Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is myths and legends to celebrate 'Cornish Myths & Legends' at Cornwall Museum! Dhruva Mistry was born in India & spent illustrious years in the UK. Much of his work has been concerned with the idea of animal-human hybrids to suggest creatures of fabulous power.

"If you had 30 seconds to sum up your whole time as a nurse, what do you think you would say?" Today is #InternationalNursesDay ❤️‍🩹🩹🩺 Curator of Modern History, Rebecca Laverty, spent time with nurses who spent their careers at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald, Co. Down.

🖼 This week's #OnlineArtExchange is ‘urban landscapes’ for the exhibition 'Underground (And Surface)' @ Guildhall Art Gallery. 🏗 'Cranes, Baker Street' was drawn and painted by Kenneth Shoesmith, who travelled the world and designed travel posters for the Royal Mail Line and for Southern Railways.

Our Fashion and Textiles collection holds around 5000 objects, from 16th century needlework to today's fashion - painstakingly rebuilt from the ashes of a collection destroyed by a fire in 1976. Join Curator Charlotte McReynolds in retracing the journey from ashes to fashion → bit.ly/4d4u4pS

'Making Her Mark: A Celebration of Women in Art' opens today at penleehousegallery.bsky.social, and to celebrate, this week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'women artists'. What an excellent opportunity to share 'I Overslept Until the Evening' (2014) by Makiko Kudo!

💃 Have you ever danced so hard that you've melted your dress? Watch as Bethany Skuce, Object Conservator, works on a dress made from gelatine sequins → bit.ly/4vzIVQo #AshesToFashion #FashionConservation #FashionHistory

On this day 85 years ago, Belfast suffered the second of four air raids that have come to be known as the Belfast Blitz. In 1941, Belfast played an increasingly important role in the war effort - but it was not well defended against an attack from the air.

Have you had a look at this astonishing little box in #AshestoFashion? 🔍 On Saturday 18th April, Dr Lynn Hulse examines the environment in which girls from middle & upper-class backgrounds learned to ply their needle, the training they received & the images they chose to stitch → bit.ly/3O6StBH

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘ancient art’ for Gladiators of Britain & Uncovering Roman Carlisle at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social! Inniscaltra, also called Holy Island, is an island in Lough Derg. The monastery was founded by St Caimin in the 600s, but was burned by Vikings in 836 and 922 AD.

"Anyway, here's Wonderwall." Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'music' for 'A Grand Chorus: The Power of Music' @ the Foundling Museum. Judging by her cherubic friend's face, we can only assume the sitter was a beginner. @artukdotorg.bsky.social Lady with a Guitar (c.1600s), unknown. BELUM.U210

Takabuti has become an iconic resident at the museum. But who was she? How did she come to be in Northern Ireland? And what is her future? This video features some of the perspectives we’ve been listening to regarding ways of honouring and respecting Takabuti, a mummified woman from Ancient Egypt.

This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'tiles'. The tiles of this renaissance church is just one impressive feature captured by Dirck van Delen. Architectural painting reached its peak in the work of seventeenth-century Dutch artists, who notably used architecture as a subject in its own right.

Last weekend was the highlight of Monaco’s social calendar: the 70th edition of the Rose Ball. This beautifully cut outfit was worn to the 1988 #RoseBall by Princess Caroline of Monaco. It was designed by Marc Bohan, whose tenure at Dior was marked by classic elegance and tailoring. #AshesToFashion

✋The Shrine of St. Patrick’s Hand dates from the fourteenth or fifteenth century. It is still used to hold a relic believed to belong to Saint Patrick. ☘ 600 years later, the shrine is still in use today during St. Patrick’s Day mass at St. Patrick’s Church, Belfast. Learn more → bit.ly/4s8lFaj

You can now read a new page of the Catalogue of The Native Plants of Ireland by #JohnTempleton (1766-1825), on loan from @rialibrary.bsky.social Paper Conservator Harriet Gillespie shares with us why she turns the pages of books on display. #UlsterMuseum #Botany

This week’s #OnlineArtExchange is ‘books’ for 'Lady Chatterley’s Cover: The Book Designs of Stephen Russ’ at Chippenham Museum @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social It felt only fitting to share some photographs in our collection of the Old Linenhall Library 📚

Throughout Ashes to Fashion and Discover Fashion, the artistry, creativity, skills and vision of women are on display. This International Women’s Day, take a closer look at the female designers behind some of our most stunning pieces 🧵:

This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is art that explores the home, to mark the exhibition 'Catherine Opie: To be Seen' at National Portrait Gallery. 'Medical Students' by Gerard Dillon presents the everyday of shared student rooms - spaces where study, conversation and sleep happened side by side.

ASHES TO FASHION | NOW OPEN 👗 Enjoy this sneak peek of the sewing together of the exhibition 🧵 Book your tickets to Ashes to Fashion now → www.ulstermuseum.org/temporary-ex... #UlsterMuseum #AshesToFashion

Today’s #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘renewal’ to celebrate our very own exhibition opening tomorrow, ‘Ashes to Fashion’ 💃 Just next door to ‘Ashes to Fashion’ you’ll find ‘Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Joscelyne: The Second Marriage’ (1972) by Anthony Green. @artukdotorg.bsky.social

This week’s #OnlineArtExchange is ‘light and dark’ 🌗 Looking furtively out from under the brim of his hat, a somewhat raffish young man - 'The Tipster', his face partly in shadow - seems to be offering the spectator a tip (presumably at a price). @artukdotorg.bsky.social

We are thrilled to share this new blog post by Rebecca Cairns about Irish botanist, John Templeton (1766-1825), and his seminal manuscript catalogue of native Irish plants, which we have loaned to @ulstermuseum.org for a special display celebrating 200 years of his legacy. www.ria.ie/blog/the-cat...

It's hard to feel blue in a room full of yellow - especially when there's a cat involved! 'Yellow Bungalow' depicts a cottage interior on Inishlacken, an island off the Galway coast where Gerard Dillon lived during 1950-51.

This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'bold and colourful art' to celebrate the exhibition 'Colour: A season of shades, tints & tones' @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social! 'Untitled' by Alice Berger Hammerschlag is a stunning example of her abstract work.

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'angels and guardians'🪽 Phoebe Anna Traquair was a Dublin-born artist known for her contributions to the Arts and Crafts movement in Scotland. Skilled in mediums incl. painting, manuscript illumination & embroidery, she also had an interest in jewellery design.

This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is, of course, Christmas! It looks like we won't be having a white #Christmas this year, so enjoy 'Winter above Ligoniel' by Frederick W. Hull instead. #UlsterMuseum #Art @artukdotorg.bsky.social

🌼 New display alert 🌼 John Templeton (1766–1825) was a Belfast-born and based pioneer of Irish botany. He advanced our understanding of plant biodiversity at a time when Irish flora was not well-known, methodically observing, recording, and illustrating the plants of this place.

This week's #OnlineArtExchange is 'the natural world' to mark the exhibition 'The Nature of Gothic' at Blackburn Museum 🌅 'Nature Rhythm - Dawn (Sunrise Meditation)' (1930), by Art O'Murnaghan, is an exquiste work of ink & gouache on card. #UlsterMuseum #Art @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Congratulations to Jonathan Anderson for winning Designer of the Year at the #FashionAwards! Born in Magherafelt, NI, Anderson has gained an international reputation for his highly innovative designs. He was appointed creative director of Loewe in 2013 & the sole creative director of Dior in 2025.

This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'emotion' to celebrate the opening of 'Subversive Forms: Revolutionary approaches to clay', an exhibition at @chippenham_museum On display now in our exhibition 'Art of the Possible' is this astonishing piece by Peter Ting and Zha Cai Duan.

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'most dramatic artworks' 🎭 'Cassandra' (c.1863-64) by Frederick Sandys depicts the tragic cries of Cassandra - bestowed with the gift of prophecy, cursed to have no one believe her. #UlsterMuseum #Art #GreekMythology @artukdotorg.bsky.social

If you've spotted the murmuration at Albert Bridge in recent weeks, you might've noticed that the current flock is smaller than this one. Conor McKinney, founder & chair of Wild Belfast, talks about the passionate work it took to save the iconic sight of a murmuration over Belfast → bit.ly/3ZQ9Rx2

👻 Did you know we had a real photograph of a ghost in our collection?! Well - sort of. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, some photographers claimed that they could capture spirits on camera. In reality, a variety of techniques were used to create the illusion of a haunting.

This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'autumn' 🍂 'Field Workers' by William Wells is a painting of workers in a field on a breezy effervescent autumn day, masterly in execution and full of atmosphere. #UlsterMuseum #Autumn @artukdotorg.bsky.social 🎨: 'Field Workers', William Wells. BELUM.U2038

This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is glamour to celebrate the NPG's exhibition 'Cecil Beaton's Fashionable World'! John Lavery's 'The Red Hammock' (1936) oozes glamour, the subject lounging in a hammock wearing white ruffles, shading herself from the sun with a parasol. @artukdotorg.bsky.social

🐶 Taking a photo with your pet? Not a modern concept! 🐾 Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'animals', so here's a selection of three paintings from our collection with the most adorable dogs! #UlsterMuseum #Art #Portraiture #Dogs #Puppies @artukdotorg.bsky.social

If you missed 'Wild Ireland', you can still watch our curator tour with wildlife painter Julian Friers and Curator of Geology Dr. Mike Simms. Watch the full video here → bit.ly/48cdVfZ #UlsterMuseum #WildIreland #WildlifeArt #WildlifePainter #WildlifeArtist #BirdPaintings

"Take a deep breath and choose one painting. And just let it talk to you". Relax into your Monday and look at some art with Senior Curator of Art, Anne Stewart 🔍 🖼️ #UlsterMuseum #ArtCollection #ItalianPaintings #FlemishPaintings #DutchPaintings #ItalianArt #FlemishArt #DutchArt #ArtHistory

This week’s #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘Victorian’, to celebrate the exhibition ‘Victorian Treasures from Cecil French and Scott Thomas Buckle' at Leighton House. Painter W. G. Mackenzie studied in Belfast, London and Paris and was a regular exhibitor at the Belfast Art Society.

These astonishing pieces on display in 'Art of the Possible' were crafted by Steffen Dam, a glass artist from Denmark. Dam’s inspiration comes from the natural world, particularly marine & plant life. 'Marine Group' (2019) echoes the specimen jars held in the our Natural Sciences spirit collection.

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

Assistant Curator Agrippa Njanina shares his story of rediscovering the #mbira, a traditional instrument from Zimbabwe, and how it travelled with him to Northern Ireland. Read Agrippa's blog and watch the full video → bit.ly/3V8z1UW #TraditionalMusic #AfricanMusic #MusicHeritage #CulturalHeritage

🐱This week’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘Welsh art and artists’ to celebrate the exhibition ‘From the Collection’ opening at Oriel Môn this weekend. What better artwork to share than ‘Cat’ by Pembrokeshire-born Gwen John! #UlsterMuseum #Cat #Cath

Wild Ireland contains 60 original paintings by renowned wildlife artist Julian Friers. Tour the exhibition and explore the paintings with Julian and Dr Mike Simms, as they discuss Julian's love of birds, his methods and how he blends science with art. Watch the full video here → bit.ly/45pTlWB

It's #AugustCraftMonth! 'Bird' (2018) by Bruce Marks is on display in 'Art of the Possible'. With 'Bird', Marks has stripped back the form of a bird to its essentials, where it retains its undeniable bird-like quality. The bright red opening of the glass sculpture mimics the gaping beak of a bird.

This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is abstract art, and who else to feature but #MainieJellett? Born in Dublin, she studied at the Metropolitan School of Art and Westminster School of Art in London, later moving to Paris. By 1923 she was painting in a completely abstract, Cubist-inspired style.

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

Beulah Oluwadamilola Abu, an MA graduate in Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies @ulsteruni.bsky.social, has conducted research on the Ibeji figures from Nigeria in our World Cultures collection. Read her insights into their deep cultural and spiritual significance → bit.ly/457yMy1

🤳 This week's theme for @artukdotorg.bsky.social's #OnlineArtExchange is 'self portraits'! 'Self Portrait' (1945-49), by James Sinton Sleator, is just one of many self portraits the artist painted; Armagh County Museum hold this painting, also titled 'Self Portrait', in their collection.

This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is summer ☀ 🕶 Northern Ireland is finally warming up in time for the long weekend. For many of us, that means an afternoon lounging in Ormeau Park. 🎨 'Horseshoe Flower Bed in Ormeau Park, Belfast' (c.1910) by Hans Iten, captures the lovely scenes ahead of us.