Botanic Gardens

The Ulster Museum On Stranmillis Road in Belfast has historic origins, and was first opened to the public in 1833 for a small admission charge. The museum gained the status of a National Museum in 1962, and this prompted a sizeable extension to the original building as well as some sizeable art acquisitions such as a Gainsborough portrait of the First Marquis of Donegall, a Reynolds portrait of Theodosia Magill, later the First Countess of Clanwilliam, a 12ft high canvas of St Christopher by the 17th century Flemish master Jacob Jordaens and a 12ft wide 'veil painting' by the post-war American artist Morris Louis.