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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Beautiful evening at the Ulster Museum with an audience for a special screening of the first two episodes of Leonard and Hungry Paul. Delighted with the reaction. Thanks so much to BBC Northern Ireland for all the support. They really championed this and made it happen.

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

If you are about Belfast on Saturday I’m giving a gallery tour of Art of the Possible at the @ulstermuseum.org

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Ulster Museum @ulstermuseum.org · 26/07/2025

Happy #Pride, Belfast! To celebrate, we want to share 'Fear', 'The Shame' and 'Chaps' from the series 'The Glamour Boys' (2024) by Simon Dredge. 'The Glamour Boys' celebrates #LGBTQHistory and those who helped pave the way for equal rights. #UlsterMuseum #BelfastPride #Art © Simon Dredge

A circular ceramic, split in half. One half has text reading “here comes the shame”; the other reads “all he cares about it love”. On the left, the out rim reads “be careful”, with the right reading “they’re watching you”. The disc is decorated in plaid patterns.

An orange circular ceramic with the words “fear eats the soul”.

A circular ceramic with a pin triangle decorating the middle. In the triangle are the words “but we bring the fun!” The triangle hides text, which we can just discern reads “those…chaps”.

The three ceramics mounted on a wall together.

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Ulster Museum @ulstermuseum.org · 13/06/2025

New Exhibition | Akihiko Okamura: The Memories of Others An exhibition of rarely seen artworks by internationally important Japanese war photographer #AkihikoOkamura, documenting his relationship with Ireland during the Troubles. Now on display in Art Gallery 4. #UlsterMuseum #NorthernIreland

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Finally I was able to record one of the woodpeckers in the garden this weekend. I feel so privileged to have up to three of these amazing birds visit everyday. Thanks to the free Merlin bird call app.

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I watched it in the City Hospital after having an emergency appendectomy. Ciggie in hand, drip in arm on the TV in the Dayroom. The day before the orderlies asked if I wanted to be put in a wheelchair to go and watch the Twelfth 😳

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I got an enquiry from a US academic about an exhibition held in Belfast in 1935. We had the catalogue in our archive. Who knew the Belfast Museum & Art Gallery @ulstermuseum.org were so forward thinking! #WaltDisney

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

We're Hiring: The National Museum of Ireland is seeking a Curator of Contemporary Irish History 🕔 Deadline: Friday, 18 July 2025 at 17:00 📄 Learn more & apply: www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/... #JobFairy #museumjobs

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Ulster Museum @ulstermuseum.org · 03/07/2025

👃 Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'smells in art' for ‘Scented Visions' at the Watts Gallery. 🌸 'Still Life' by Georges Jeannin overflows with sensory information. You can almost smell the bright bouquet and the slightly acrid odor of the spilt vase water. @artukdotorg.bsky.social‬

A still life painting of a vase of flowers tipped on its side. The bouquet is large and bright, spilling off the edge of the canvas.

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Ulster Museum @ulstermuseum.org · 06/06/2025

#ArtofthePossible celebrates 10 years of collecting contemporary applied art at the #UlsterMuseum This exhibition looks at how artists in mediums like glass, ceramics, metals and wood have pushed their art in ways that could never have been predicted a mere century ago. On display in Art Gallery 3

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

New exhibition opening at the @ulstermuseum.org tomorrow. Art of the Possible showcases 10 years of collecting international contemporary applied art.

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Sophie Cooper @sophcocooper.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Great news! I am recruiting a(nother) PhD student! 'Ulster Americans' is a collaborative PhD with National Museums NI, specifically the Ulster American Folk Park, and is open to home and international students so please spread the word! More details in the link. www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...

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REF: CDP01 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Just the best evening listening to @feedphil.bsky.social talking all things food and travel. So brilliant to meet you and Monica. Thank you for coming back to Belfast.

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Victoria Millar @vmillar.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

We have an exciting CDP studentship opportunity at the Ulster American Folk Park in partnership with Queen's University Belfast exploring Ulster immigrant life in an American city tenement, 1840-1910. For further details visit: www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Testing, testing! Lighting for our new exhibition at the @ulstermuseum Art of the Possible opens on 30 May. Glass: Laura Quinn

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Hannah Crowdy @hannahcrowdy.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

More fantastic feedback to the ‘Wild Ireland: Past, Present, Future’ exhibition at the #UlsterMuseum. People are concerned about the environmental crisis but ultimately hopeful and energised to play their part in protecting our planet.

Handwritten visitor feedback on a cut out leaf shape

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Hannah Crowdy @hannahcrowdy.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

And there are some brilliant ‘Wild Ireland’-inspired creatures in Discover Art at the #UlsterMuseum

Fuzzy felt wall with a range of creatures including those like pterosaurs that are now extinct

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Learn about the exciting plans across the National Museum of Ireland's locations in Dublin and Mayo for 2025. www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/J...

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Join the Conversation at the National Museum of Ireland in 2025

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

So wonderful to see the amazing responses to Wild Ireland: Past, Present, Future at the Ulster Museum. Absolutely love that Julian Friers paintings are inspiring our visitors to draw!

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Come and meet this beautiful girl! Wild Ireland: Past, Present, Future, opens at the Ulster Museum Friday 21st February. Sixty stunning wildlife paintings by Julian Friers.

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Hannah Crowdy @hannahcrowdy.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Exciting new opportunity to work with us at National Museums NI for a year as Assistant Curator of Art. Find out more and apply here www.nijobs.com/job/assistan...

Art gallery with ‘three graces’ sculpture in the centre, two portraits on the back wall which is painted green.

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Come and have a fantastic year working with us! Please repost @UlsterMuseum Assistant Curator of Art www.nijobs.com/job/assistan...

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Your one week exhibition warning! Don’t miss the Hilary Heron exhibition at the FE McWilliam Gallery which closes next Saturday. It is stunning. Congratulations Riann and Seán.

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Can’t wait for you all to see this new exhibition at the Ulster Museum. Opening to the public on 21 Feb, Wild Ireland: Past, Present, Future showcases over 60 amazing wildlife paintings by Julian Friers and his collaboration with curator Dr Mike Simms.

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

30 years working at the @UlsterMuseum today. Spent the day in museums. @museelouvre.bsky.social

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Michael Longley’s Life of Poetry | BBC Radio 3 In honour of the late poet Michael Longley, BBC Radio 3 will rebroadcast the series he made with Olivia O’Leary in 2024 to mark his 85th birthday. Tune in nightly 10th-14th February at 9:45pm. Listen back on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Michael Longley's Life of Poetry, The Early Years

In a 2024 interview, the late poet Michael Longley talks about Belfast and the classics.

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Ken Bartley @kenbartley.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Exhibition Highlight: Cyril’s Trolley by Cara Gordon ARUA artisann.org/collections/... All Welcome and No Booking Necessary ArtisAnn Gallery, 70 Bloomfield Avenue, Belfast, BT5 5AE Wed – Sat: 11am to 5.30pm #art #belfast #landscape #people #stilllife

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

The NMI developing an LGBTQ+ tour for National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks. They are seeking a researcher to work with us on drafting a script for the tour -deadline for applications is 14th February 2025 #history #lgbtihistories #queerhistories www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

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LGBTQ+ Tour Research Project | Decorative Arts & History | National Museum of Ireland

Welcome to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin & Castlebar covering Archaeology, Decorative Arts, Folk & Country Life, & Natural History.FREE Exhibitions

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Tonight I was mostly making these. This is as far as I get to baking. Can you guess?

Big blue bowl, baking ingredients, including marshmallows, digestive biscuits, glacé cherries and condensed milk

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Gorgeous food today at the Dirty Duck, Holywood. First Xmas lunch and not exactly traditional but they do the best seafood.

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

They may be sitting on the same sofa but they are still not friends 😔 Suggestions @misneachhiggins.bsky.social after Miss Frida?

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Amanda @pandamoanimum.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Me watching a film. 1. Start watching. 2. Wonder what I’ve seen one of the actors in before. 3. Google actor. 4. Go to IMDb/their Wikipedia page. 5. Find out every single detail of their entire life. 6. Realise I’ve completely missed the plot of the film and now have no idea what’s going on.

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Belfast Telegraph @belfasttelegraph.co.uk · 07/12/2024

A long-standing UVF mural in north Belfast's Mount Vernon, which bore the words 'Prepared for peace, ready for war' has been destroyed by #StormDarragh

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Fabulous food last night at the Academy Restaurant at the Ulster University. The staff were so brilliant too.

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Mark Simpson @marksimpson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Another programme from the BBC Northern Ireland centenary collection on BBC iPlayer... the Belfast Why Don't You? gang from 1981... www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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100 Years of BBC Northern Ireland - Why Don't You?

Members of the Northern Irish Why Don’t You gang present ideas for games, fun and activities in a 1981 episode of the classic children’s television series.

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Tilly looking particularly glamorous after her grooming session at the Woofy Wash Company. @misneachhiggins.bsky.social

Bernese mountain dog after being groomed.

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Hannah Crowdy @hannahcrowdy.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

What an experience, seeing a play on a bus, blending Greek mythology with Belfast’s recent history with plenty of humour and heart. Fantastic work by @paulamcfetridge.bsky.social and all involved, and thanks to Karen and @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social for being my fellow passengers 🚍

Two women sitting on a bus, one with blonde hair and one with dark hair and glasses

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Hannah Crowdy @hannahcrowdy.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Great to be at the launch of ‘The Oughley Shed’ at PRONI tonight. We were proud to host this at the Ulster Museum as it provides an important window into the poignant story of David Strain, a gay man in NI in the 30s.