Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh

We're always learning! We were delighted to welcome delegates & staff from the British Museum International Training Programme to the museum recently. Mariana from Mexico, Namrata from India and Chantal from Rwanda joined John from the British Museum to explore our story of emigration.

We were delighted to welcome delegates and staff from the British Museum International Training Programme to all our National Museums last week. Take a read at what one participant, Namrata, thought of the experience.

Flying in to headline this year's Bluegrass Music Festival are American country and bluegrass duo, Darin & Brooke Aldridge. Experience their new generation of bluegrass from Friday 31 August to Sunday 2 September. Book online at www.nmni.com/bluegrass

This weekend we're bringing to life Marita Conlon-McKenna's famous book 'Under the Hawthorn Tree'. Local theatre company Cahoots NI will help dramatise the survival, courage and adventure of young Peggy, Michael & Eily during the realities of the Great Irish Famine. www.nmni.com/whats-on/under-the-hawthorn- tree-play

What a super photo, thanks to Rachel for sharing! It really wouldn't be the summer holidays without a fun day out with the cousins!

Every festivals needs a 5-star girl band and Midnight Racer are bringing just that to our Bluegrass Music Festival next month. Book tickets at www.nmni.com/bluegrass

Lined up to perform at next month's Bluegrass Music Festival are The Allen Family Reunion from London, Ontario. This five piece family band are sure to feel right at home, given that the Allen family were originally from Omagh, having emigrated to Canada in 1849. Book your festival tickets online at www.nmni.com/bluegrass

Flying in to headline this year's Bluegrass Music Festival are American country and bluegrass duo, Darin & Brooke Aldridge. Experience their new generation of bluegrass from Friday 31 August to Sunday 2 September. Book online at www.nmni.com/bluegrass

National Museums NI are currently recruiting for an Audio Digitisation Officer. Find out more about this full time, fixed term role at www.nmni.com/vacancies

Step through the story of Irish Dance with our latest exhibition. We're open from 10am to 5pm today. www.nmni.com/uafp

Explore the story of Irish Dance with our latest exhibition. We're open from 10am to 5pm tomorrow. www.nmni.com/uafp

Planning a day out tomorrow? Take a step back in time with us. We're open from 10am to 5pm. #Omagh

Take a skip and a hop through the story of Irish Dance with a visit to our latest exhibition 'A Step in Time'. We're open every day from 10am to 5pm. www.nmni.com/uafp

Our doors are open every day this week so step back in time from 10am to 5pm. www.nmni.com/uafp

Take a skip and a hop through the story of Irish Dance with a visit to our latest exhibition 'A Step in Time'. We're open every day from 10am to 5pm. www.nmni.com/uafp

Our ‘Stars & Stripes Day’ Business in the Community Northern Ireland initiative went with a swing on Wednesday. Over 30 volunteers arrived from local American businesses to help deliver our busy American Independence Day event. The volunteers were a great asset and were even better at picking up the steps of the Virginia Reel. #4thofJuly

Ain't no festival like a bluegrass festival! Enjoy three days of world-class bluegrass and old-time music with strumming on the porches of log cabins, dancing in the cobbled streets and jamming outside the General Store. A toe-tappin’, knee-clappin’, fingerpickin’ weekend lies in wait.

Blue skies and red hot fun! What wonderful weather to celebrate American Independence Day, and to top it all off, we reached 30,000 Facebook fans!

great place to visit staff excellent - great museum - love the special events!

What lovely friendly and helpful staff in the visitor centre. Very knowledgeable, approachable guides in the exhibits. A real living history. Excellent value for money.

PS ... impressed with the staff in the cafe as well.

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This was an absolutely wonderful experience. I had high expectations, and the Folk Park exceeded them. The buildings, the history, the actors and staff, and the layout took us on a remarkable journey of emigration from historical Ireland to America. Highly recommend!

This is always a good day out , The guides are friendly, knowledgeable and professional . They also put on some of the best events , 4th of July weekend , the Bluegrass festival and their Halloween celebrations are all top entertainment .

The welcome we received on arrival at the reception desk was very helpful and friendly with people who really enjoyed their work. The whole park is very well organised and very disabled friendly and the food is very good in the on site restaurant is to be recommended.

One of the best tours I have ever been on 5/5 you experience what it was really like to immigrate from Ireland to america it’s as if you time zapped back! Great value for £9 pet adult advice is you need a full day to do this tour comfortable as you want time to throughly enjoy reading and viewing the different parts

Me and my partner visited yesterday late January for my birthday we seemed to be the only to customers in the park, freaky story I swore I heard footsteps upstairs in the red American house, and said to my partner ssshh other people will hear u, moments later to realise there was actually nobody up the stairs... He said it was the floor boards but I am 99% sure it was definitely footsteps walking what seemed throughout the upstairs. Weird but leave it up to you to find out. Great day though

Lovely place and very friendly people. I bought some Dolly mixtures in shop as we walked around....they were the best iv ever tasted

I took four of my Grand Children aged 7,8,9 and 10 to park yesterday. We had a wonderful time as the kids took a great interest in the history of our country and the living conditions of our forefathers all those years ago.

The guides were excellent in describing the screen 100 + years ago. They very good with dealing with the kids questions, which were many.

The exhibition indoors and outdoors were very well set up, one of the best I've ever visited.

No doubt we will return soon.

I organised a few hours filming on a Saturday for a special needs group (over 30 children and 20 volunteers on top of that!) and the staff of the Ulster American Folk Park could not have been more professional or helpful.

Every member of staff knew we were coming and knew exactly what we were after. Although we only used a few sites around the grounds I have been at the Folk Park several times and have always enjoyed my time - especially at Halloween, Bluegrass and during the 4th of July celebrations.

On behalf of The Saturday Club I cannot thank the staff enough for how kind they were before and during our visit. You have vastly improved our upcoming production and the kids had the best day jiving in the barn - they felt like real cowboys!

Thank you again for your outstanding service. Could not have asked for better!

I brought my 3 daughters to the Days of Christmas past tour and it did not disappoint. From the minute the tour commenced my children enjoyed every minute of it. They were entertained every step of the way, we learned a lot about Christmas past, we sang Christmas carols and met very believable Santa and Mrs Clause and my children each received fantastic gifts. I would highly recommend this Christmas trail.

Great spot. Love this place for a family day out. The story tellers in the houses are so enthusiastic and interesting. Keep up the good work!

Great day out and met a few characters along the way. Plus the biggest goat I've ever seen. Great day for the whole family

Brilliant day there yesterday. ...Staff were all so friendly and lots of fun.....the specials they put on for Easter were brilliant and the actors down in the village where amazing fun.......loved it all....Thank you all for a great day....oh and had a great wee dance to the lovely music played by the beautiful girl on the violin. ..

Back from the Ulster American folk park last night with my family. Once again it never dissapoints. The Days of Christmas Past was fantastic. The staff were a pleasure to talk to and very helpful as we had a one year old with us they made sure we got to see santa first as she was getting tired. Thank you once again for a brilliant evening

An amazing place, spent a full day here. Knowledgeable, friendly staff. We loved it. Worth every penny of the low admission price.

A fantastic venue to visit. Educational and entertaining. Loads of picnic tables plus a good cafe inside.

Well worth the visit 5*

Wonderful experience with excellent displays! Not enough time to do it justice! Loved the boat experience! Made a vivid impression!

My first visit was slightly spoilt through a misunderstanding re the hire of a mobility scooter..but have to say when it was finally sorted I couldnt fault the kindness of the staff. Very helpful and being 4th July there were so many interesting things happening. Lots to see and some very yummy hot dogs etc. Nothing was too much trouble for the "actors "etc. They were all very eager to chat about the events that they were involved in.I would def like to return.

great place to visit staff excellent - great museum - love the special events!

What lovely friendly and helpful staff in the visitor centre. Very knowledgeable, approachable guides in the exhibits. A real living history. Excellent value for money.

PS ... impressed with the staff in the cafe as well.

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This was an absolutely wonderful experience. I had high expectations, and the Folk Park exceeded them. The buildings, the history, the actors and staff, and the layout took us on a remarkable journey of emigration from historical Ireland to America. Highly recommend!

This is always a good day out , The guides are friendly, knowledgeable and professional . They also put on some of the best events , 4th of July weekend , the Bluegrass festival and their Halloween celebrations are all top entertainment .

The welcome we received on arrival at the reception desk was very helpful and friendly with people who really enjoyed their work. The whole park is very well organised and very disabled friendly and the food is very good in the on site restaurant is to be recommended.

One of the best tours I have ever been on 5/5 you experience what it was really like to immigrate from Ireland to america it’s as if you time zapped back! Great value for £9 pet adult advice is you need a full day to do this tour comfortable as you want time to throughly enjoy reading and viewing the different parts

Me and my partner visited yesterday late January for my birthday we seemed to be the only to customers in the park, freaky story I swore I heard footsteps upstairs in the red American house, and said to my partner ssshh other people will hear u, moments later to realise there was actually nobody up the stairs... He said it was the floor boards but I am 99% sure it was definitely footsteps walking what seemed throughout the upstairs. Weird but leave it up to you to find out. Great day though

Lovely place and very friendly people. I bought some Dolly mixtures in shop as we walked around....they were the best iv ever tasted

I took four of my Grand Children aged 7,8,9 and 10 to park yesterday. We had a wonderful time as the kids took a great interest in the history of our country and the living conditions of our forefathers all those years ago.

The guides were excellent in describing the screen 100 + years ago. They very good with dealing with the kids questions, which were many.

The exhibition indoors and outdoors were very well set up, one of the best I've ever visited.

No doubt we will return soon.

I organised a few hours filming on a Saturday for a special needs group (over 30 children and 20 volunteers on top of that!) and the staff of the Ulster American Folk Park could not have been more professional or helpful.

Every member of staff knew we were coming and knew exactly what we were after. Although we only used a few sites around the grounds I have been at the Folk Park several times and have always enjoyed my time - especially at Halloween, Bluegrass and during the 4th of July celebrations.

On behalf of The Saturday Club I cannot thank the staff enough for how kind they were before and during our visit. You have vastly improved our upcoming production and the kids had the best day jiving in the barn - they felt like real cowboys!

Thank you again for your outstanding service. Could not have asked for better!

I brought my 3 daughters to the Days of Christmas past tour and it did not disappoint. From the minute the tour commenced my children enjoyed every minute of it. They were entertained every step of the way, we learned a lot about Christmas past, we sang Christmas carols and met very believable Santa and Mrs Clause and my children each received fantastic gifts. I would highly recommend this Christmas trail.

Great spot. Love this place for a family day out. The story tellers in the houses are so enthusiastic and interesting. Keep up the good work!

Great day out and met a few characters along the way. Plus the biggest goat I've ever seen. Great day for the whole family

Brilliant day there yesterday. ...Staff were all so friendly and lots of fun.....the specials they put on for Easter were brilliant and the actors down in the village where amazing fun.......loved it all....Thank you all for a great day....oh and had a great wee dance to the lovely music played by the beautiful girl on the violin. ..

Back from the Ulster American folk park last night with my family. Once again it never dissapoints. The Days of Christmas Past was fantastic. The staff were a pleasure to talk to and very helpful as we had a one year old with us they made sure we got to see santa first as she was getting tired. Thank you once again for a brilliant evening

An amazing place, spent a full day here. Knowledgeable, friendly staff. We loved it. Worth every penny of the low admission price.

A fantastic venue to visit. Educational and entertaining. Loads of picnic tables plus a good cafe inside.

Well worth the visit 5*

Wonderful experience with excellent displays! Not enough time to do it justice! Loved the boat experience! Made a vivid impression!

My first visit was slightly spoilt through a misunderstanding re the hire of a mobility scooter..but have to say when it was finally sorted I couldnt fault the kindness of the staff. Very helpful and being 4th July there were so many interesting things happening. Lots to see and some very yummy hot dogs etc. Nothing was too much trouble for the "actors "etc. They were all very eager to chat about the events that they were involved in.I would def like to return.