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City Hall vs Ulster Folk Museum
Both City Hall and Ulster Folk & Transport Museum are rated highly by experts. Overall, Ulster Folk & Transport Museum scores slightly higher than City Hall. Ulster Folk & Transport Museum ranks #1 in Belfast with positive reviews from 7 reviewers including The Telegraph, Frommer's and Michelin Guide.
City Hall
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
Michelin Guide
Independent
Frommer's
Donegall Sq., Belfast BT1 5GS, Northern Ireland
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Fodor's
"In 2012 a granite memorial was unveiled in a Titanic memorial garden opened for the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The Industrial Revolution transformed Belfast... its rapid rise to muck-and-brass prosperity manifested in the extravagance of City Hall."
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The highlights of the... tour of City Hall include the sumptuous, wedding-cake Italian marble and colourful stained glass of the entrance hall
Michelin Guide
1 Star
"The town hall (1898-1906) was built to celebrate the granting by Queen Victoria in 1888 of a new statute to the town of Belfast."
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Independent
"Built to celebrate Queen Victoria granting Belfast city status at the turn of the 20th century, City Hall commands the heart of Belfast with its mint-green domes and imposing stone façade"
Frommer's
"This glorious explosion of granite, marble, and stained glass is testament to Belfast’s grand industrial past."
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There’s also a memorial to the victims of the Titanic disaster.
Ulster Folk Museum
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet
Michelin Guide
The Telegraph
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| Cultura, Holywood, Northern Ireland
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Fodor's
"Devoted to the province's social history, the excellent Ulster Folk and Transport Museum vividly brings Northern Ireland's past to life."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"In summer, thatching and ploughing are demonstrated and there are characters dressed in period costume."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"One of Northern Ireland's finest, the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum is really two museums in one: the Ulster Folk Museum and the Ulster Transport Museum."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Set in the grounds of Cultra Manor, this is one of the largest and most interesting museums in the whole of Ireland - and fun, too! "
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The Telegraph
"The folk section, meanwhile, brilliantly recreates rural and urban Northern Ireland life in the early 20th Century, with reconstructed buildings occupied by wise and witty guides in costume."
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