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08/06/2026

Surfing in Ireland in the 1960s 🏄

☀️ It's the 1960s and surfing is having its heyday in warm weather areas like California and Hawaii. Golden bodies, hot sunshine and white beaches - all underscored by a Beach Boys soundtrack.

Ireland in the 1960s was a very different place. With dangerous rocks and cold waters, no one had dreamed of navigating these waves with a board, until a few local hardy souls began eyeing these waters very differently.

🎥 Watch Celtic Wave | Episode 1 now on YouTube → https://bit.ly/4epzqg5

06/06/2026

🏁 And we’re off! The Cultra Motorsport Festival has officially begun!

Can’t make it in person? Catch all the action live here → https://www.youtube.com/live/HF-nfdLz114?si=t95ySn-UdWi8w5l9

Livestream of the starting line camera at the famous Cultra hill cl...

05/06/2026

This Volunteers’ Week, we’re proud to celebrate and thank our fantastic volunteers at Ulster Transport Museum.

Your skills, enthusiasm and care help preserve and share Northern Ireland’s transport and engineering heritage.

You play a vital role in keeping these collections moving and meaningful for visitors of all ages.

We are so grateful for everything you do. Thank you.

05/06/2026

🏁Ready, steady, go! Cultra Motorsport Festival returns this Saturday 6th June at Ulster Transport Museum.

Come along to this action-packed day of racing, live entertainment, family activities and incredible vehicle displays!

🍃Parking will be limited, so make use of our Green Ticket and get 20% off the admission price for choosing to travel via public transport.

🎟️Final tickets available here → https://www.ulstertransportmuseum.org/whats-on/cultra-motorsport-festival

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📸Photo Credit: Graham Baalham-Curry

30/05/2026

It's beach weather! 🏖️🌞

Do you recognise this iconic spot for an ice-cream and a dander around the pier? 🍦

This photograph is from the W. A. Green collection. W. A. Green was a photographer working across Ulster in the late 1800s-early 1900s. He would often take his family with him in his Ford Model T to capture the natural and cultural landscapes of Ireland.

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Explore his work → https://bit.ly/4dLhGu7

25/05/2026

Feel the roar of engines at Cultra Motorsport Festival! 🚗

Join us on Saturday 6th June for the Cultra Hill Climb, see incredible classic and modern cars, and enjoy a great day out for all ages.

🍃 Go green and save 20%! Travel by bus or train and enjoy discounted entry with our Green Ticket.

🎟️Book now https://www.ulstertransportmuseum.org/whats-on/cultra-motorsport-festival

Photo credit: Graham Baalham-Curry

12/05/2026

🏁 Now that the chequered flag has waved for this year's NW 200, it’s time to look ahead to another iconic race happening in Ulster…

This weekend, Red Bull is hosting a soapbox race at Stormont. Competitors will race in their homemade soapboxes - the more fun and extravagant the better!

If you ever find yourself building your own soapbox or go-kart, we’d like to submit these vehicles in our collection for aesthetic inspiration…

1. If you're looking for something iconic, this miniature Ulsterbus, built by employees of the Northern Ireland Road Transport Board, is just the (bus) ticket!
2. Austin pedal car - perfect size for a soapbox car, but looks as fancy as a Rolls Royce.
3. Daimler pedal car, in the happiest colours around.
4. Cheetah car, custom made for Davy Jones and as stylish as you’d want any car to be.

09/05/2026

🏎️Cultra Motorsport Festival returns to Ulster Transport Museum on Saturday 6th June!

Continuing a tradition that dates back to 1905, the motorsport hill climb races will take place throughout the day around Cultra Manor, which is on the grounds of the Ulster Folk Museum, Cultra - right beside the Transport Museum

Book Cultra Motorsport Festival tickets https://www.ulstertransportmuseum.org/whats-on/cultra-motorsport

🍃Taking public transport? Get one of our green tickets for a 20% discount on admission to the Cultra Motorsport Festival (proof of transport ticket required on arrival).

📸Photo Credit: Graham Baalham-Curry

08/05/2026

Ahead of the final North West 200 race tomorrow, we thought it apt to share this recently acquired photograph of David Andrews competing in the 1951 event.

It is part of the recently launched Edna Andrews collection, which is on display in our ‘Driven’ exhibition in the B Galleries of the Ulster Transport Museum.

Although Edna did not compete in the NW200, she did compete - and win - the Ladies Circuit of Ireland the following year in 1952.

06/05/2026

👀We heard motorsport presenter, Grace Webb, is at the North West 200 this week!

So we're looking back to the time Grace visited our iconic motorbike display at Ulster Transport Museum, featuring seven bikes belonging to local road racing legends.

See what Grace had to say in the video below, and book tickets to see our Bikes display here → https://www.ulstertransportmuseum.org/whats-on/bikes

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