Northern Ireland War Memorial Museum

The Northern Ireland War Memorial Museum sits behind a glass facade on Talbot Street, marked by a quiet, modern entrance that holds the weight of the nineteen forty-one Belfast Blitz. It began when veterans of the Second World War gathered to create a space for their lost comrades, preserving items like the soot-stained civilian gas masks and the uniforms of the auxiliary fire service. Thousands of incendiary bombs fell on this city in a single night, changing the skyline and the lives of those living below.