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!
‘The business life of the community’ – Lisburn Market
Our latest Virtual Museum post is a snapshot of what [...]
‘A Distinguished Ulsterman’ – St Clair Mulholland: the American Civil War Colonel from Lisburn
Bridge Street has been one of Lisburn’s most important areas [...]
A Grand Challenge Match for the Lisburn Air Raid Distress Fund 1941
Today’s Virtual Museum post focuses upon a fascinating item from [...]
Christmas at Lisburn Museum 2022
Come Visit Santa in his Victorian Living Room! He will be [...]
Photo of the week, Bow Street Mall Shopping Centre
Do you remember Crazy Prices in Bow Street, Lisburn? It [...]
Flax Improvement Society Medals 1845 and 1846
As the Irish linen industry grew at the turn of [...]
FREE Children’s Sensory Friendly Festive Craft Session
Join us on Thursday 17th November for some Children’s Sensory [...]
Tutankhamun, Howard Carter, and Lisburn Museum.
This past week marked 100 years since the discovery of [...]
Harry Ferguson and His Monoplane at Hillsborough, 1909
Today's Virtual Museum post pays tribute to inventor Harry Ferguson, [...]
Photographic collection Highlight: Bow Street Lisburn
Can you guess the year of this Bow Street scene? [...]
‘Long may those old and innocent customs be perpetuated in our province’ – Halloween in Lisburn Past
Halloween is with us once again. In shop windows costumes, [...]
‘One of the most honoured members of the community’ – John Millar and the Lisburn Gas Company.
As present day energy costs are never far from the [...]
‘Without parallel in the Kingdom’ – The Hillsborough Wedding Reception of the Earl of Hillsborough and Caroline Frances Stapleton Cotton
In a previous Virtual Museum post we looked at the [...]
Video: Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II and Her Visits to Lisburn
The passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II on 8 [...]
Twenty one years of the Egan Harp at the Lisburn Museum
Harp making has a long history on the island of [...]
‘Nowhere in the British Isles was the tragic passing of His Majesty received with greater sorrow’ – Lisburn and the Death of George VI.
Over the past twelve days the world has been captivated [...]
Our contribution to the The BBC Six Music Museum!
Emma with out 160-year old loom! On 1 September 2022 [...]
‘Lisburn to the Front’ – The Lisburn Wheelers Cycling Club
In the late nineteenth century cycling became a popular pastime [...]
Marriage of ‘the Big Marquis’ – the 1837 wedding of the Earl of Hillsborough and Caroline Frances Stapleton Cotton
Hillsborough Castle, the famous eighteenth century Georgian mansion, which is [...]
Sir George Rawdon has returned to Lisburn for first time in over 350 years
Sir George Rawdon has returned to Lisburn for first time [...]