Pamela Louderback, Day 68

We visited the Ulster Museum today – a wonderful collection of history art and natural history.  There were four floors and four zones: Welcome Zone, Art Zone, Nature Zone and History Zone.  The museum focuses primarily on Northern Ireland.  There were a multitude of British and Irish artists highlighted as well as European and American artists.  The history and nature zone did focus primarily on Northern Ireland. 

The Ulster Museum is on the edge of the Botanic Garden, which is a wonderful asset to Belfast.  Unfortunately we did not get to go inside any of the greenhouses, but all the trees, shrubs and ornamentals were impressive.  Both the museum and garden are adjacent to Queens University.

                                                              View of the different levels.

                                       Some Irish pottery, including the figurine of the Whippets.

History of the wolf in Ireland.

Entrance to the Botanic Gardens, adjacent to the Ulster Museum.