The Virtual Museum is open…
Welcome to the Virtual Museum
Due to ongoing Covid-19 pandemic the Museum has temporarily closed its doors. It’s time to stay at home, and practice social distancing.
The Museum building might be closed, but we are open to online visitors. Join us, as the Museum goes digital. We are now 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!
Flaxie Adventure: Up the Lagan in a Bubble
There is a saying here in Northern Ireland: "Do you [...]
Photo: Go-As-You-Please Run, Lisburn, 1907
Photo: Go-As-You-Please Run, Lisburn, 1907 The Great Go-As-You-Please Race, comprising [...]
Sporty-Science Workshop: Strongman Static Challenge
Sporty-Science Workshop: Strongman Static Challenge [...]
Object: Lisburn sporting collections
Lisburn Museum's Sporting Collections: tennis, golf and ice skating [...]
Virtual Tour: 40 Years of Collecting, Lisburn Museum
A Virtual Tour of '40 Years of Collecting' [...]
Online Jigsaws feat Jimmy McIlroy and Samuel Lockhart
Online Jigsaws feat Jimmy McIlroy and Samuel Lockhart [...]
Virtual Tour: Mary Lee Murphy, ‘From Hand to Cloth’
A Virtual Tour of 'From Hand to Cloth' by [...]
Worksheet: binary, handloom weaving and your very own bracelet
Traditional Industry Worksheet: Binary Binary is a way [...]
Object: model of a Lagan Barge
The River Lagan rises in Slieve Croob and flows [...]
Traditional Skill Workshop: create a woven swatch of fabric at home
Traditional Industry Workshop: create a fabric swatch at home. [...]
Photo: LIRA, Glenmore House, Lambeg
The Linen Industry Research Association (LIRA), later known as the [...]
Flaxie Buds Comic: The Story of Irish Linen
Flaxie Buds Comic - The Story of Irish Linen [...]
Foundation Topic – Weather Matching Exercise
In this FREE downloadable resource, you can take part in [...]
Craft: April Showers Bring May Flowers
Craft: Create your own pretty paper flowers! There [...]
Colour the Collection : 1938 Fire Engine
Who loves colouring in? At [...]
WWII Topic – Investigating The Home Front
World War II is not just a topic on the [...]
Object: WWII-Swing Toy from post-war Germany
Do you remember playing with a swing toy like this? [...]
VE75: Host your own street party at home!
Prior to the outbreak of the Covid 19 Pandemic, the [...]
#VE75 Craft: Make a Party Hat
#VE75 Craft: Make a Party Hat! It's time [...]
WWII Topic – Investigating Rationing
World War II is not just a topic on the [...]
From the collection: our famous fire engine
The Covid-19 Panedemic has brought into sharp focus the role [...]
WWII / VE75 – Make your own pretend Gas mask
Museum Staff regularly run WWII workshops. Students learn how people [...]
Photograph: Gasworks Office, Bridge Street
The Lisburn Gas Company Limited was formed in the late [...]
Science: Victorian Inventions to try at home – make a string telephone!
Sir Richard Wallace (1818-1890), Lisburn’s [...]
Local History: how did Chrome Hill, Lambeg, get its name? The scientific connection
Local History: how did Chrome Hill, Lambeg, get its name? [...]
History: Weaving and the first computer?
Did you know that weaving is closely associated with the [...]
Ancient Egypt Topic – Create Your Own Cartouche
Museum Staff regularly run Ancient Egyptian workshops. Students learn about [...]
Ancient Egypt Topic – Create a Canopic Jar from Modelling Clay
Museum Staff regularly run Ancient Egyptian workshops. Students learn about [...]
Historic Photo: Private Alec Martin at the Pyramids, 1915
Private Alec Martin (b.1895) was born in Magheragall and emigrated [...]
Object: Jar of Egyptian Linen possibly from the tomb of Tutankhamun
Jar of Egyptian Linen possibly from the tomb of [...]
Video: linen in early times: the Egyptians!
Video: linen in early times: the Egyptians! One [...]
Museum Blog: Wisdom of Yesteryear, a 1940’s Household Encyclopedia pt.III
Wisdom from Yesteryear: a 1940’s Household Encyclopaedia pt III As [...]
Video: Flaxie Buds Easter Workshop – Bug (Entomological) Art!
Video: Flaxie Buds Easter Workshop - Entomological Art [...]
Historic Photo: Castle Gardens, Lisburn
This delightful Edwardian scene shows the bowling green in Castle [...]
Workshop: Chicks in a nest
Video: Flaxie Buds Easter Workshop - Chicks in a [...]
Local History: How the flag that flew over the GPO on Easter (1916) came to Lisburn
How the flag that flew over the GPO on Easter [...]