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.

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

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

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

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.

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 😳

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

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

👃 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

#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

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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.

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

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...

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!

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.

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...

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

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.

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.

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

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...

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

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...

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

It’s time… ❄️

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

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

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.

Tilly favourite TV is always on Sunday nights. #Asia @misneachhiggins.bsky.social

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

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

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...

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

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 🚍

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.

When you weren’t expecting to see yourself on the Antiques Roadshow… #drownedrat

It was indeed MEGA. Glad to see the Blame Game back on TV.

Lots of flooding around Belvoir Road/Milltown Road - be careful. Picture taken by my passenger before anyone says anything lol

If you haven’t seen these films they are an absolute must.

If you are in London in the near future don’t miss #TheWorldOfTimBurton at the @designmuseum.bsky.social

‘Belfast Stories’: Public asked about design of £100m tourist centre www.bbc.com/news/article...

Thought my first post on 🦋 should be serious museum work! #BarbieTheExhibition @designmuseum.bsky.social