A nice museum with exhibitions showing the history of Lisburn and also everything related to linen manufacturing starting from the flax plant and ending with the finished products, with live demonstrations by knowledgeable and friendly staff. Free admissions and well worth a visit with your family.

Visited the museum last week and found an Egyptian Exhibition was on ,very interesting and well laid out . The Linen displays were well laid out with a full documented history of mills in the area. There was working looms and card cutting which the young lady described and gave us a demonstration of how they worked

Private tour of the exhibition's and the tour guide Ciaran we excellent. Great knowledge of all the exhibits and local interest helped tie the pieces together. Shall definitely be back to have another look.

It's a museum for Irish linen 👍

Not wildly exciting but it was interesting to see the history of linen and the process of converting flax into fabric. We were fortuitously there when a school group was doing a guided tour and demonstration so tagged along with them. The demo on the flax gave me a new appreciation for the process to produce the linen clothes I enjoy wearing.

Great place for a visit when in Lisburn very well presented and we met a lovely girl called Alison who’s knowledge was amazing, and very pleasant to speak to . Most enjoyable experience

Well worth a visit at this museum. One can s 'lively' see how linen is made from flack seed.

The demonstrations of spinning and weaving were interesting and informative by knowledgeable museum staff.

Grandkids loved it & staff were very helpful & friendly

Visited Irish linen centre and museum in Lisburn while visiting family in N. Ireland. All covid restrictions in place. Very interesting visit and informative staff. Would recommend.

Informative and friendly staff, fascinating tour of the displays, thoroughly enjoyed the practical demonstration of spinning and the yarn that came with it!👍

At first we thought it was a bit limited; but the more rooms we explored, the more interesting it became. The live spinning and weaving demonstrations were especially fascinating. Definitely worth a visit. A great way to spend a rainy afternoon. A little tea room might be a worthwhile addition.

Small but very interesting exhibit on the history of the flax/ linen industry. Free entry. Nice shop with reasonable prices.

The staff are friendly and attentive. The exhibits are excellent.

Very friendly and helpful staff. Interactive, good for children

Have visited the museum on numerous occasions for family events. Staff have always been excellent Definitely worth signing up to their mailing list as they regularly host events for kids.

Visited museum Friday 15th September Egyptian exhibit was very well laid out and most informative Staff very knowledgeable and friendly Returned for evening talk by Dr Griffin Completely entranced Great delivery Will return to view linen exhibition

A small museum, but the staff is very friendly and eager to impart their knowledge. It's definitely worth the visit.

Very nice place to walk around. The history of linen is fascinating and seeing the looms and finished product is really something

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Watching the loom go and seeing the proto-computer card loom was awesome! And it's FREE! :D

Very interesting

Lovely staff

Great place

Great and interesting local history well worth a visit

Great time with my granddaughter seeing santa yesterday

I would have Loved to spend more time here, Staff very friendly and knowledgeable . Well worth a visit and it was Free !

Absolutely fantastic and staff member was very knowledgeable

a very nice museum where I found out alot about linen production. great museum exhibits too.

Amazing place to visit, history of linen, how it's made, what's made from it, great working machines and displays of clothes and the people behind it's starting point. It's free too and there is a large car park 2 minutes walk from it.

I went to see a painting but immediately became engrossed in the linen exhibits. Timothy demonstrated the spinning wheel and answered more questions than I would have expected to have, even researching information when the opportunity arose. My understanding of the next stage was then refreshed by Alison who patiently took me through the basics of weaving, damask design, making punch cards...and the mechanics of the different looms...before providing a demonstration. Wonderful. Thank you both.

Nice small museum. Everyone was very welcoming and happy to explain everything.

Brilliant exhibition and very knowledgeable attendants who were able to answer questions and demonstrate items

I’m a lover of textiles and learning about the process of making the product from start to finish and learning about the history. My husband and I ended up at the Irish Linen Centre on a spur of the moment decision and it was so quaint and lovely. We spoke to Angus and another gentleman (can’t remember his name, only that he hails from Wales) and both were so knowledgeable and personable. We also had a wonderful chat with a lady who taught us how the looms worked. Super bummed that they were under maintenance so we couldn’t see them at work, BUT she was so thorough in explaining that I didn’t mind. Loved popping in and learning about linen and the history of this amazing fabric!

Wonderful museum, went for the Linen Centre but also enjoyed the other exhibits. Learned a great deal about the history of Irish Linen. The staff are knowledgeable and friendly!

Learnt lots about linen in Irish history. Rather good and not at all overwhelming.

Cannot believe the money they spent refurbishing this. 5 minute visit. Space inside wasted. Such a shame.

It's a lovely place but very expensive.

We will be back

Well presented displays with detailed history of the Linen industry . Of Particular interest to those with a craft and design background

Great Chinese New Year!

Took toddler her for an activity morning and he really enjoyed it. Staff were very helpful and the actual museum was interesting too

I was pleasantly surprised by the museum's exhibit on the history of lisburn. Staff were helpful and friendly and they were also very insightful. Great place for anyone wanting to get a glimpse of what lisburn and the surrounding industry from 1800's onward..

Amazing slice of history.

Great unsung place to visit for all ages! Staff are particularly informed and make this a place which is a must visit on the local scene - and it's free!

Really interesting learning about beautiful Irish linen and seeing damask being woven in person.

Fantastic. Highly recommended the time to check out

Absolutely beautiful stunning tree and decorations in Lisburn

Good for geanolgical research and you'll get a nice cup of tea.

It a great museum and all staff were friendly and informative . Small gift shop as soon as you enter and different levels offer different viewpoints through time. Also there is a kids area if you are taking little ones. Very little parking out front so I suggest going to the car park about 4 mins walking distance away.

Great place to view various items of Interest Ì went with a class a few years ago now We crafted nice wind chimes. I was on a tour another time which memories were made off Demonstration 're weaving and Spinning Ì was a weaver during the 70s at Ulster Weaving company.

So much to see, brilliant.

The ladies working in the museum were so interesting to listen to

Has a large gift shop and upstairs there's the digital archives that have videos of life in Lisburn, and Ireland as a whole, from 1898.

Great place full of information and interactive displays.

Informative and friendly. Free as well.

Ok if your interested in linen.

Loved the variety of items on display. Quiet, friendly environment.

Very interesting and central in the city

Very good experience well worth a visit. Thanks

Always an interesting display in the museum, updated frequently.

Friendly staff

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Amazing, lovely staff, great atmosphere, great information and they let me spin flax for a hour whilst chatting to them without a care in the world.

Well positioned

Was wonderful experience such a change well worth a visit

It was a real interesting visit. We were giving a chance to spin some linen yarn, see how jacquard cards were punched to create a damask pattern and how the weaving machine worked. It was furthermore put into the economic context of Ireland in these times, our host being a really knowledgeable historian and answering patiently to all our questions. If you visit Belfast, take some time to visit the Linen museum in Lisburn. It is easy to reach by train. However, if one is not fluent in English, the experience will be diminished as there are no written explanation in any languages.