Mid-Antrim Museum

The museum in Ballymena is temporarily closed to facilitate its relocation to The Braid, a major new purpose-built museum and arts centre that incorporates the historic Town Hall.

This landmark building will provide an elegant and accessible setting for an important local history collection.  It will be a resource for inspiration and knowledge and a dynamic educational facility encouraging interactions amongst students, teachers and visitors within a lively and ever-changing public venue.  The new Museum will provide a range of expanded facilities and services. 

The Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Lottery Fund are generously supporting the £16m Ballymena Borough Council project.  The Belfast-based firm of Consarc Design Group are architects for the scheme and the leading US design company, Ralph Appelbaum Associates are the museum designers.