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Ballymoney Arts Centre & Museum
Townhead Street,
Ballymoney
BT53 6BE
Website: www.ballymoney.gov.uk
Ballymoney Museum has recently moved to a new purpose built facility at the rear of Ballymoney Town Hall. The beautiful new building holds an exhibition telling the history of the local area, in addition to a temporary gallery for the many touring exhibitions that are displayed throughout the year.
Ballymoney Museum will shortly begin a major re-development, which will involve the fit-out of the museum galleries and a public access history resource area. The project is being supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and should be completed by 2009. This will mean that the museuem will be closed for a period, beginning late 2008. To avoid disappointment, members of the public are asked to check with the Tourist Information Centre on 028 276 60230 to check the opening hours of the museum before visiting.
Genealogy: Members of the public are welcome to access the museum's family history resources, which are available in the Tourist Information Centre
Ballymoney Museum Closing For Re-Fit
The Council has announced that Ballymoney Museum, based at the Town Hall in Townhead Street, will close on 1st September to enable the Interpretative Fit Out of the exhibition galleries etc, a £400,000 project, towards which the Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £300,000. Works are expected to be complete by Spring 2009.
Haley Sharpe Design, Leicester, has been commissioned by Council to develop the schematic design and they have been working closely with Councillors and Council Officers for the past year to firm up their design proposals. These are now at an advanced stage and Council is ready to tender the work to enable the fit out to take place over the next six months.
When the Museum opens its doors again, visitors will be able to experience two new permanent exhibitions telling the Story of Ballymoney and the Story of Road Racing as well as a series of temporary exhibitions. A new Local History Resource Area will provide the opportunity to explore the stories of the people, places, genealogy and the history of the Ballymoney Borough.