At the Linen Hall Library, we believe in exercising your mind – and your body! We are, therefore, delighted to announce that Team Linen Hall will be running the 2019 Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon on Sunday 5 May. The Linen Hall Library is one of Belfast’s oldest charities. This…...
Official Launch of Linen Hall ‘Women in the Archives’ Project Today
Participants Sought to Help ‘Make the Future’ With Launch of €1.82m Cross-Border Cultural Programme A new cross-border cultural programme, Making the Future, which will empower 5,000 people to use museum collections and archives to explore the past and create a powerful vision for future change, has launched today (Friday…...
The Trauma of Persecution and Loss of ‘Home’ Are Poignantly Expressed Through Art in New Linen Hall Exhibition
THE TRAUMA OF PERSECUTION AND LOSS OF ‘HOME’ ARE EXPRESSED THROUGH ARTWORK CREATED BY SURVIVORS OF CONFLICT IN NEW LINEN HALL EXHIBITION Launching on 10 January, Torn From Home: Remembering the Holocaust expresses the horror and long-term repercussions of conflict felt by affected people through a series of textiles, personal…...
Linen Hall Powers Into New Year With Two New Exhibitions Centred Around Conflict and Robert Burns
Intricate textiles created in areas of conflict around the world feature in the exhibition Torn From Home: Remembering the Holocaust at the Linen Hall from 10 January. And it’s a Burn’s bonanza this month with an exhibition and events around our world-famous Burns collection, the second largest outside of Scotland.…...
January – March 2019 What’s On Guides Now Available
The Linen Hall Library’s What’s On guides listing all events for January – March 2019 are now available in the Library, through Northern Ireland Tourist Information Centres, and at various venues throughout Belfast. You can also view and book our events online at https://linenhall.com/events/ Click here for January – March…...
December at the Linen Hall Is Full of Christmas Crackers to See Out Our 230th Year
The Linen Hall waves goodbye to its 230th year in December with two stunning art exhibitions Stickin Out and Breathing Space running throughout the month. Get into the Christmas spirit with a performance of Dickens Creates Scrooge on the 12 December which examines the famous Dickens’ book A Christmas Carol,…...
Linen Hall Has Two Job Vacancies for Forthcoming Project
The Linen Hall Library has two job vacancies for the forthcoming funded digitisation and outreach project ‘Seen and Heard’ – Evolution of Women’s Lives in Northern Ireland – 1965 – 2018. The project is funded by Heritage Lottery Fund – Northern Ireland. The two vacancies are (click through for information):…...
