A new museum hoping to tell the 350-year history of Irish soldiers and their families in the British Army has been awarded £250,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. UNTOLD: The Museum has unveiled plans to create state-of-the-art centres across two sites in Belfast and Enniskillen. The Belfast galleries are set to open in the summer of 2027 in the restored listed linen warehouse at 28 Bedford Street in Belfast.
Announcing the Heritage Fund support, Hugh Crossey, chairman of UNTOLD: The Museum said it would “hopefully inspire people to see things differently and make meaningful connections across generations“.
The museum’s main objective is to encourage conversations and “make a new and significant social contribution by healing divisions within the community and fostering intra- and inter-community bonds“.
“Though this is an all-island story, historically, not all communities engage with this shared heritage,” a museum spokesperson said.
The museum also has two stained glass windows inside – one representing St Patrick and the other featuring a crown with shamrocks and blue 32 blue dots representing the 32 counties of Ireland.
BZ to our fellow Director, Lieutenant-Colonel Andy Hart, and his UNTOLD Team, for this significant development in their commendable endeavours, and for further enhancing our all island understanding of Ireland’s rich military heritage.
Credit: Parts of this post are excerpts about UNTOLD: The Museum courtesy of a news article on the BBC.CO. UK website.
You can read the full press release on the BBC Website >>
