Blog (February 2023) - NMD Museums

New exhibition on LGBT+ rights activism 

Childrens crafts, tours and music at Newry and Mourne for St Patrick's Day, 2023

Myles Shortall, a retired Newry GP, remembers his father, a wartime Medical Officer and Surgeon at Daisy Hill Hospital and Newry General Hospital. This is an edited version of an article in the booklet accompanying Newry and Mourne Museum’s temporary exhibition, Caring for the Community: The Development of Medicine in Newry and Mourne.

John Davis, a former Medical Orderly, shares his memories of working at Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry. This is an edited version of an article in the booklet accompanying Newry and Mourne Museum’s temporary exhibition, Caring for the Community: The Development of Medicine in Newry and Mourne.

As we continue to reflect on World Holocaust Memorial Day throughout the month of February, we focus on the background to the development of the Kilkeel Knitting Factory which was established by Edith and Kurt Sekules in 1950. Before World War II the Sekules family had been part of the Jewish community in Vienna and settled in Northern Ireland in 1947.

Down County Museum's new Collection Officer, Bridget, explains the history and significance of these crafts in pagan and Christian tradition, as they go on display as our Objects of the Month.