Situated in the Botanic Gardens
it's collections include contemporary international art, Irish art,
Irish furniture, glass, silver, ceramics, and costume, and a display
of life in Ireland over 9,000 years.
Perhaps the best known collection
is the gold and silver jewelry recovered by divers in 1968 from the
Spanish Armada treasure ship Girona, wrecked off the Giant's
Causeway in 1588.
| Ulster Museum
Botanic Gardens
Belfast |
Local chieftain Sorley Boy MacDonnell who lived in nearby
Dunluce Castle salvaged some of
the treasure from the wreck and used the proceeds to repair
the castle.
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