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Ulster Museum

Ulster Museum is part of the National Museum. You will find it inside Belfast’s settlement. Within 15 km there are 56 more places to visit, starting with Botanic Gardens (300 m).

Where

In Belfast

inside the settlement

How well known

Top 7%

#598 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Museum in Belfast

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#598 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (11 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Belfast

Ulster Museum is inside Belfast’s settlement, with 31 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NISRA’s settlement limits and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Picking your season

June to August are the warmest in Belfast, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C.

Jan8° / 3°94 mm

Feb8° / 2°77 mm

Mar10° / 3°81 mm

Apr12° / 5°66 mm

May15° / 7°68 mm

Jun17° / 10°78 mm

Jul19° / 11°85 mm

Aug19° / 11°94 mm

Sep16° / 10°81 mm

Oct13° / 7°109 mm

Nov10° / 4°117 mm

Dec8° / 2°109 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Belfast, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Belfast. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Belfast’s full climate →

About

Ulster Museum

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 11 languages.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 11 languages
Town: in Belfast
Official site: nmni.com/um

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

The practical side

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Ulster Museum at a glance

Ulster Museum is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Ulster Museum

Largest of the 8 is Belfast, home to 293,298. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Belfast

293,298 people · 51 places to visit

2 · 2.2 km east of it

Metropolitan Castlereagh

58,763 people · 39 places to visit

3 · 4.7 km southwest of it

Metropolitan Lisburn

32,643 people · 14 places to visit

4 · 7.9 km southeast of it

Carryduff

7,173 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Ulster Museum is	People	Places to visit
Belfast	It’s in town	293,298	51
Metropolitan Castlereagh	2.2 km east of it	58,763	39
Metropolitan Lisburn	4.7 km southwest of it	32,643	14
Carryduff	7.9 km southeast of it	7,173	6
Holywood	9.4 km northeast of it	10,757	18
Metropolitan Newtownabbey	11 km north of it	67,599	20
Lisburn	11 km southwest of it	51,447	8
Ballygowan	13 km southeast of it	3,138	0

Make a day of it

Other places close by

2 historic ships, 2 cathedrals and 2 historic houses are among the 56 within 15 km.

GardenBotanic Gardens300 m away 2

Historic shipSS Nomadic3.1 km away 3

CathedralSt Anne's Cathedral, Belfast2.3 km away 4CathedralCathedralSt Peter's Cathedral1.9 km away 5Art galleryArt galleryThe Naughton Gallery at Queen's300 m away · 16K visitors a year 6

Historic houseBelfast Castle6.7 km away 7

Historic shipHMS Caroline4.1 km away 8

Historic houseStormont Castle7.1 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Ulster Museum, answered

Where is Ulster Museum?

Ulster Museum is in Belfast, Belfast, inside the town’s settlement.

What is Ulster Museum?

Part of the National Museum of Northern Ireland.

When is the best time to visit Ulster Museum?

June to August are the warmest months in Belfast, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Ulster Museum?

Within 15 km: Botanic Gardens (300 m), SS Nomadic (3.1 km), St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast (2.3 km) and St Peter's Cathedral (1.9 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in NISRA’s Settlement Development Limits 2015 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

Botanic Gardens: Robert Young, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
SS Nomadic: Irid Escent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast: The original uploader was Stuart at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Belfast Castle: Portwilliamborn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Caroline: Surgeon Oscar Parkes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Stormont Castle: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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