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Museums & Galleries: Armagh County Museum, N. Ireland Big Pit National Mining Musem, Wales British Empire Museum, England Ceredigion Museum, Wales Down County Museum, N. Ireland Harbour Museum, Derry, N. Ireland Lough Neagh Discovery Centre, N. Ire. Museum of Welsh Life, Wales National Library of Wales, Wales National Portrait Gallery, Wales North Down Heritage Centre, N. Ireland Old Bushmills Distillery, N. Ireland Palace Stables Heritage Centre, N. Ire. Roman Legionary Museum, Wales Royal Yacht Britannia, Scotland Tower Museum, Derry, N. Ireland Ulster American Folk Park, N. Ireland Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, N. Ire. Ulster History Park, N. Ireland Ulster Museum, N. Ireland Workhouse Museum, Derry, N. Ireland ................................................. _________________________________

County Down attractions: Castle Ward Down Cathedral Down County Museum Dundrum Castle Exploris Aquarium Giant's Ring Grey Abbey Inch Abbey Legananny Dolmen Mount Stewart House & Gardens Nendrum Monastic Site North Down Heritage Centre Ulster Folk & Transport Museum ................................................. _________________________________

Ulster Folk & Transport Museum Holywood, Co. Down, BT18 0EU, UK. Tel. +44 (0) 28 9042 8428

The Ulster Folk & Transport Museum lies six miles east of the city of Belfast, in County Down.

The award-winning museum is one of the finest in the country. Occupying 176 acres of parkland, it recreates Irish life over the years within an atmospheric setting. The main site contains original buildings dating from the past three centuries that have come from all over Ulster, and have been reassembled as an open-air museum. The interiors of the various buildings and dwellings have also been restored and furnished in authentic style, and staff and craftsmen dressed in period costume are on site to answer questions and demonstrate their traditional skills - which include carpentry, blacksmithing, spinning and basket weaving.

Both town and country life are represented. As well as an outdoor village, there are traditional farmhouses, with crops and livestock. Across the road from the folk museum are the transport galleries, which house the largest railway collection in Ireland. Along with the impressive steam locomotives and railway memorabilia, there are displays of aircraft, boats, horse-drawn carts, old Belfast trams, Irish-built cars, motorcycles, bicycles, and a Titanic exhibition. The whole museum is host to a range of special events throughout the year.

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UK Museums & Galleries in our Museum Gallery section:

Armagh County Museum
Big Pit National Mining Musem
British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
Ceredigion Museum
Down County Museum
Harbour Museum
Lough Neagh Discovery Centre
Museum of Welsh Life
National Library of Wales
National Portrait Gallery
North Down Heritage Centre
Old Bushmills Distillery
Palace Stables Heritage Centre
Roman Legionary Museum
Royal Yacht Britannia
Tower Museum
Ulster American Folk Park
Ulster Folk Transport Museum
Ulster History Park
Ulster Museum
Workhouse Museum

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