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Ulster American Folk Park
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Ulster American Folk Park
Mellon Road
Castletown
Omagh
BT78 5QY
Tyrone
Northern Ireland
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Two guides in traditional dress at Ulster American Folk Park
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Collection details
Agriculture, Architecture, Archives, Costume and Textiles, Land Transport, Maritime, Medicine, Personalities, Social History
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Facilities
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Specialist Library dealing with Emigration history.
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Contact details
General information (Tel)
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028 8224 3292
Group Bookings (Tel)
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028 8225 6320
Collections (Tel)
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028 8225 6310
Centre for Migration Studies (Tel)
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028 8225 6315
Residential Centre/Restaurant (Tel)
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028 8224 0918
All Departments (Fax)
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028 8224 2241
Residential Centre/Restaurant (Fax)
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028 8225 1703
General enquiries
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info@uafp.co.uk
Education
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education@uafp.co.uk
Collections
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pat.odonnell@uafp.co.uk
Centre for Migration Studies
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uafp@iol.ie
Website
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www.folkpark.com
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Open
April-September
Mon-Sat 1030-1630 Museum closes 1800
Sun & public holidays 1100-1700 Museum closes 1830
October-March
Mon-Fri 1030-1530 Museum closes 1700
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Closed
Closed weekends from October- March, and also from Christmas to New Year's Day
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Admission charges
Adults £4.50
Concession (children 5-16, senior citizens, disabled persons) £2.50
Family Ticket £11.00
Adults Groups, 5Op reduction on the full rate for groups with 20 or more full paying adults (adults £4.00, concession £2.50).
Youth Groups, £2.50 per member. One leader free per ten members, additional leaders £4.00.
Children under five Free of Charge
School visits: price on application
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Discounts
International Council of Museums
Museums Association
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Description
The Ulster American Folk Park tells the story of emigration from Ulster to American in the 18th and 19th centuries. Here you will find fully furnished Old and New World buildings with costumed demonstrators going about their everyday tasks. A Ship and Dockside gallery links the two areas and includes a full size replica of an emigrant ship. "Emigrants" is an indoor exhibition which details the background to the emigration experience.
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Collections description
The museum's collection consists of original and replica Ulster and American dwelling houses and shops with original furniture and fittings from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. There is a substantial social history collection of domestic, craft and agricultural objects in storage and on display in the exhibit buildings and permanent exhibition, including a small textile collection of Ulster and American patchwork and various miscellaneous costume and linen items.
The Centre for Migration Studies hosts an Irish Emigration Database, which is a computerised collection of primary source documents relating to emigration to North America in the 18th and 19th centuries. It includes emigrant letters, shipping advertisements, passenger lists, emigrant diaries and family papers.
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Key artists and exhibits
Mellon House is an original dwelling on its original site, and the birthplace of the founder of the Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh;
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Ancestral Irish home of John Joseph Hughes, Roman Catholic Bishop of New York;
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The original home in Ireland of Robert and Hugh Campbell who later settled in St Louis,Missouri;
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Castletown National School;
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Tullyallen Masshouse;
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Fulton House, an early 18th century emigrant dwelling from Lancaster county Pennsylvania, the home of Donegal emigrant Samuel Fulton;
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Mid 19th century West Pennsylvania Log House;
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Collection of 19th century original Ulster shop fronts and fittings including a Post Office, Printshop, Chemist, Ropemaker, Pub, and Saddler;
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Emigrants Exhibition; two centuries of emigration from Ulster to America;
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The ancestral home of President Woodrow Wilson, an ‘outreach exhibit’ at Dergalt, seventeen miles from the UAFP and one mile from Strabane.
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Articles
Cultural Venues Get Behind National Storytelling Festival
News In Brief - Week Ending June 24 2007
News In Brief - Week Ending September 10 2006
News In Brief - Week Ending August 6 2006
Emigrant's Story Is Told Online By Ulster American Folk Park
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General Information
Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Pre-booking service for groups
Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
Information point provided
Parking for coaches
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Collections
General guide to collections available
Specialist publications on collections available
Object identification and/or written enquiry service
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Public access available to collections information
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Disability Access
Parking for disabled available
Toilets for disabled
Touch exhibits and/or handling sessions
Wheelchair access to all public areas
Wheelchairs available for loan
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Children and Families
Activities for pre-school children
Baby changing facilities
Events and resources for children and families
Picnic area
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General Education
Academic publications and resources available
Adult lectures and courses held
Education facilities available
Member of staff available with responsibility for education
Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
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Schools Education
Direct teaching services for schools
Primary school education service available
Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
Secondary school education service available
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Facilities
Cafeteria
Facilities for private functions and events
Library with public access
Meeting room available
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Picnic area
Refreshments
Research facilities for academics
Restaurant
Shop
Study facilities
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Information published here was believed to be correct at the time it was prepared. Welsh language pages developed with CYMAL: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government.
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