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Christmas gift for the nation as Peruzzi’s The Nativity saved from export

A painting of the Nativity dating to the early 1500s has been saved from leaving the UK after it was acquired by National Museums NI. The work, painted around 1515 in Rome by the Italian artist Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi, will go on public display ...

24 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

George Cross to recognise Covid efforts goes on display in Belfast

The George Cross is being put on public display in Belfast to recognise the contribution of all health service staff, past and present. The award was presented to the four National Health Services of the UK at a ceremony at Windsor Castle in July ...

03 Mar 2023 at 19:41

Landmark exhibition for one of Belfast’s finest exports

One of Belfast’s finest exports is making a sort-of homecoming with a significant exhibition of his work. More than 70 pieces by Sir John Lavery will go on display in the city where he was born in 1859 before he went on to distinguish himself as ...

21 Feb 2024 at 13:10

Two Caravaggio paintings to have rare reunion at Ulster Museum

Two masterpieces by the painter Caravaggio are set for a rare reunion at the Ulster Museum in Belfast. The Supper at Emmaus and The Taking of Christ, painted in 1601 and 1602 respectively by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, have rarely been ...

29 Mar 2024 at 11:00

Christmas miracle hailed as ‘exceptionally rare’ nativity painting goes on show

The Ulster Museum in Belfast is celebrating giving the Christmas gift of an “exceptionally rare” painting of the nativity to visitors. The Nativity, by Baldassare Peruzzi, dates back to 1515 and has been described as an exceptionally rare ...

12 Dec 2023 at 13:40

Northern Ireland

Renoir painting a first for public collection in Northern Ireland

A Northern Ireland museum has secured the first French impressionist painting in a public collection in the region. The rare landscape by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), L’Allee Au Bois, has been acquired by National Museums NI and is ...

12 Jun 2023 at 18:02

1974 brought back to life through powerful Northern Ireland oral history project

1974 brought back to life through powerful oral history project

The vivid events of 1974 in Northern Ireland have been brought to life in a powerful oral history project. The year that saw the Ulster Workers Council Strike which brought the region to a halt as well as the Sunningdale Agreement is ...

25 Oct 2024 at 07:12

Northern Ireland

Pop-up tattoo parlour forms part of Valentine’s event at Ulster Museum

The opportunity to be tattooed with a masterpiece will be offered at a museum in Northern Ireland on Valentine’s Day. A pop-up tattoo parlour will open at the Ulster Museum in Belfast as part of a late-night adults-only event, and ...

05 Feb 2025 at 16:02

Northern Ireland

Human remains taken from Hawaiian burial caves repatriated from Northern Ireland

Three sets of ancestral human remains taken from burial caves in Hawaii and brought to Belfast in the 19th century have been repatriated. National Museums Northern Ireland returned the remains, known as iwi kupuna in the Hawaiian ...

29 Apr 2025 at 07:17

Blue-green algae from Lough Neagh displayed during Belfast Photo Festival

The plight of Lough Neagh is being highlighted by a major festival with blue-green algae from the lough being displayed in a water cooler. Images of the toxic substance are also being shown on digital billboards as part of the ...

13 Jun 2025 at 14:31

Northern Ireland

75 arts projects across NI to benefit from £2m of funding

More than £2 million has been awarded to creative arts projects across Northern Ireland. Seventy-five organisations have been given the funding totalling £2,114,195 from the Arts Council’s National Lottery Project Funding, to ...

11 Aug 2025 at 09:34

Northern Ireland

Duke Special among musicians awarded grants to purchase new instruments

Composer Duke Special is among a number of Northern Ireland performers who have been awarded funding from a programme aimed at helping musicians replace old worn-out instruments and purchase new ones. The Belfast-based ...

22 Nov 2024 at 11:00

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