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Retrofitting – Realising the Advantages

Thursday 2nd May
CITB–Construction Skills NI, Nutts Corner Training Centre, 17 Dundrod Road, Crumlin, BT29 4SR
Cost: £85 plus VAT (£75 for CIH members)

Crisis and the Northern Ireland Heritage Revolution of the 1960s

Friday 3rd May
Monuments and Buildings Record, Waterman House, 5 – 33 Hill Street, Belfast
Free

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Leaf–Beetles

Wednesday 8th May
Crom, Fermanagh
£10

A Sense of Place: Sense in Place Names

Thursday 9th May
Naíscoil Charn Tóchair, Tír Chiana, Machaire Rátha
Free

Fifth Annual Maguire History Weekend

Friday 10th May
Enniskillen Castle Museums
£100 (£80 for Friends of Fermanagh County Museum)

Series of Natural History Courses

Friday 10th May
Field Studies Council Derrygonnelly
TBC

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Down Heritage Network Conference

Saturday 18th May
Down County Museum
Free

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Presentation on oil and gas extraction, fracking and the Lock the Gates Movement with Dr Mariann Lloyd–Smith

Saturday 25th May
The Long Gallery, Parliament Buildings, Belfast
Free

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Life in Early Years

Friday 8 April 2011 - 30/06/11

Down County Museum

This curriculum linked visit provides an active learning experience which explores evidence for the first settlers in Ireland and compares and contrasts the range of materials and technologies introduced by them.  Pupils will handle a comprehensive range of objects, take part in practical activities, work in groups nad participate in a craft acitivity.

Pupils will learn about
How evidence is used
Mesolithic people, food and tools
Neolithic people, food, tools and materials
Evidence for beliefs and ritual
Bronze Age people, technology and weapons

The visit lasts one and half hours and costs £1.50 per pupil

 

Cost   More Details £1.50 per pupil
Time   More Details 10am - 5pm Mon - Fri, 1 - 5pm Sat - Sun
Contact   More Details Dolores McAleese
028 4461 5218
www.downcountymuseum.com