The Virtual Museum is open…
Welcome to the Virtual Museum
The Covid-19 pandemic forced the Museum to close its doors in late March 2020. It was time to stay at home, and practice social distancing.
Although the Museum building closed, the museum service 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!
Object: Penny-farthing bicycle, c.1885
Penny-farthing bicycle, c.1885 (LMILC.1987.9, purchased) The penny-farthing was an early [...]
Illustration: Preventing potato disease in Ireland, 1890
Illustration, 'Potato disease in Ireland: timely measures to check it', [...]
Reconstruction of Moira Demesne, c.1725
Reconstruction of Moira Demesne, c.1725. Pen and watercolour by Phillip [...]
Object: Sir George Rawdon Portrait
In 2022 the museum acquired this portrait of Sir George [...]
Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum selected for UK’s landmark touring exhibition project ‘Going Places’
The Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum is one of [...]
Object: Beehive skep
Beehive skep (LMILC.1992.26, given by Hugh Bass) A 'skep' is [...]
Photo: Ginesi’s Fish and Chip Shop, Market Square
The Classic Supper Saloon, or Ginesi's, was a [...]
Moira Demesne Community Archaeology Project 2025
Moira Demesne Community Archaeology - June 2025 In summer 2018 [...]
Photo: The Lambeg Dancers, Ballinderry, 1933
Folk dancing at Ballinderry, 1933 (ILC&LM Collection) The Lambeg Irish [...]
Point Paper: Royal St. George’s Golf Club, Sandwich, c.1930
Point paper, Royal St. George's Golf Club, Sandwich, by Coulsons [...]
‘Boy with rabbit’, by Samuel McCloy (1831-1904)
'Boy with rabbit', watercolour by Samuel McCloy (1831-1904) (LMILC.1997.99.56, given [...]
Apply now! European Heritage Open Days 2025
Do you own a historic building or site within Lisburn [...]
VE Day 80 – Talks Programme
VE Day celebrations in London, 8 May 1945 (©IWM)We are [...]
Talk – ‘A potted history of Drumbo’, by Paul Allison
Our Museum Service Manager, Paul, is giving a talk on [...]
Photo: Young Street, Lisburn
Young Street, Lisburn, c.1910 (ILC&LM Collection)
Photo: American soldiers in Lisburn
American soldiers, possibly in Lisburn, c. 1943 (LMILC.2024.204.08, gifted by [...]
Postcard: ‘Greetings on St. Patrick’s Day’
Postcard, 'Greetings on St. Patrick's Day' (LMILC.1990.135) This postcard features [...]
Maureen Louisa McKinney, née Crothers (1919-2003)
WVS uniform, c.1941 (LMILC.1989.81, gifted) Our exhibition marking the [...]
Book: ‘Practical arithmetick’, by John Gough
John Gough, Practical arithmetick in four books (revised ed., Belfast, [...]
Postcard: ‘Heart of Lisburn’, 1910
Postcard, 'Greetings from the heart of Lisburn', 1910 (LMILC.2003.95, gifted) [...]