{"id":22625,"date":"2024-04-15T11:25:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T10:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=22625"},"modified":"2024-04-15T11:25:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T10:25:09","slug":"north-down-museum-celebrates-transport-through-the-ages-at-new-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2024\/04\/north-down-museum-celebrates-transport-through-the-ages-at-new-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"North Down Museum Celebrates Transport Through the Ages at New Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>North Down Museum recently opened a new exhibition \u2018<em>Trains, Boats and Planes,\u2019<\/em> exploring and celebrating modes of transport through objects from the museum\u2019s collection.<\/h4>\n<p><strong>The museum\u2019s collection possesses a wealth of paintings and artefacts relating to transport and the curated display is a celebration of the movement of people by rail, sea and sky.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-22626\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/>Visitors can see an array of artistic interpretations of magnificent vehicles, from the Coronation Scot train to the de Havilland Rapide aircraft flying over Bangor, to tall ships and warships in Bangor Bay. Many of the items have been put on display especially for the exhibition, offering a unique opportunity to view them.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights include paintings by Bangor-born artist Norman Whitla and original travel and tourism posters that were issued by British Railways to promote Bangor in the 1950s.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the exhibition, North Down Museum\u2019s Manager, Arlene Matthews said: <em>\u201cThis exhibition highlights the huge impact that transport has made in shaping the history of our borough. Transportation has facilitated the growth of industry and opportunity in our towns and villages and continues to play an essential part of our daily lives.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Trains, Boats and Planes<\/em> is open in North Down Museum\u2019s Long Gallery until Sunday 16 June. Admission is free.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andculture.org.uk\">www.andculture.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Down Museum recently opened a new exhibition \u2018Trains, Boats and Planes,\u2019 exploring and celebrating modes of transport through objects from the museum\u2019s collection. The museum\u2019s collection possesses a wealth of paintings and artefacts relating to transport and the curated display is a celebration of the movement of people by rail, sea and sky. Visitors &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2024\/04\/north-down-museum-celebrates-transport-through-the-ages-at-new-exhibition\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22627,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22625\/revisions\/22627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}