North and South American Cultures

The continents of North and South America exhibit every variety of climate and flora and fauna which exists. Millions of people of different cultures inhabit these great continents from the Inuit of the frozen Arctic to the Indians dwelling in Patagonia on the southernmost tip of South America. The artefacts of many of these different peoples are represented in the collection

America
The continents of North and South America exhibit every variety of climate and flora and fauna which exists. Millions of people of different cultures inhabit these great continents from the Inuit of the frozen Arctic to the Indians dwelling in Patagonia on the southernmost.

The Pacific
The Pacific Ocean takes up half the total expanse of sea in the world. Scattered across this vast area are collections of islands which are divided into the three culture groups known as Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.

The Ancient World
The great civilisations of the Ancient world were Egypt, Greece, Rome and Mesopotamia. The Egyptian collection contains some 2000 objects of which the most famous is the mummy and case of the lady, Takabuti. A small but interesting collection of Greek pots and other objects represents the brilliaint.

The Armada Collection
Of the 130 Spanish ships that set out in 1588 to invade England, over 20 of them were wrecked off the North and West coasts of Ireland. The Ulster Museum owns the excavated remains of three of these ships, the galleass Girona which was wrecked at Lacada Point, near the Giant's Causeway,