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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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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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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Col. William Barbour and family of the USA, c. 1910 (image credit: Adirondack Experience) We’ve got a very exciting talk on Wednesday 15 May 2024. You don’t want to miss this! It is free and in person, and takes place in the museum’s historic Assembly Room. Booking is required. Doors open at 6.30pm for tea
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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 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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New performance by Philip Orr marking the end of the Great War in Lisburn The Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum has commissioned a performance by historian and playwright Philip Orr to mark Armistice, the end of the Great War (1914-18). The premiere of the work will take place on 1st December 2018 at
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Musical Christmas Cracker at Lisburn Museum The Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum will host a musical Christmas extravaganza on 15th December 2018. The evening will feature festive music from award-winning brass band Dynamic Brass, local author and rising literary star Colin Sloan and harpist Ursula Burns. Tickets must be booked in advance and are
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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 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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Playful Museums is a Northern Ireland Museum’s Council initiative designed to develop programmes aimed at under-fives and helping to make museums fun and educational for all. In February the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum is running a FREE Playful Museums Festival + Family Fun Day. Playful Museums Festival From Monday 20th February to Friday
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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
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
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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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
We are running our popular free drop in Easter workshops again! They start on Tuesday 7th April – Saturday 11th April 10am-12pm & 2pm- 4pm. Drop-in and join the fun!
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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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Booking information SCIENCE PROGRAMME 2015 Bring your class to our popular FREE science programme at the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum! This year’s theme is the ‘Science of Flight’. Length: Workshops are 1 hour 30 minutes and are suitable for P2 – P7 To book call reception on 028 9266 3377 What will
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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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Drop-in Valentine’s Day Workshops at the museum On Valentine’s day (make a note in your diary, it’s this Saturday!) we are running our popular ‘drop-in’ workshops, come along with the family and make a Valentine craft. All ages welcome, workshops are free of charge and there is no need to book – just come along.
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Research Project: Lisburn Catholics and the Great War – 2nd February 2015 The museum will be holding an exploratory meeting/talk on February 2nd 2015 at St Patrick’s Parish Centre at 7pm for those interested in getting involved in our latest research project: Lisburn Catholics and the Great War, this will include a talk by the
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A Gift to the People of Lisburn: 130 Years of Wallace Park Gifted to Lisburn by its landlord Sir Richard Wallace in 1884 as ‘a public park and recreation ground’, the grounds that make up today’s Wallace Park have a rich history that can be traced back to the 17th century. The duck pond,
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Visit Santa at Lisburn Museum! (2015) Ho, Ho, Ho! Visit Santa at the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum! Arriving by sleigh on his favourite reindeer on Saturday 29th November at 10:45am, your little ones can visit his Victorian grotto and receive a FREE gift, or meet Rudolph in Market Square from 11am-1.30pm (29th only)!
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Dr Eamon Phoenix delivered a fantastic talk at the museum on November 18th 2014. Speaking on the topic of northern nationalists and southern unionists, Dr Phoenix captivated the audience with his command of Irish history, moving with ease from the Home Rule Bill of 1914 through to the Swanzy riots of 1920, and setting in
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Dr Eamon Phoenix will speaking on the topic of northern nationalists and southern unionists at the museum on November 18th 2014. For tickets, email us here or phone reception on 02890663377 or get your ticket on our Eventbrite page.
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
‘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
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
The eldest of 11 children, John Ballance (1839-1893) was born in Ballypitmave, Glenavy. With little interest in farming, he Ulster at age 18, briefly settling in Birmingham before emigrating to New Zealand with his wife in 1864. Settling in Wanganui, on New Zealand’s North Island, Ballance established the Evening Herald in 1867, before turning his
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The award winning movie War Horse, based on the book of the same name, is coming to the Lisburn Museum this Thursday night. This movie tells the tale of the relationship between a horse and its master throughout the horrors of the First World War. This movie is free, so gallop down to the museum
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There was a great turnout for Nurse Edith Cavell at Lisburn Museum’s latest WW1 film on Thursday 9th October. On Thursday 16th we have a FREE showing of War Horse (2011). PM for tickets, or call reception on 02892663377 #Lisburn #LisburnMuseum #GreatWar #FilmNight
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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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Autumn Programme at the Lisburn Museum To see our full Autumn Programme of events please click on the link below Autumn programme
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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‘Linen Poetry & Prose Anthology’ Linen Poetry & Prose Anthology, a collaboration between the Zion Writers’ Group and Lisburn Museum is now available on the Kindle platform. On the collaboration: The Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum has worked in partnership with the Zion Writers Group over the last few years in enhancing education
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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
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: 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
‘Making of a Town’: 17th-Century Lisburn ‘Making of a Town: 17th Century Lisburn’ tells the story of the foundation and early history of Lisnagarvey (Lisburn). Under the stewardship of the Conway family, and their agent George Rawdon, the ‘wild and barbarous’ land of Killultagh (south Antrim) was transformed, and the town of Lisnagarvey was established.
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FREE DROP IN WORKSHOPS Morning sessions 9.30 – 12.00 Afternoon sessions 2pm – 4.30 There is no need to book , just drop in an enjoy making the craft of the day. Note: CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT For more details and to find out the craft of the day call 028
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New Exhibition: ‘Lisburn, 1912-1914’ Visit ‘Lisburn, 1912-1914’, and explore the people and the places in the crisis years leading up to the outbreak of the Great War. Through re-created historic scenes, artefacts, audio visuals and text see how local suffragettes tried to bomb Lisburn Cathedral in their passionate campaign for ‘Votes for women’, and how
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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