The Virtual Museum is open…
Welcome to the Virtual Museum
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the Museum closed its doors in late March 2020. It was time to stay at home, and practice social distancing.
Although the Museum building closed, it remained open to online visitors. The Museum went digital. It became the #VirtualMuseum.
Visit this page and our social media channels (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) and enjoy:
- Local history and stories
- Collections..lots and lots, with highlights from the Museum’s store
- Free teaching and educational resources
- Photographs and Videos
- Virtual tours
- Activities for everyone
- Live Q&As
- ..and much more!
Photo: Preparing Rooms at Stewarts’ Mill
Photo: Preparing Rooms at Stewarts' Mill Photo of the Preparing [...]
Video: Dr Alan Parkinson – The Northern Troubles 1920-22
Video: Dr Alan Parkinson - The Northern Troubles 1920-22 In [...]
Photo: The machinery falls quiet at Barbour Threads, Lisburn, 2006
Photo: The machinery falls quiet at Barbour Threads, Lisburn, 2006 [...]
Photo: building the new civic centre, Lisburn
Photo: building the new civic centre, Lisburn
Video: Cormac Moore – The day-to-day effects of Partition in Ireland
Video: Cormac Moore- The day-to-day effects of Partition in Ireland [...]
Photo: Convent, Seymour Street
Photo: Convent, Seymour Street
Advert: Barbour Threads, c.2000
Advert: Barbour Threads, c.2000 Did you work there? What [...]
Photo: Top Hall Ballroom, Lisburn
Photo: Top Hall Ballroom, Lisburn Share your stories of the [...]
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Irish [...]
Photo: Christmas time in Market Square, c. 1960s-70s?
Photo: Christmas time in Market Square, c. 1960s-70s?
Photo: Market Square in the Snow, c.1963
Photo: Market Square and the Nicholson Statue in the Snow, [...]
Photo: Crimean Cannon in Castle Gardens
Photo: A view of the Crimean Cannon in Castle Gardens
Photo: Bow Street and Antrim Street in the Snow, 1963
Photo: A view of the corner of Bow Street and [...]
Video: Christopher Magill – The East Ulster Riots and the Formation of The Special Constabulary 1920
Video: Christopher Magill - The East Ulster Riots and the [...]
Video: Pearse Lawlor: Lisburn – The Burnings, 1920
Video: Pearse Lawlor: Lisburn - The Burnings, 1920 In this [...]
Video: Prof Brian Walker – Centenaries, 1920-23: commemorations, conflict and conciliation
Video: Prof Brian Walker - Centenaries, 1920-23: commemorations, conflict and [...]
Photo: Market Square in the Snow, 1963
Photo: A view of Market Square in the snow, 1963.
The Barbours of Kilbarchan: Lisburn’s linen Family and their Ulster-Scots Links
The Barbours of Kilbarchan: Lisburn's linen Family and [...]
The Bard of Moneyrea: Robert Huddleston
The Bard of Moneyrea: Robert Huddleston [...]
Ulster Scots, a linen-weaving dictionary
Ulster Scots, a linen-weaving dictionary Part [...]