As we home educate, we use museums alot. We really enjoyed the Ulster Museum, and as an added plus, its free. they have pretty wide variety of exhibits, the basic fare you would expect from a museum, a dinsoaur statue, a mummy several works of art and so, as well as a number of items of Ulster's own history.

As we go for a children's day out though, my main interest is the family friendly activities, and there are an adequate amount. First, you get the treasure hunt map and stickers from the front desk. this really adds to teh fun for children as they search out each item, although after 2 trips we gave up and got help to find the salamnder. Then there is the toys room, dressing up clothes the children can try on , books and all sorts of toys from times gone by or different countries. Finally, there is the Natural History room with all kinds of hands on exhibits, a microscope, butterflies in cases, fossils they can touch, and even a window overlooking a huge bird feeding station.

If you do visit, please remember the museum is closed on Mondays.