pm (free) Jewellery making Masterclass 2-5pm (£20) In collaboration with the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum and McConville’s Mill & Museum Dromore, Co Down, international jewellery artist Nora Fok developed “linlon”, a linen and nylon mixed

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Free Drop-in Workshops: Science Week

Free Drop-in Workshops: Science Week On March 7th we are running another popular ‘drop-in’ workshops, come along with the family and enjoy our FREE science week programme. All ages welcome, workshops are free of charge and there is no need to book – just come along. Morning sessions from 10am-12.00 or afternoon 2pm-4pm, you can stay as long

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History Ireland Magazine: Mrs Metge, the Suffragettes and the bombing of Lisburn Cathedral!

The November/December issue of History Ireland features an article from our Research Officer Ciaran Toal on local suffragette Lillian Metge and her attempt to blow up Lisburn Cathedral in the fight for women’s suffrage.   The article brings together primary and secondary research and not only examines the events surrounding the August 1914- bombing of

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Lecture: ‘We are all one in the suffrage faith’ – Dr Margaret Ward. Tuesday 28th October 2014 – FREE

‘We are all one in the suffrage faith’ Lecture: ‘We are all one in the suffrage faith’ – Dr Margaret Ward. When?  Tuesday 28th October 2014 Where?  Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum Email or call 02892663377 for FREE tickets. #suffrage #ulster #ireland #metge #women #lisburn #lovelisburn

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Blackshaw Exhibition October 2014

Basil Blackshaw: Pictures from the Museum’s collections – FREE Exhibition – Oct 22nd to Nov 7th

Basil Blackshaw was born in Glengormley, County Antrim in 1932, and brought up in Boardmills near Lisburn. Educated at Methodist College Belfast, at 16 he enrolled in the Belfast College of Art (1948-51) and was awarded a CEMA scholarship to study in Paris.   Noted for his early expressionist approach, Blackshaw’s themes have included local

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Halloween Workshops

Halloween Workshops at Lisburn Museum Monday 27th October – Friday 31st October 2014 Call into the museum for some Halloween-themed crafts! Morning sessions start at 9.30 – 12.00 Afternoon sessions 2pm – 4pm  These are FREE drop in workshops (so no need to book) Workshops will change daily – call museum reception 028 9266 3377 to hear the

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Culture Night @ Lisburn Museum

Culture Night @ Lisburn Museum Friday 19th September 7pm – 9pm FREE   As part of culture night, we have an exciting evening of entertainment to accompany our new exhibition ‘Lisburn, 1912-1914’. Gospel choir Cantiunculae will recite a number of letters from the Great War, giving us a sense of what life was like in

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Film night at Lisburn Museum

FILM EVENTS

  FREE film events showing in our Assembly Room Tickets must be booked in advance via museum reception Thursday 9th October – Nurse Edith Cavell (Cert 12) Thursday 16th October – War Horse (Cert 12) Thursday 23rd October – Paths of Glory (Cert PG) Thursday 27th October – Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noel) (Cert 12) Due to

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Lisburn Museum Lecture Series 2014

Lisburn Museum Lecture Series: Ireland during the Great War (September-November 2014)

Ireland during the Great War (September-November 2014) All talks are FREE but must be booked in advance – tickets available from museum reception for more information call 028 9266 3377   Thursday 25 September Remembering World War 1 – Dr Eamon Phoenix Tuesday 30 September Ireland and the Great War – Dr Fearghal McGarry Tuesday

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SHRIEKING SISTERS

Shrieking Sisters: A dramatic rehearsed reading Performed by Maggie Cronin, Laura Hughes and Carol Moore   In the early hours August 1 1914 a group of suffragettes, led by Mrs Lilian Metge attempted to blow up Lisburn Cathedral. What made a respectable middle class supported of women’s rights resort to active militancy? Using a new

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The Museum Shop

The Museum Shop No visit to the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum would be complete without a browse through the Museum Shop. Here you will find a wide range of locally-manufactured goods including linen, handmade jewellery, greeting cards and books of local interest. We stock an exciting range of table linen, napkins and runners

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