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Engage in traditions and the way of life, past and present, of the place many of us call home. There are so many ways you can reconnect with heritage and the environment at the museum through themes of making, growing and living that can teach us about how to live today.

From seasonal events and hand-picked programmes to discovering our folk collection, here are all the ways you can get involved.

Take a guided tour of Ballycultra and our authentic exhibit buildings with our costumed guides. 

Ulster Folk Museum Highlights Tour 

Farmer leaning on a gate with three kids standing beside him, one dressed in a long sleeve blue top with back to camera, another in a white t-shirt and this kid is look round at the camera, holding a bucket being used to feed a pig. Another child with long dark hair in a ponytail has her back to the camera, wearing a blue t-shirt. Another adult is also just in shot, wearing a coat and looking down at the pig behind the gate.

Bring any little ones in your life along to the Folk Museum to experience what it was like to live in a rural farmhouse over 100 years ago.

Kids on the Farm

A selection of materials and natural dyes

A workshop exploring the world of natural dyes.

Natural Dye Workshop

Languages of Ulster at Ulster Folk Museum

An educational, self-guided tour of the museum exploring the story of the Irish language through the places and people of Ulster Folk Museum.

Cúl Trá-il

A two-day event celebrating traditional crafts and heritage skills.

Festival of Making

Join our textile curator, Valerie Wilson, for this one day practical sewing workshop.  

Bags of Style

An Autumn Gathering

Glass jars some with gold lids, others with red lids, with handwritten labels for cordial flavours.

Join our expert visitor guide, Claire at the Folk Museum, to learn how to make your own cordials in this three-hour workshop.  

Cordial Making Workshop

A series of intimate curator talks that take place in our beautiful buildings.

Homes in Focus: Duncrun Cottier’s House

Emma Brennan ‘Call from an Olive Room’ 

An exhibition of contemporary artwork on the theme of heritage skills and crafts.

Gintlíocht 

Showing a parent and child from behind sitting at a table doing clay crafts.

Get hands-on making heritage crafts and artisanal things at our museum this Summer, through to Autumn.

Making: Get hands-on with heritage

A person wearing a blue shirt carrying a wicker basket with hand-picked green apples inside the basket.

Get involved in nature and environmental activities through our 'Growing' programme that will launch in Spring and re-emerge in Autumn during Harvest.


Growing: Get involved in nature and the environment

Group of people sitting around a table laughing at storytelling

The Ulster Folk Museum has preserved and interpreted the way of life and traditions of this place for over half a century.

Living: Collections and archives

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Our talented team of demonstrators, visitor guides and first person interpreters are here to take you on a journey to discover the past and how it connects to our present. Every day you'll be able to witness a selection of our talented demonstrators at work, keeping these traditional heritage skills alive for the next generation. 


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What's On

Events

Ulster Folk Museum Highlights Tour

Kids on the Farm

Natural Dye Workshop

Cúl Trá-il

Festival of Making

Bags of Style

An Autumn Gathering

Cordial Making Workshop

Homes in Focus: Duncrun Cottier’s House

Coming Soon

Gintlíocht

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Making: Get hands-on with heritage

Growing: Get involved in nature and the environment

Living: Collections and archives

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Daily Demonstrations

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