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Ulster Museum
Botanic Gardens (museum closed until spring 2009 for major redevelopment)
Belfast BT9 5AB
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“Ulster Museum” Frommer's
“Ulster Museum” Wcities.com
“Ulster Museum” Fodors.com
“Ireland: Embraced in Green Velvet” Washington International
TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #27 of 164 attractions in Belfast
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Traveller Description: Museum displaying a collection of early Irish artifacts and treasures from the Spanish Armada.
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Attraction type: Art gallery, History museum
Address: Botanic Gardens
(museum closed until spring 2009 for major redevelopment) Belfast BT9 5AB
Northern Ireland
Tel: 44 28 9038 3000
Fax: 44 28 9038 3003

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“Great museum- Art ...what were you thinking?”
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4 of 5 stars
guatfamily
n.Ireland
1 Jan 2010

We really enjoyed our visit to the museum which looks great and is brilliant for children. But........ the art was totally disappointing, basically only one artist on show and if rectangles don't do it for you, then forget it. more

“Style rather than substance.”
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3 of 5 stars
Kabiven
Northern Ireland
8 Dec 2009

Visited the new revamped museum on a week-day afternoon to avoid all the screaming school-kids. It is brighter and more open-plan than it was before but there seems to be less space now devoted to exhibits and more to fancy stairways and corridors. The sculpture section which I came specifically to see was pathetic - only about 4 exhibits in... more

“fantastic,but a pity about the art gallery”
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4 of 5 stars
roland42
Co Down
1 Dec 2009
1
person found this review helpful

Visited the revamped Ulster Museum recently. it was great: Helpful staff, good cafes and the way the Girona and Mummy are now displayed and explained is superb. However who thought it would be a good idea to fill gallery after gallery with the same type of modern art? I hope it"s only temporary. The rest of the museum was packed... more

“Worth a Visit”
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3 of 5 stars
Mazza57
Melbourne, Australia
30 Apr 2006
5
people found this review helpful

We spent a couple of hours at the Ulster Museum one morning. It's located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, just next to Queens's University. Admission is free. The staff were great, helping us when we obviously looked like we didn't know where to go next, and checking our coats for us. It's not a terribly big museum, and a... more

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Ulster Museum Address

Botanic Gardens | (museum closed until spring 2009 for major redevelopment), Belfast BT9 5AB, Northern Ireland
Tel: 44 28 9038 3000 Fax: 44 28 9038 3003