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Visitor Services

Opening Times
The Museum opens at 10.00am Monday to Saturday and at 11.00am on Sunday. Closing times vary from 4.00pm to 6.00pm according to the season. The Museum is open throughout the year, closing only for a few days at Christmas. More

Planning a Visit
The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum's site is very large, extending to over 175 acres. With the many attractions and activities in the open-air museum, as well as the extensive Folk and Transport Galleries, most visitors will require more than a full day to see everything.
The following times are suggested as a guide to help plan a visit to the Folk Museum or the Transport Museum. More

Admission Charges 2007/2008
A day ticket to the Folk Museum or to the Transport Museum is £5.50 for an adult and £3.50 for a child (5-16 years). A combined visit to both the Folk Museum and the Transport Museum is £7.00 for an adult and £4.00 for a child (5-16 years). Discounted family, group and concession tickets are available, or you can buy an Annual Ticket and visit as often as you like throughout the year. More

Access for Visitors with a Disability
The size and nature of the Museum may pose some difficulty for visitors with mobility problems. Many areas of the Museum are fully accessible, including all galleries, shops and main catering areas.
Guide dogs and hearing dogs are welcome with their owners.
There is no entry charge for persons with a disability to the Museum. The companion/helper of a wheelchair user, or a blind, partially sighted or deaf visitor is alsow welcome to the Museum free of charge.
Designated car parking for visitors with a disability is available at the main entrance to the Folk Galleries, the Town Car Park, Cultra Manor Car Park, the Rural Car Park and in front of the Irish Railway Collection, Road Transport Galleries and General Transport Galleries.
Visitors are able to drive from one car park to another as they move around the Museum site.
A limited number of wheelchairs is available for use within the galleries and around the site. They are available, subject to demand, at the Reception area of the Folk Galleries and the Irish Railway Collection. Toilet facilities for wheelchair users are available at various locations throughout the Museum.

Tea Rooms and Picnic Areas
Catering at the Museum is operated under a franchise. The new Gilford Tearoom, in Ballycultra Town serves hot and cold meals, snacks and drinks, as does the tea room in Cultra Manor. The Midland Kiosk in the heart of the Irish Railway Collection serves cold snacks and hot and cold drinks. The catering service is provided for Museum visitors during normal Museum opening hours.
There are picnic areas located throughout the Museum. However, the use of portable barbeques by visitors is not permitted for health and safety reasons.

Sunday Carvery at Cultra Manor
On Sundays from September to June you can enjoy a delicious carvery lunch served in the elegant and comfortable surroundings of Cultra Manor. With a full bar service and a resident pianist, your lunch can be followed by a complimentary visit to the Folk Museum's town and rural areas, or indoor galleries.
Booking is advisable to avoid disappointment. Sunday Carvery lunch runs from 12.30 to 3.00 pm. Please telephone (028) 9042 7097 with your reservation, leaving your name, telephone number, preferred arrival time, numbers in your party and any special requirements. Cultra Manor has a wheelchair accessible vertical lift to the first floor and fully adapted facilities on the ground floor.

Museum Shops
The Museum gift shops are located in the Folk Exhibition Galleries and in the General Transport Galleries. They offer a wide range of craft items, souvenirs, books and publications, postcards and a variety of stationery items.
In the Museum's Ballycultra Town there is a corner shop selling sweets and confectionery and a post office selling period newspapers and postcards. Postcards can be posted in the Royal Mail letterbox beside the Temperance Hall Tea Room, where there are daily collections.

The Library
The Museum possesses an excellent library and archive, designed to enable research by both Museum staff and visitors. Members of the public are welcome to use these facilities on a reference basis during office hours.
The library, which is situated in the Museum's Administration building, contains approximately 15,000 books and many periodicals, covering a wide range of topics from cookery to local history, from costume to early motor cars. The archives have an equally wide scope, containing reminiscences, folklore material, railway timetables, maps and much more. More>


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