Your local museum provides a range of learning experiences through which lifelong enthusiasms may be stimulated. These include programmes for schools, workshops, talks, tours, and other participative activities. Through these services people of all ages can learn more about, and share their own knowledge of, history, heritage and cultural identity.
The Northern Ireland Museums Council defines Learning in Museums as a process of active engagement with experience. It is what people do when they want to make sense of the world. It may involve the development or deepening of skills, knowledge, understanding, values, ideas and feelings. Effective learning in museums can lead to change, development and the desire to learn more.
Museums who put learning at the centre of what they do will share their vision of their role and purpose as learning providers and supporters. They will show initiative, be flexible in adapting experiences to the needs of the learner, be open to new ideas and approaches, focus on the outcomes for learners, and develop their staff.
Here you will find a search facility where you can browse Schools and Learning events and programmes taking place in museums throughout Northern Ireland.
Programmes
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'Morning on the Hill- Exploring Armagh'
Key Stage Two Armagh Robinson Library
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An Armada Shipwreck - Guided Tour
Key Stage One Tower Museum
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An Armada Shipwreck - Guided Tour
Key Stage Three Tower Museum
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An Armada Shipwreck - Guided Tour
Key Stage Two Tower Museum
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Applying for a job
Key Stage Two The Argory
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Badge Making
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Badge Making
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Badge Making
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Banners Workshop
Key Stage Four Coleraine Museum
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Banners Workshop
Key Stage Three Coleraine Museum
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Barn Museum - Home and Rural Life
Key Stage Two Craigavon Museum
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Butterflies and Dragonflies
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Butterflies and Dragonflies
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Castle Gardens Clay Workshop
Foundation Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Castle Gardens Clay Workshop
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Castle Gardens Clay Workshop
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Castle Gardens Clay Workshop
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Castle Gardens Treasure Hunt
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Castle Gardens Treasure Hunt
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Changing Times
Key Stage One Springhill
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Christmas Decorations
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Christmas Decorations
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Christmas Decorations
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Civil Rights and Troubles
Key Stage Four Tower Museum
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Costume through the ages
Key Stage One Down County Museum
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Crime and Punishment
Key Stage Three Down County Museum
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Digital Gallery Trail
Key Stage Two Carrickfergus Museum
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Downpatrick: Our Town
Key Stage Three Down County Museum
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Downpatrick: Our Town
Key Stage Two Down County Museum
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Dream Catchers
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Dream Catchers
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Drop Spinning
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Drop Spinning
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Early Bangor
Key Stage Two North Down Museum
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Early Man & Materials
Key Stage Two Mid-Antrim Museum
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Early Man - Digging up the distant past
Key Stage Two Carrickfergus Museum
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Easter Workshops
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Easter Workshops
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Easter Workshops
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Education for Employability
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Egyptian Canopic Jars
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Egyptian Headdress of Tutankhamun Mask
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Egyptian Headdress of Tutankhamun Mask
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Enniskillen - A Model Town
Key Stage One Fermanagh County Museum
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Enniskillen - A Model Town
Key Stage Two Fermanagh County Museum
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Family Crest Wall Hanging
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Family Crest Wall Hanging
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Famine in Fermanagh
Key Stage Three Fermanagh County Museum
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Famine in Fermanagh
Key Stage Two Fermanagh County Museum
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Felt Making
Foundation Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Felt Making
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Felt Making
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Felt Making
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Felt Making
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Felt Making
Post 16 Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Fishing Game
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Fishing Game
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Frame Making
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Frame Making
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Friendship Bracelets
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Friendship Bracelets
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Friendship Bracelets
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Glass Decorating
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Glass Decorating
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Halloween Workshops
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Halloween Workshops
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Halloween Workshops
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Handmade Paper
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Handmade Paper
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Handmade Paper
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Handmade Paper
Post 16 Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Holocaust Memorial
Key Stage Three Fermanagh County Museum
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Homes Now & Then
Key Stage Two Andrew Jackson and US Rangers Centre
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Houses & Homes
Key Stage Two Mid-Antrim Museum
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Hugh Thomson Workshop
Key Stage Four Coleraine Museum
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Hugh Thomson Workshop
Key Stage Three Coleraine Museum
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Hugh Thomson Workshop
Key Stage Two Coleraine Museum
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Hugh Thomson Workshop
Post 16 Coleraine Museum
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Kite Making
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Kite Making
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Kite Making
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Life in Early Times
Key Stage One Fermanagh County Museum
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Life in Early Times
Key Stage Two Down County Museum
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Life in Recent Past
Key Stage One Fermanagh County Museum
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Life in Recent Past
Key Stage Two Fermanagh County Museum
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Life in Viking times
Key Stage Two Down County Museum
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Life on the Canal at Moneypenny's Lockhouse
Key Stage One Craigavon Museum
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Life on the Canal at Moneypenny's Lockhouse
Key Stage Two Craigavon Museum
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Linen Role Play
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Linen Role Play
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Lino Cutting
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Lino Cutting
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Lino Cutting
Post 16 Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Lisburn Town Trail
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Lisburn Town Trail
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Lisburn Town Trail
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Lough Neagh Life
Key Stage One Craigavon Museum
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Lough Neagh Life
Key Stage Three Craigavon Museum
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Lough Neagh Life
Key Stage Two Craigavon Museum
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Lucets
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Lucets
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Lucets
Post 16 Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Make a Bandana
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Make a Bandana
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Make a Bandana
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Matisse Style Placemats
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Matisse Style Placemats
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Me and My Home
Key Stage One Downpatrick & County Down Railway
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Me and My School
Key Stage One Downpatrick & County Down Railway
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Meet the Middle Ages
Key Stage One Fermanagh County Museum
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Meet the Middle Ages
Key Stage Two Fermanagh County Museum
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Merryweather Fire Engine
Foundation Carrickfergus Museum
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Micah's Gallery Trail
Key Stage One Carrickfergus Museum
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Monkey and Dog bones at Carrickfergus
Key Stage Two Carrickfergus Museum
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Mosaic Tiles
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Mosaic Tiles
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Mosaic Tiles
Post 16 Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Movement
Key Stage Two Downpatrick & County Down Railway
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My Environment
Key Stage One Downpatrick & County Down Railway
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Natural Dyeing
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Natural Dyeing
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Natural Dyeing
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Natural Dyeing
Post 16 Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Nature Workshops
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Nature Workshops
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Nature Workshops
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Needlework
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Needlework
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Needlework
Post 16 Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Normans - Tale of a Medieval Town
Key Stage Three Carrickfergus Museum
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Not everyone lived in a castle
Key Stage One Carrickfergus Museum
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Our Lives (WWII and its legacy in the North West and Causeway Regions)
Key Stage Two Coleraine Museum
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Painting Fun
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Painting Fun
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Painting Fun
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Painting Fun
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Paper Mosaic
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Paper Mosaic
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Paper Mosaic
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Paper Plate Masks
Foundation Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Paper Plate Masks
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Paper Weaving
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Paper Weaving
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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People in the Past - Victorians
Key Stage Two Craigavon Museum
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People in the Past - Vikings
Key Stage Two Craigavon Museum
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People in the Past Mesolithic and Neolithic - Oxford Island
Key Stage Two Craigavon Museum
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Plantation of Ulster - Object Handling Workshop only
Key Stage Three Tower Museum
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Plantation of Ulster - Object Handling Workshop only
Key Stage Two Tower Museum
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Play at Carrickfergus - Early Years
Foundation Carrickfergus Museum
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Printmaking
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Printmaking
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Printmaking
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Printmaking
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Printmaking
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Puppet Making
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Rationing and Raids
Key Stage One Mid-Antrim Museum
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Recycling
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Recycling
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Recycling
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Science Week
Key Stage Two Fermanagh County Museum
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Science Week
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Science Workshops
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Seasonal Activities
Key Stage One Newry and Mourne Museum
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Seasonal Activities
Key Stage Three Newry and Mourne Museum
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Seasonal Activities
Key Stage Two Newry and Mourne Museum
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Sixteenth Century Newry
Key Stage Two Newry and Mourne Museum
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St Patrick and the Early Christian Church
Key Stage Two Down County Museum
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Stone Age Man
Key Stage Two Newry and Mourne Museum
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Story of Derry Exhibition
Key Stage Two Tower Museum
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Story of Derry Exhibition - Guided Tour
Key Stage Three Tower Museum
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Sun Catchers
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Sun Catchers
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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T-Shirt Printing
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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T-Shirt Printing
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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T-Shirt Printing
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Temporary Exhibitions
Key Stage Four Newry and Mourne Museum
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Temporary Exhibitions
Key Stage Three Newry and Mourne Museum
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Temporary Exhibitions
Key Stage Two Newry and Mourne Museum
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Temporary Exhibitions
Post 16 Newry and Mourne Museum
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The Bronze Age in North Down
Key Stage Two North Down Museum
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The Evacuees
Key Stage Two Springhill
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The Evacuees
Key Stage Two The Argory
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The Famine and the Workhouse
Key Stage Two Newry and Mourne Museum
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The Home Front in Northern Ireland
Key Stage Two Northern Ireland War Memorial
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The Linen Game
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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The Plantation
Key Stage Three Fermanagh County Museum
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The Way we Live
Key Stage Two Downpatrick & County Down Railway
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Then and Now: Wartime
Key Stage One Craigavon Museum
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Then and Now: Wartime
Key Stage Two Craigavon Museum
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Tommy's Story
Key Stage One The Argory
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Tour of restored 17th & 19th Century Castle Gardens Lisburn
Foundation Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Tour of restored 17th & 19th Century Castle Gardens Lisburn
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Tour of restored 17th & 19th Century Castle Gardens Lisburn
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Tour of restored 17th & 19th Century Castle Gardens Lisburn
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Tour of restored 17th & 19th Century Castle Gardens Lisburn
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Tour of restored 17th & 19th Century Castle Gardens Lisburn
Post 16 Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Tour of Story of Derry Exhibition or Spanish Armada Exhibition
Post 16 Tower Museum
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Tour of the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum - Flax to Fabric Exhibition
Foundation Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Tour of the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum - Flax to Fabric Exhibition
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Tour of the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum - Flax to Fabric Exhibition
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Tour of the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum - Flax to Fabric Exhibition
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Tour of the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum - Flax to Fabric Exhibition
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Tour of the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum - Flax to Fabric Exhibition
Post 16 Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Tours of The Museum
Key Stage Four Newry and Mourne Museum
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Tours of The Museum
Key Stage Three Newry and Mourne Museum
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Tours of The Museum
Key Stage Two Newry and Mourne Museum
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Tours of The Museum
Post 16 Newry and Mourne Museum
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Toys and Games
Key Stage One Down County Museum
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Victorian Holiday
Key Stage Two North Down Museum
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Victorian Lives and Times
Key Stage Two Down County Museum
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Victorian School Day
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Victorian School Day
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Victorian School Day
Key Stage Two Newry and Mourne Museum
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Victoriana
Key Stage Two Springhill
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Victorians - Meet the Weatherup's
Key Stage Two Carrickfergus Museum
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Viking Tour
Key Stage Two North Down Museum
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Vikings
Key Stage Two Fermanagh County Museum
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Walking tour of Newry
Key Stage Two Newry and Mourne Museum
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War of Independence, Civil War and Partition
Key Stage Three Tower Museum
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World War I and Easter Rising
Key Stage Three Tower Museum
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World War II
Key Stage One Down County Museum
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World War II
Key Stage Two North Down Museum
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World War II
Key Stage Two Down County Museum
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World War II & Post War
Key Stage One Tower Museum
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World War II & Post War Workshop
Key Stage Three Tower Museum
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World War II & Post War workshop
Key Stage Two Tower Museum
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World War II Workshop
Key Stage One Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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World War II Workshop
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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World War II Workshop
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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World War Two
Key Stage Two Fermanagh County Museum
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WWII & the US Rangers
Key Stage Two Carrickfergus Museum
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WWII - Yes we have no bananas
Key Stage Two Carrickfergus Museum
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Yarn Weaving
Key Stage Four Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Yarn Weaving
Key Stage Three Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Yarn Weaving
Key Stage Two Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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Yarn Weaving
Post 16 Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
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