Exhibitions and displays

Award winning artist Stephen Shaw will feature his scrupulously honest depictions of contemporary street architecture and urban spaces.

The exhibition will be open to the public during library opening hours until the end of December 2025.

This exhibition will be available to view during normal opening hours.
Inspire, the mental health and wellbeing charity, is marking its 65th anniversary with a poignant and powerful exhibition, INSPIRED, bringing together the stories of its service users and staff.
The multi-media exhibition consists of everyday items, each belonging to one individual and prompting a story or memory of a specific point in their life. Each seemingly mundane article (a set of car jump leads, a 1970s iron, a pair of running shoes, a front door key) has a deeply personal story conveyed through audio narration by the story-tellers themselves. Each shares intimate reflections on their experiences, reflects on their past and, with support from Inspire, looks ahead to the future. 

Art exhibition by local artists displayed on the 1st and 2nd floors.

Available during library opening hours.

A PRONI exhibition to mark the 150th anniversary of the death of Charles Dickens. PRONI archives are used to explore the unique and lasting friendship between Charles Dickens and three prominent Ulstermen.

Available during library opening hours.

Sharon Shaw is an artist from Hillsborough displaying her landscapes and wildlife art work.

Available during library opening hours in December.

Quirky Illustrations of local landmarks and buildings.

Available during library opening hours in December.

Maurice Shannon’s original paintings are inspired by the natural beauty of his own garden. His work captures the intricate details and vibrant colours of plants and flowers, celebrating nature through a skilled and sensitive use of watercolour.

Available during library opening hours.

An exhibition of paintings donated to raise funds for the USPCA.
Available during library opening hours.

St Paul’s PS Cabra have created fabulous shoe box scenes of the RMS Titanic depicting different areas and rooms on the famous ship.  

Available during library opening hours.

The importance of the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland cannot be overstated. The impact it had on future events makes it one of the most significant aspects of our recent history.

The collections from The Linen Hall Library have a critical role to play in understanding Northern Ireland’s past, and crucial to this is the material held on civil rights.

Driven by community engagement with Linen Hall’s unique archives, At the Crossroads: The Campaign for Civil Rights in Northern Ireland charts this movement for social change and trailblazing grassroots activism and asks us to reflect on a truly pivotal moment in our history.

Available during library opening hours.

Saturday 13- Wednesday 31 December 2025

Shimna U3A  - An photographic exhibition of the Shimna Photographers Group members. Available during library opening hours.

Find out about Newtownards Workhouse and Bully's Acre through an exhibition created by Ards Historical Society. The display will be in the library for the whole month of January.

Available during library opening hours.

Mixed Media art exhibition by local artists Adeline Lansdell and Oonagh Linden.

Available during library opening hours.

The Sloanes Local History Group will be displaying photographs focusing on Killyleagh's harbour throughout the years.
Available during library opening hours.

Exploring the landscape legacies of the Ordnance Survey in and around Lough Foyle and Binevenagh.

Available during library opening hours.

The Sam Thompson Archive Pop-up exhibition provides a vivid snapshot of the man and his times.

Booking not required. 

Bangor's Curve Gallery will be set aside for our annual exhibition showcasing the work of local schools and community groups to commemorate the Holocaust and other genocides.

Available during library opening hours.

Library staff shall display books, images, and various resources from library collections to create an Exhibition to commemorate The Holocaust.

Available during library opening hours.

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council’s Good Relations Team invites you to attend their Holocaust Memorial Day Exhibition, hosted this year by Coleraine Library. 

Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on the 27th of January each year, coinciding with the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. It is a time to remember the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust, under Nazi persecution and in the genocides which followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. 

Everyone Welcome. Available to View During Opening Hours.

Drop in to see our exhibition of books and images to commemorate the Holocaust.
Available during library opening hours.

To remember the lives lost in the Holocaust, Cookstown will have on display, a wall of short stories from those who lived through the Holocaust.

Available during library opening hours.

The importance of the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland cannot be overstated. The impact it had on future events makes it one of the most significant aspects of our recent history.

The collections from The Linen Hall Library have a critical role to play in understanding Northern Ireland’s past, and crucial to this is the material held on civil rights.

Driven by community engagement with Linen Hall’s unique archives, At the Crossroads: The Campaign for Civil Rights in Northern Ireland charts this movement for social change and trailblazing grassroots activism and asks us to reflect on a truly pivotal moment in our history.

Available during library opening hours.